What Grinds Our Gears
What Grinds Our Gears: Convocations during classes
September 18, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor I am not looking forward to this fall. My one and only reason for this is that I despise class-hour convocations. Dramatic, I know. I understand that scheduling is tricky, and there will always be at least one class running at any given time on weekdays. But hear me out: I’m still going to complain. The bagpipe serenades and ear-piercing speaker feedback are honestly not…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Traffic tailgaters
August 2, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor I can’t think of anyone who’s a fan of being tailgated. It’s not just the passive aggression that bugs me — small following distances are dangerous and horribly inefficient. It’s common sense that following too…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Mosquitos
July 27, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Picture this: you’ve just spent a long day enjoying the lovely summer weather. You’ve been baking in the sun, dipping in and out of the water to cool down. As you’re heading back…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Packing for a local getaway
July 8, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer I love a nice, local stay-cation. There’s nothing better than being a tourist in your own town. What really gets me, though, is that no matter where I go I still have to pack. Who…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Not wrapping gifts
July 2, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Before you say anything — I’m not talking about wrapping gifts in cheap plastic that creates landfill waste, as I swore off buying this kind of wrapping paper years ago. However, I don’t think sustainability…
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What Grinds Our Gears: The job market
June 19, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Why is the job market so terrible right now? From no jobs being available to them having too many requirements, it seems like this weird epidemic has no end. Most of us at SFU are…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Unyielding bikers
June 17, 2024By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief I love my bike, and I love how bike-friendly Vancouver is. From Stanley Park to Spanish Banks, we’ve got the “world’s longest uninterrupted waterfront path” available to us, with mountain views. I would have no complaints…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Midday due dates
June 5, 2024By: Amanda Taylor, SFU Student The dreaded midday due date has been encountered by most students at some point in our degrees. Assignments with a due date of anything before 11:59 p.m. should be illegal. Maybe I sound entitled, but…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Tim Hortons pizza is a danger to society
May 13, 2024By: Zobia Khalid, SFU Student Sorry for the jump scare. But, $8 for half of a glorified frozen pizza is a problem. Tim Hortons’ slogan is “Always Fresh,” but we all know it’s Never Fresh. Their drinks are from concentrate…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Shared laundry rooms
March 19, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor There is a certain etiquette to sharing a laundry room or going to a coin laundry. Don’t overfill the machine, don’t let your clothes sit there, don’t be nasty. I do my part. I don’t…
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