Boohoo, Woohoo

Boohoo: Exercise Exercise? Ain’t nobody got time for that! You have last-minute essays and finals to procrastinate on. There is no time in your already...

I found my ambition at this newspaper

When I graduated high school, I wasn’t a particularly decisive person. I decided to go straight to post-secondary from high school because I didn’t...

Jamie Oliver, leave a child’s diet alone

This Christmas I sat down, flipped on my TV, and engulfed myself in the guilty delights of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food series....

Guns kill people but gun control saves lives

Earlier this week, the Canadian Supreme Court decided in a 5–4 decision that the Federal government is entitled to destroy all of Quebec’s data...

Kiss your current U-Pass subsidies goodbye

The U-Pass program has been extremely beneficial for students all over the Lower Mainland, but with the ongoing transit referendum, the future of the...

BC needs a higher minimum wage

British Columbia has the highest cost of living of any province in the entire country and the second highest rate of poverty, yet the...

Click with compassion

Monica Lewinsky returned to the public stage to speak about her very public scandal at the TED Conference Truth and Dare on March 19. “At...

Take control of your education with an SFU directed study

March, April, May: the spring semester is coming to a rapid end and the time for course registration is upon us. Another term where...

Women shouldn’t be shamed for breastfeeding in public

Let’s talk about breasts. Earlier this month, a Vancouver woman, Kristen Hilderman, was shamed by a flight attendant for breastfeeding on the plane without a...

I’m tired of safe, low-budget Canadian programming

TV’s golden age is upon us. The small screen has become a more incisive storytelling medium than ever before. Just ask Walter White, Don...