One day isn’t enough time to educate Starbucks employees on thousands of years of racism

Written by Alex Bloom In response to an incident of racial profiling in a Starbucks in Philadelphia, in which two innocent black men were arrested...

SFU should lessen the number of electives needed or get rid of them entirely

Written by Dustin Jorgensen Education has been commodified and turned into a product like everything else. Post-secondary institutions force students to take more credits than...

For bigots, the blame game trumps mourning the victims of the Toronto Van Attack

Written by Amal Abdullah On Monday, April 23, 25-year-old Richmond Hill resident Alek Minassian crashed his van into a sidewalk full of pedestrians at the...

Banning cell phones at concerts takes away from the experience

Written by Courtney Miller Concert-goers may have to face off against musicians for their phones. Some artists are looking to ban the use of cell...

The ethics of big data analytics and governmental responsibility

Written by Umer Altaf If you thought our troubles with Cambridge Analytica ended with the Facebook scandal, you are regrettably wrong. It seems that the...

The defence of just being a tech company: the fallout of Cambridge Analytica

Written by Umer Altaf Tech giants such as Uber, Amazon, and Facebook are vastly different companies that sell obviously distinct products and services. Yet they...

Opinions of the Hour

Written by Winona Young, Peak Associate “Why Are We Ashamed to Call ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Shape of Water’ Horror Films?” – Jason Zinoman, The...

Changes need to be made to SFU’s add/drop course policy

This semester, if you experienced the unnecessary panic and frustration of needing to quickly decide whether or not to enroll in a course before...

Logan Paul’s sheer exploitation of suicide victims is the worst

Logan Paul is a 22-year-old mega-vlogger and YouTuber. He’s racked up over 15 million subscribers with daily vlogs and music videos. On December 31,...

SFU through 2017, a review of the ups and downs

SFU wrote a sexual violence policy It’s great that SFU finally has a comprehensive policy on sexual violence, both to keep students safe and to...