SFU’s co-op program: the other side of the story

Almost every young student lives the paradox of ‘needing experience before you get experience.’ Co-op programs present themselves as the ideal solution to this...

“No” victory will hit students the hardest

Like a lot transit riders who have kept up with the news these past few weeks, I’m disappointed, but I’m not surprised. Metro Vancouver has...

A love letter to my beloved Renaissance at Cornerstone

My dearly beloved Renaissance at Cornerstone, It saddens me to think that you’ve used the last of your coffee filters this past June 27; that...

Dawn of the pointless texting lanes

Maybe some of your remember earlier this year when SFU released this year’s addition to its annual April Fool’s gag — a YouTube a...

S.T. EYE is a great concept, but why a glowing condom?

I almost fell off my seat after reading this: a few 14-year-olds from Isaac Newton Academy in Britain had invented a condom that glows...

Point / Counterpoint

Sext me hard. By Max Hill S is for Safety. Sexting sure has gotten a bad rap lately. A host of scandals over revenge porn, stolen photographs,...

Why Canada should update its archaic drug laws

The Supreme Court of Canada recently invalidated sections 4 and 5 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in a unanimous decision, effectively legalizing...

Tim Hunt deserves better

So you’ve completed years of schooling, spent years of your life practicing your speciality, trained and supported pupils, helped advance global understanding in academia,...

SFU Women’s Centre’s self-defence classes will have to suffice

The word “self-defence” usually evokes images of karate chopping ninjas or intense fight scenes (or maybe I just watch too many action movies). But...

Point / Counterpoint

Give it to me straight By Max Hill I’m butt naked, holding my privates in my cupped hands, running around a cabin in the woods at...