Queer culture should be more than just parties

Written by: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate Vancouver’s LGBTQ21A+ community has been fighting for its unified presence for a long time, and now it is considered...

What grinds our gears: Escalator etiquette-breakers

Written by: Trevor Roberts, Peak Associate Escalators. They’re loud, they’re expensive, and if they’re in a SkyTrain station they break down all the time. But they’re not that hard...

Commercializing hip-hop risks the loss of its afrocentric roots

Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer I’ll never forget being six years old and seeing Jay-Z on television for the first time. It was July 2001, and my cousins...

What if . . . all lectures were recorded and uploaded online

Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Imagine a lecture with less than 10 students inside. Students still sit in the back rows, forcing the lecturer to unnecessarily raise their...

Opinions of the Hour

Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor A sobering amendment - Meera Ulysses, The Varsity Back in December, Canada’s impaired driving laws changed to let officers give breathalyzer tests more...

Opinions of the Hour

“There are two kinds of Indigenous governance structures, but Canada has been listening to just one,” by Carey Newman, at CBC News. An excellent piece,...

When will it click for SFU that iClickers are pointless?

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Excuse me as I do my best Tina Fey-playing-Ms. Norbury voice . . . “Class, raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized...

What If . . . SFU had formal school uniforms

Written by Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Even though many of us at SFU are adults in at least our early 20s, it’s common for us to be treated like children...

Political Corner: Canada is being put in the crossfire created by China’s conflict with the US

Written by Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In December 2018, the CFO of Huawei, a Chinese telecommunication and electronics company, was detained by Canadian authorities in Vancouver. Authorities detained the CFO,...

What Grinds Our Gears: Computer-lab desk-hoggers

Written by Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer When you’re walking through the library during peak study season, a free desktop computer can be a rare sight. As someone who doesn’t want...