Political Corner: The withdrawal of US troops from Syria aids only ISIS

By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate Since the beginning of October, US troops have been pulled from the northeast area of Syria. They were in the area...

Asking students to pay to volunteer is fundamentally unfair

By: Jessica Garcia, SFU Student One of the benefits of being a university student is building relationships within the institution — especially for students with academic...

What Grinds Our Gears: Students who don’t understand the etiquette of a shared laundry room

By: Paige Riding, News Writer The shared laundry rooms in the Towers are graveyards for long-lost left socks and the hometown of bacteria colonies. The white-washed...

Accessibility, environmentalism, and safety are missing from SFU’s transit strike response

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief For a school that embraces its multi-campus nature and celebrates environmentalism, SFU’s reaction to the transit strike is remarkably hands-off. No matter...

Political Corner: The Polish elections present a teachable moment for left-wing opposition parties

By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate With Canadian voters now recovering from our own election cycle, it is easy to forget about the politics of other...

Self-deprecating humour isn’t as harmless as it seems

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer “Sorry, I’m a such a mess, aren’t I?” “I just want to die right now.” “I know, I’m so annoying.” These are the sort...

We shouldn’t be normalizing the ethnocide of Chinese Uyghurs

By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Genocides and ethnic cleansing are not a thing of the past, and clearly neither are internment camps. In the province of...

What Grinds Our Gears: Why does flavour innovation stop at the pumpkin patch?

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Before Starbucks takes me in the dead of night and disposes of my body with such corporate efficiency that it’s never found,...

Here’s what the Maclean’s top comprehensive university award doesn’t tell you about SFU

By: Marco Ovies, Staff Writer Maclean’s magazine recently announced that SFU is once again Canada’s Top Comprehensive University for 2020. While this sounds like something that...

It’s a medical myth that blemishes and uneven skin are always caused by neglect

By: Michelle Young, SFU Student At an airport a few months ago, just as I got up to put away my trash during a four hour...