Blazing away our economic woes

BC bud is legendary and illegal. It has been raved about, criticized, and grown in numerous basements, barns, and living rooms across the province....

Why we shouldn’t depend on the polls

Ah, election season. For us political junkies, it’s the true season to be jolly. We listen to pundits, we start bad-mouthing, we see political...

Seven core reasons to vote out Harper

October 19 is Canada’s upcoming federal election. If you are a Canadian citizen, I implore you to make sure you have registered to vote...

Why I will never be a card-carrier

When I returned home for a couple weeks at the end of summer, I distinctly remember a conversation my parents and I shared over...

Confessions of an uninformed voter

We all know that one guy who seems to know nothing about politics; he’s also that guy who didn’t know that the Bloc Quebecois...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Boohoo: The Rhinoceros Party In an already-cluttered sea of stupid and untrustworthy Canadian political parties, for the love of God, do not place your trust...

Anti-choicers, leave our hashtags alone

Isn’t it annoying when people stick their noses in your business? How about a nose in your uterus? Anti-choicers (‘pro-lifers’) have decidedly come to the...

Ethnic clubs still discourage SFU’s sense of unity

Back in 2008, when I was Peak Opinions Editor, I wrote a popular article entitled “Enough with the ethnic clubs.” It denounced the still-common...

PowerPoint-based lectures are creating a generation of uncritical thinkers

Andrew Smith recently published an editorial in The Guardian accusing PowerPoint of killing critical thought and engagement in classrooms. While I always advocated for...

S-Turing up social media controversy

If you haven’t heard of “America’s most hated man” by now, his name is Martin Shkreli and he is the chief executive of Turing...