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CONFESSIONALS: Yoga taught me to let go and steal my neighbour’s mail!
May 24, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Cat pose, Sphinx pose, Ragdoll . . . I inhale and exhale, and I feel all my negative energy leave me. Exiting through my palms, slipping through my fingers — just like my career has. I become nothing, everything. During quarantine, we’ve all turned to different coping mechanisms. I started doing yoga. And I am liberated — seriously. You can do anything when you’ve moved on from the crushing guilt of stealing all your neighbours’ mail! Let me start from the beginning. Like my online YouTube instructor says, my yoga practice means following in the footsteps…
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CONFESSIONALS: I’m a third-year English major with no clue what a thesis is
March 23, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer I have something to confess that I’m really upset about, SFU. I’m finishing up my third year under your roof and, in all honesty, I don’t really know how I got here in the first…
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CONFESSIONALS: I went vegan to save myself from family dinners
March 17, 2020Written by Kim Regala, Staff Writer Forgive me, for I have sinned. For years, I have been burdened by the torturous small talk and dad jokes that occur at every family dinner. But tonight, I have chosen to end the…
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CONFESSIONALS: I’m the OG Karen
February 25, 2020Written by Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer I don’t know if you’re ready for my confession, SFU. Frankly, I don’t know if I am ready. But it’s time you know just who walks amongst you, ready to harass yet another UniverCity…
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CONFESSIONALS: I LOVE group projects
February 17, 2020Written by Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer I’m scrolling through the syllabi of various course offerings and I’m looking for one thing in particular. Finally, I find it in a gender studies course. Those magical words: group project. It’s kismet and…
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CONFESSIONALS: I’m an abandoned microwave
February 4, 2020Written by Kelly Chia, Features Editor Life at SFU isn’t easy. It’s not the humdrum grey and red that gets you, but the illusion that you might be different. That you’re the cool one. Then year after year, you lose.…
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CONFESSIONALS: The housing crisis in Vancouver is ruining my sex life
October 23, 2019Written by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor It’s a little after midnight. I’ve lost count of how many drinks I’ve had at this club, and I keep making too-intimate eye contact with semi-coherent, sweaty guys on the dance floor who can’t…
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CONFESSIONALS: I convinced my professor to start the tapeworm diet
September 28, 2019Written by Ana Staskevich, Peak Associate Forgive me, SFU trash-panda gods, for I have sinned. Disclaimer: I’m actually a PRETTY GOOD student with a decent enough GPA — well, I’m not on academic probation, at least. And I know that…
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CONFESSIONALS: All along, I was the closeted capitalist
September 3, 2019Hey, SFU. I’m going to start by saying that this is really hard for me to talk about. It’s something I’ve struggled with my entire life. But I’ve realized that you can’t just run away from your authentic self. Not…
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