Alyssa Umbal
Revenge of the Stomach: Digestive Boogaloo
November 16, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Ah, it’s you again. I’ll admit, your response to my last letter left me with a bit of hopeless optimism. You seemed receptive for once. No lashing out in anger, no irritable bowels. You really had me thinking for a moment that maybe you’re “just sensitive.” Alas, the peace of the stomach is short lived. I now know our last conversation was simply the calm before the storm. Had I known then, I wouldn’t have stuffed my face with a box of Halloween candy. I was testing the waters, and boy, was I in too…
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Public transit should be free
November 7, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Hear me out: public transit should be free. There are virtually no downsides to this, and places that have tried it, like cities in the US and Europe, report positive changes. The initial reaction folks…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Bitcoin Instagram scammers
November 3, 2022By: 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 or cool scenery, and of course, show off neat photos of myself — my account’s…
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It’s time to stop treating climate change like a future problem
November 2, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Over the decades, popular media outlets reporting on climate change have appealed to readers by pleading with them to consider future generations. The idea that current generations may not suffer, but future ones will, is…
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Food for Thought: The desperate journey to my Ketoprak
October 1, 2022By: Emily Huang, SFU Student It all started when my parents in Indonesia sent me a picture of the Ketoprak they had for lunch. As the day dragged on, the image of vermicelli noodles glistening in peanut sauce, accompanied by…
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Should we be using the term “Latinx?”
September 30, 2022By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief and Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor Latinx emerged as a way to describe Latin Americans who didn’t identify with the gender binary. This can include people who identify as non-binary, agender, intersex, and/or Two-Spirited. The term…
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Soul Style Quiz: Fall-ing in love
September 23, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Hello my darling sprouts, You may remember my mother before me, Sylvia XVII, whose express purpose was to divine your perfect style by the mere art of quiz-taking. Now, for my modern perspective as you…
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How about I don’t develop emotionally?
September 8, 2022By: Maya Beninteso, the Emotionally-Mature™ Peak Associate To whoever, or whatever, the fuck is out there, Hey, remember me — the person you keep on presenting (unwanted) opportunities for character development? The person who does not want to play the…
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Rogers is so “sowwy” about nationwide shortage!
July 29, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Oh noOoOoO!!! Hey Canada, we’re besties for-eve-sies, right? So itty bitty me is so sowwy you felt like I let you down! fiddles with tiny fingers You guys are using big scary words like “blackout,”…
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Top cafés in Burnaby to work or study at this summer
July 5, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor Most Vancouverites can appreciate the summer because of our city’s rainy disposition. So, it can feel unfair to have to work or study in front of a screen all day while your friends…
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