Culture
It’s time to make the switch to tea
October 17, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer Caramel macchiatos, iced lattes, and plain drip coffee can all act as a little “pick me up” after a long day of classes or before a big study session. Many students see coffee, and large doses of caffeine like energy drinks, a way to power through tough days. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve sought out coffee as a solution for feeling tired during long weeks. Something about that flavoured bean water just gets me hyper-focused on the task at hand. Although, once the energy dies down, the jolting feeling of teetering over…
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Humble Beginnings
June 19, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Documenting recipes is important because it allows future generations, such as you and I, to learn a bit about those who came before us. As a Chinese Canadian, I sometimes find that I have no…
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Immigrants don’t need to “assimilate”
May 31, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of colonialism As far back as I can remember, I pushed down my Spanish. Whenever my mom picked me up from school in first grade and spoke Spanish, I quickly looked around…
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Ukrainian creativity amidst the war with Dr. Bilaniuk
October 7, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer Content warning: This article mentions violence, war, and death. On September 1, Professor Laada Bilaniuk delivered a presentation on Ukrainian creativity and resilience in the face of war. She focused on detailing the cultural creativity…
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The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) welcomes all members with open arms
July 15, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer You hear it said time and time again. Joining a club at any level — high school, university, adulthood — can be a life changing experience. This is true for both domestic and international students…
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When homesickness feels a lot like grief
June 6, 2022By: Alyssa Victorino, SFU Student I learned what it meant to be homesick when I was nine. My family and I packed up everything we owned, said heavy goodbyes to family and friends, and boarded a plane from Manila. Our destination…
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SFU co-hosts series on Islamophobia with the Ismaili Centres
April 5, 2022By: Nancy La, News Editor Editor's note: This article was updated on April 6, 2022 to clarify this event was co-hosted by SFU and the Ismaili Centres. On March 26, 2022, SFU co-hosted “Art as Dialogue: Ethics of Citizenship and…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Systemic change can’t happen without racial solidarity
June 13, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Features Editor; Meera Eragoda, Arts Editor; Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Introduction 2020 has been a difficult year for a number of racialized communities. The pandemic spread of COVID-19, which precipitated violent anti-Asian backlash and which disproportionately affected Black…
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Never Have I Ever watched a show that depicts Indian representation this cleverly
May 30, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate As an Indian myself, I appreciated Never Have I Ever for what it provided for me. Broadly speaking (as there are a multitude of cultures in India), socially progressive Indian representation in Western television and…
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Canadian Sports culture: the dilemma of four-on-four basketball
October 19, 2019By: Grant Simms, SFU Student One of the strangest things I’ve ever encountered was playing pick-up basketball in Vancouver for the first time. I’d previously been to Phoenix, where the pick-up culture is superb and there are a ton of…
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