Emma Jean
The joy of Stop Making Sense is just as vibrant today as when Talking Heads made it
November 24, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Certain bands of the 80s have kept cultural relevance in the years since. Bands such as Queen, Prince and the Revolution, The Smiths (fuck Morrissey), and Blondie have remained in the soundtracks of movies, commercials, and the lives of cool dads and emo kids everywhere. But what about Talking Heads? They, tragically, haven’t maintained much mainstream permanency outside of their timeless “This Must Be The Place,” an understated, bittersweet, lyrical love song that has remained and been covered by countless artists. But that isn’t the only piece that’s broken through — the other being their…
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The radicalization of social sciences and humanities students at SFU
November 21, 2020By Harvin Bhathal, Alison Wick, Madeleine Chan, Emma Jean, Kim Regala Simon Fraser University (SFU) is an environment that fosters radicalization against the current economic, political, and social systems in place. Whether it is from the inactions of the university…
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Podcasting Your Research paves a pathway to a new audience
November 17, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Academia and podcasting have a similar problem: unless you’re involved in them, they seem incredibly intimidating to get into. With academia that’s mostly true; a number of economic, systemic, and personal reasons make it inaccessible…
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What PSSU’s Election Night viewing party taught me about partisanship
November 14, 2020By Emma Jean, Staff Writer Disclaimer: As a queer white cis woman, I only speak from my own experiences, and cannot speak on behalf of racialized or trans people who have experienced harm because of these ideologies and the policies…
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No, The Social Dilemma, we won’t be deleting our social media accounts
November 10, 2020by Emma Jean, Staff Writer A couple of weeks ago, I settled into watching The Social Dilemma in the name of a family movie night. From what I had heard, the full-length Netflix documentary-drama sounded like the least enjoyable part…
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SFU’s Restorative Justice Certificate launches for 2021
November 5, 2020Written by Emma Jean, Staff Writer SFU’s continuing studies department hosted an online launch on October 20 for their online Restorative Justice Certificate, which will be running again during the 2021 academic year. The year-long program, beginning in late January,…
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This Sounds Serious: Grand Casino bets on a pitch-perfect parody podcast
November 3, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer If you’ve stumbled onto any podcast streaming service in the last five years, you’re bound to have seen a variety of podcasts with ominous names investigating true crime cases. With the abundance of nervous journalists…
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Don’t be spooked by trick-or-treating
October 25, 2020by Emma Jean, Staff Writer If one of the goals of trick-or-treating is to bring some scares, they may not be too successful with kids this year — but they’re knocking it out of the damn park with adults. It’s…
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Adobe Creative Cloud removes remote access for post-secondary students
October 20, 2020Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Adobe Creative Cloud Suite programs can no longer be downloaded for free as of September 29 due to an end in licensing. While the latest versions of Adobe Creative Cloud programs are not accessible,…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Trump and COVID-19
October 18, 2020by Kelly Chia and Emma Jean With Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19, the internet has been swarmed with arguments to be empathetic while weighing the irresponsibility of the Trump administration in their management of COVID-19, leading to over 200,000 deaths. Peak…
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