Do you know how to study?

With final exams fast approaching, everybody should be studying. (Keyword being should.) Do you know how to study effectively? What works for you might...

A new governmental appreciation of science holds promise for climate change

After nine years of silence, scientists who work for the Canadian government are once more free to speak to the media. This means that...

App that tracks the homeless is simply dehumanizing

Whoever first claimed that all publicity is good publicity had either lived a very charmed life until that point or invested in a very...

SFU White Student Union is an opportunity for dialogue, not anger

On Tuesday November 24, a group called the SFU White Student Union surfaced on Facebook, bringing the issue of white privilege and ignorance to...

Our portrayals of indigenous struggle are far too narrow

In response to the challenges ahead, our new prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised to meet with indigenous leaders before year’s end and hold...

Male contraceptives: it’s about time!

The pill, the shot, the IUD. We women are given a range of options when it comes to methods of birth control. Men, on...

Would an emoji by any other name sound as sweet?

It’s that glorious time of the year when the ‘best of’ lists begin, and (insert generic noun here) of the year are announced. As...

Facebook values Western lives over Middle Eastern ones

In light of the Beirut and Paris tragedies that occurred November 12, there has been, to say the least, a media frenzy. Millions of...

WQB requirements are pointless

WQB — writing, quantitative, breadth. Since I began at SFU in 2012, I have spent way too much time investing, financially and otherwise, in...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Woohoo: Christmas Eve Put aside the capitalist layer of gobbledygook that  often overshadows Christmas and admire what the penultimate hours of the Noël blitz really...