Driving doesn’t have to be horrible

The other day I was driving and decided to check out the vehicles in the oncoming lane to see if I could find someone...

Values-based politics hamper progress

What Canadians seem to get are politicians who put their parties above their priorities via conditioned antics. Voters should not be interested in the...

Egypt: from Arab Spring to Arab Winter

The pro-democracy protests of the Arab Spring initially brought a huge wave of optimism to Egypt by bringing down the three-decade old regime of...

Point/Counterpoint

Society needs to get over its doll obsession By: Tara Nykyforiak Nickolay Lamm’s recent re-design of Mattel’s Barbie may help the doll better reflect the average...

Turn and face the strange

Sometimes it’s important to step back and ask yourself: “Why are we here?” Not in the cosmic sense, of course. What I mean is,...

My identity in Canada through hockey and photography

Hockey and photography — the two things I love. They’re also the two things I found a passion for when I came to Canada...

Gender binary is harmful

I never knew how to articulate how precarious my identity felt. As a child, I would draw myself as a boy, complete with a...

SFU’s faith-based clubs promote dialogue and unity

Every day, whether we’re turning on the news or jumping on the bus, we are confronted by the same age-old debate: where is the...

China does not need the Occupy Movement

I’m not joking around when it comes to the betterment of my people. My point here is this: Instead of waiting for the global...

Recent conflict in Syria: a revival of the Cold War

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world has been referred to as unipolar. However, recent events in Syria undermine this view. At the...