My worship of superheroes is no laughing matter

With 600 miles from Calgary to Vancouver, I had more than enough time to reflect on the havoc running away from home had created....

Canadian Blood Services once again proves its needless discrimination

I have been donating blood since 2013, and it deeply saddens me to hear that Canadian Blood Services (CBS) will be adopting a complicated...

Hair today, gone tomorrow

For years I’ve struggled to accept being a hairy woman. I like to joke about it, but the truth is I’ve long loathed the...

Compliment my brain, not my body

In her article entitled, “Why I’m not ‘pretty for a black girl,’” Edna Batengas urged others to avoid mentioning one’s race when giving a...

The SFU gondola is now Petter’s publicity gimmick

SFU President Andrew Petter recently reignited the idea that a Burnaby Mountain gondola should be constructed between Production Way–University Station and SFU. This weathered saga...

Brexit is the product of personality politics

As a former resident of Britain, my mother spent most of June 24 on the phone with her friends and relatives who still live...

YouTube’s new cyberbullying policy is screwing over its users

On YouTube, anyone can make a name for themselves with hard work, good ideas, and a little bit of luck. However, the site is...

Video games do not cause real-world aggression

By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Video games have gone from being spoken of in the same breath as pocket protectors and thick glasses to...

SFU needs to update its architecture to accommodate the rainy season

The SFU Burnaby campus has a lot of green spaces, courtyards, fountains, and a triumphant aesthetic when the brilliant sunlight strikes the brutalist concrete....

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Graduate Student Society at SFU is failing its membership

Dear Editor, In 2007, the graduate students at SFU formally created a new, independent student society to represent themselves and their interests at the university....