What the NDP and Green parties could have in store for BC

By: Sarvin Samei On May 29, NDP leader John Horgan and Green Party leader Andrew Weaver shocked the province by announcing a joint partnership and...

Brightening up SFU Burnaby campus’ aesthetics

By: Anindita Gupta Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus is a beautiful one — under the right conditions. SFU Burnaby campus’ chief designer, Arthur Erickson, did...

What you should consider before you move in with someone

By: Amneet Uppal “You’re a moron,” Judge Judy screams at a defendant. It doesn’t matter for what; she’s probably right. The defendant and the plaintiff...

SFU Residence is a better environment than you think

By: Pranaya Chakraborty Dorms. Without a doubt, they represent an innate part of a university student’s life. From crazy all-night parties to crashing instantly on...

Letter to the Editor: Women in Computing Science

Re: "Gender disparities in engineering and computing science at SFU and its effects on female students", March 13, 2017 To the Editor:   As the...

Tim Hortons’ possible closure deserves more student input

As you might’ve heard, SFU’s sparking a hardcore internal makeover of its available set of eateries. This includes potentially canning the Burnaby campus Tim...

Animal research and torture are not the same thing

By: Lyz Boyd, Peak Contributor When you hear “animal experimentation,” are you conjuring images of sad animals suffering unspeakable horrors? Are they locked in tiny...

Having a bigger say in our learning would be sweet

“Pick a candy from the box,” said my teaching assistant (TA), as I walked into the first tutorial of a new semester. Puzzled, I reached...

Fining hate speech on social media is a slippery slope to censorship

Germany approved a new law this past week in which social media companies will be fined up to $53 million if they don’t remove...

TSSU motion is discriminatory and a threat to academic freedom

By: Rachel Altman, SFU Professor During the week of May 15–19, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) will vote on whether to amend their bylaws...