Brad McLeod
Word on the Street: Election Results
May 20, 2013Q: What are your totally reasonable thoughts about the election results? Christy Clark is worse than Hitler! Did you hear what she said about the Poles? “The Poles were wrong . . . We can’t trust the Poles!” What year is this? Tim Gunderson, Has trouble with homophones I’m pissed off. I was sure the NDP would win! They HAD it! They were ahead by so much! How do you blow a lead like that! Godammit Bergeron! Bill Johanson, Mixed up NDP/Toronto Maple Leafs Supporter I am ecstatic. It’s so nice to finally see a nice guy…
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SFU Professor Power Rankings (Week 3, Summer 2013)
May 20, 20131. Dr. Winston Hubbard | Mathematics Hubbard’s been rolling this semester with a couple of stellar back-to-back lectures to kick off the summer. Look for him to continue his perfect semester when he takes on Linear Algebra in week 3.…
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International Headlines: May 20th, 2013
May 20, 2013Pyramid voted Egypt’s favourite polyhedron for 4,000th straight year (Egyptian Shapes Today) White House interior renovations were an inside job (Daily American Conspirator) Bowling news not frequent enough to fill weekly magazine (Bowling Monthly Magazine) Pyongyang voted “world’s ONLY livable…
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Math department offers “Fractions 101” in order to appeal to lowest common denominator
May 13, 2013BURNABY — SFU’s Mathematics is holding a brand new course this semester on the subject of fraction and although it’s been criticized by some as being too simplistic, the department hopes that it will attract students who wouldn’t normally take…
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Word on the Street: Voting
May 13, 2013Q: Who are you planning on voting for this Tuesday? I’ll probably just vote for whoever has the coolest name. That’s what I did last time and thanks to me we now have a ‘Stephen’ as our prime minister!…
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SFU Heritage Moment #1
May 13, 2013May 8th, 1966 Succumbing to public pressure, SFU’s athletic department finally changes nickname to the more conventional ‘c’ spelling.
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Despite recent tolerance trend in sports, Cloverdale Rodeo to remain a closeted gay rodeo
May 13, 2013Local Rodeo expected to continue living a lie. By Brad McLeod CLOVERDALE — Despite the growing trend of “acceptance of others” in sports, organizers of the Cloverdale Rodeo are still claiming that their event is “not a gay rodeo,” indicating…
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SFU Backhanded Compliments
May 13, 2013This is a social project intended to counteract POSITIVITY at SFU. E-mail a backhanded compliment to [email protected] and we will publish it anonymously. To the person who asked the professor at the end of my History 204 lecture if…
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Point-Counterpoint: The Worst Thing Ever
May 13, 2013POINT: I can’t believe the Canucks lost, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me! by Joseph Stephens, Upset Hockey Fan I can’t believe this has happened. Out in four games? Not even a single win? This has…
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