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The myth of a “correct” English keeps us policing ourselves
November 10, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer When my family moved out of India a decade ago, I landed in an American school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was a bizarre reality to comprehend: students with MacBooks connecting to Apple TV projectors in air-conditioned classrooms, while rickshaw drivers cycled passengers through the humid heat outside. My classmates talked about their first-class flights to the US, while many in the city struggled to afford a daily meal. Meanwhile, I was a 14-year-old with tear-stained journal entries, trying to make sense of where I belonged. Hating myself for not sounding right, I was suddenly confronted…
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Sports in Dialogue: Fundamental sports movies
March 17, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor, and Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Bend It Like Beckham (2002) The term “Bend it like Beckham” may pay homage to English soccer legend David Beckham’s legendary curling free-kick shot. But the movie Bend It Like…
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Toxic hockey culture starts young
March 3, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor In the last few years, it’s become progressively harder to call myself a hockey fan. My love for the game hasn’t faltered. If anything, it’s becoming a more significant part of my life. Checking statistics…
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Canada should be focusing on domestic COVID-19 cases
January 30, 2023By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief As of January 5, “All air travellers two years of age and older, taking a flight originating from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, or Macao that lands in Canada must provide proof of a…
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Vancouver protest speaks out against oppression of women in Afghanistan
January 24, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, SFU Student Activists and allies gathered on the corner of Georgia and Hornby in Vancouver on January 8. The protest at the Vancouver Art Gallery was organized by Afghan activist and journalist Humaira Saqib, in partnership with…
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Greek life is as bad as the movies — if not worse
February 21, 2021by Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Greek life — composed of exclusive social organizations like fraternities and sororities — tends to get a bad rap. Often in entertainment media, sororities are portrayed as a hivemind of shallow, catty girls. Likewise, fraternities…
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“Kissing the homies” and bromances: why we should rethink praising the normalization of male intimacy by straight men
October 2, 2020by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor As a gay man I’ve always been fascinated by bromances — even just considering how bromance is a combination of “bro” and “romance” triggers something in me. Bromances have shown prevalence in various media forms,…
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Discrimination and harassment complaints on the rise on campus
July 10, 2017The number of cases of discrimination and harassment brought forward to the SFU administration spiked by 13.5% last year, with the largest portion of complaints surrounding the accommodation of disabilities. A report by the SFU Human Rights Office, which is…
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The double life lived by student sex workers
May 24, 2016As Ava* embarks on the first semester of her master’s program, she is relieved that the admissions committee at her graduate school didn’t find out about one of her part-time jobs. The University of Calgary environmental sciences student dabbled in…
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Universities shouldn’t teach discrimination
January 25, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he BC Supreme Court recently overturned the Law Society of BC’s decision to exclude graduates of Trinity Western University (TWU) from reaching the provincial bar. The original decision came on the heels of controversy over TWU’s community covenant, a document…
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