What Grinds Our Gears: Bitcoin Instagram scammers

By: Tracey Ho, SFU student I’ve been hacked on Instagram. After nine years of using the account to showcase art, post photos of some exhibition...

What Grinds Our Gears: Inconsiderate transit passengers ruin my commute

By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Those who rely on transit to get to school or work know how much of a hassle commuting can be....

Unreasonable professors make student life even more stressful

By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Being a student can be tough. You’ve got multiple courses on your plate, potentially on top of a part-time or...

What Grinds Our Gears: Why are we still using iClickers!?

By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Throughout our university degrees, we’ve all been in a course where the professor clearly states that not having an iClicker...

What Grinds Our Gears: Photo albums are falling by the wayside

By Hannah Kazemi, Peak Associate Growing up, I loved pulling out my mom’s photo albums and looking at her pictures. I loved seeing how she did...

What Grinds Our Gears: SFU students aren’t eligible for a U-Pass during a semester off

By Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor You know what’s cool? The U-Pass system. Through SFU, we’ve got unlimited access to the Lower Mainland’s sprawling bus, SkyTrain, Seabus,...

What Grinds Our Gears: We’re not in a state of perpetual panic over the tank farm

By: Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor We complain, but SFU’s Burnaby campus is a uniquely beautiful spot for a school. Secluded at the top of a mountain,...

What Grinds Our Gears: The “Devil’s advocate” guy

By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer “Just playing the devil’s advocate” is arguing for the sake of argument, and it helps nothing.   I’ve had people tell me...

What Grinds Our Gears: In-person summer convocations

By Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor This July, for the first time in two years, SFU’s graduating class will be gathering for an in-person convocation. You’ll...

What grinds our gears: A lack of campus study spaces

By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate; Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor As a student whose home has more distractions than it does workspace, I usually come to...