Six things that make a good class syllabus

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Syllabus week brings up this primal, inescapable anxiety in me. Maybe it’s my fight-or-flight response activating when faced with a list of...

What Grinds Our Gears: Logging into the SFU library catalogue . . . and then every journal under the sun

By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Have you ever been writing a paper last minute, desperately trying to find academic sources, only to have the SFU library...

Schedules and programs don’t determine the worth of a degree

By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate In the words of Kermit the Frog, it’s not easy being green. And it’s definitely not easy coming from a family...

If the rain isn’t paying tuition, it needs to stay out of SFU classrooms

By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate As if the bitter cold, the constant rain, and the brutalist architecture of SFU Burnaby could not dampen (ha) the mood...

Affordable housing, not gaudy art, is what Vancouver residents need

By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Picture this: a 3,400 kilogram chandelier shining brightly on the faces of those peering through the lenses of their newest iPhones,...

Paying to cheat is a sign of laziness and immaturity

By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor University is hard work. This is my fifth year flailing around on this mechanical bull of stress and self-imposed poverty, and...

What Grinds Our Gears: Sodium Podium

By: Juztin Bello, Madeleine Chan, Kelly Chia, Gabrielle McLaren, Nicole Magas, Marco Ovies, Nathaniel Tok, Winona Young This first-year class cost you $500, the least you...

Students shouldn’t be sharing memes that trivialize violence

By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer  With over 5,000 members, SFU Dank Memes Gang is a popular Facebook page that acts as an outlet to complain...

Choosing not to vaccinate even if you’re healthy is inexcusable

By: Ahmed Ali, Peak Associate Like clockwork, with another Fall term comes another flu season. The stress of midterms and exams is accompanied by the sounds...

Dispelling raccoons’ cute image with hard facts would make SFU safer for humans and animals

By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Burnaby campus raccoons must realize that they are on student territory while they willingly pose for Snapchat stories and nibble on...