SFSS directors need to be prepared to answer for how they vote

By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor New SFSS president Giovanni HoSang said it best when he called the April 18 outgoing board’s decision to stop publishing...

Centennial College is addressing the lack of menstrual products in washrooms — it’s time for SFU to step up as well

By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate Mother Nature is wonderful. Except when she shows up on the day you have a four-hour long lecture, with only a...

SFU’s “Sharing of Textbook PDFs Fact Sheet” fails to consider students’ constraints

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief I want to preface my crankiness over SFU Library’s “Sharing of Textbook PDFs Fact Sheet” by stating that I understand intellectual property...

Women* supporting women* is the key to our success and identity in STEM

By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Author’s Note: The asterisks (*) have been included by the writer, as organizers of nwPlus UBC have, in order to “specifically...

10 reasons why Alyssa Milano’s #SexStrike reminds us that not all activism is created equal

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Content warnings for this piece include: abortion, pregnancy, and sexual violence. In May, the state of Georgia passed House Bill 481, nicknamed...

Group projects require everyone in one place — like in the classroom!

By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Oh, the humble group project. We know how this will go: four students enter, two disappear on the second day, one...

Do Michael Phelps and Caster Semenya both share an unfair competitive advantage?

By: Ana Staskevich, Staff Writer; Alison Wick, Arts Editor Introduced and compiled by: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor In a May 2 Washington Post article titled “We...

Vancouver’s Pee and Poo mascots are an unfortunate necessity

19/05/19: This story was corrected from an older version. The waste management campaign was incorrectly attributed to The City of Vancouver instead of Metro...

First-week classes are vital, whether we want to be there or not

By: Encina Roh, SFU Student The first week of classes brings a slog of student complaints about returning to our disassembled university for yet another punishing...

The reflecting pond is not your trash can

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief After I wrote my last exam, I figured I needed some sunshine and fresh air to feel alive again, so I cut...