Opinions
Board unqualified to make SUB plans
March 12, 2012By Benjamin Lee The proposed SFSS student union building is an extravagant $65-million luxury that students ought to critically inquire, and despite an ongoing period of fiscal restraint across Canada, a referendum question has been presented to fund the SUB exclusively through student levies. Since there are no initial and startup funds available from the university or province of B.C. to assist in funding of the SUB, the SFSS board…
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Hockey fans are brainwashed
March 12, 2012By Ryan McLaughlin I’m sorry to start an off with a piece of such unsavory news, but it’s best to say quickly, like tearing off a Band-Aid. We live in a totalitarian state. I know this is depressing to…
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To be Woo-ed and not made to Woo
March 12, 2012By Will Ross When it comes to approaches to filmmaking, it’s difficult to think of more dissimilar approaches than those of Alfred Hitchcock and John Woo. Hitchcock cared exclusively about his character’s psychologies and little for the spectacle of their…
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SUB is the future of SFU
March 5, 2012By Jeff McCann We have spent the better part of this term of office talking about student space. We know we don’t have enough of this, that, or the other thing. So then what do undergraduate students care about? I…
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A long, bumpy road to democracy
March 5, 2012By Gustavo Destro For those of us living in a country such as Canada, with guarantees of civil liberties, freedom, and a liberal democratic process, the idea of life in a place with few freedoms and no ability to choose…
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Schools Building Schools levy unfairly maligned
March 5, 2012By Lauren McCarthy In last week’s issue of The Peak¸ regular contributor Cedric Chen wrote an opinions piece discussing an unnamed SFU club’s upcoming campaign to receive student levy funding. It is clear to anyone following the upcoming election that…
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Ideology discourse empty, distracting
March 5, 2012By Kelly Thoreson In last week’s opinions piece [“The SUB is a scam”, February 27], author Joel Warren refers to the current SFSS board as “self-interested and ideologically-aligned”. This is not the first time that the phrase ‘ideological’ has…
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Of straw men and Straw Dogs
February 27, 2012By Will Ross In my first column, I said I wouldn’t limit discussion of remakes to whether they are “better” or “worse”. This is partly because I think that most filmic reiterations are harmless. Even when they’re poorly made, their…
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Casual attitude about levies sucking students dry
February 27, 2012By Cedric Chen I’m a forum representative. Last month, another student organization (referred to as “Organization X” after here) came to the SFSS Forum meeting, advocating their referendum question to impose yet another levy on all students, whether they accept…
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The SUB is a scam
February 27, 2012By Joel Warren Eleven years ago, the SFSS held a referendum encouraging students to radically alter the SFSS governance structure. Previously, the board of directors was composed of six executives — inclding one for grad students — plus a representative…
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