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Tips for teaching assistants – a student’s perspective
January 18, 2024To be honest, attending a 50-minute tutorial on top of a two hour lecture can feel painful, and even useless. Whether or not you find tutorials useful, it’s frustrating to be stuffed into a miniature classroom with a bunch of students who refuse to participate. It’s no doubt frustrating for the TA, who wants to help their students but cannot figure out how to engage with them. They are just trying to do their job, but it can be difficult to do so when students are not always focused on class discussion. For this reason, I’ve come up with a…
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Being aware of my creative self
January 15, 2024If you asked me over the past six years if I consider myself creative, my answer would have probably been “no.” Before that, though, I defined myself as a creative person. I grew up surrounded by art, from learning to…
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Problematizing Orientalist art: a glimpse into the past
January 3, 2024The realm of Orientalist art, which has undergone a significant shift in perception over time, is often criticized for its colonialist tendencies and distorted portrayal of the East. This 19th-century European genre depicted cultures of Asia, North Africa, and…
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Inside The Cherry Pit
November 16, 2023Editor’s note: Saije Rusimovici is the acting vice president of Creative Design for CMNSU. The Cherry Pit podcast was born from the ambitions of members of SFU’s Communication Student Union (CMNSU) to combine their production skills with their passion for…
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The multifaceted problem of Gentrification
October 30, 2023Gentrification is a seemingly unstoppable phenomenon taking place in cities across the world, from North American cities like Vancouver or my home, Mexico City, to East Asian cities like Tokyo and Seoul. Gentrification is a complex sociocultural and economic process…
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Club Profile: Pursuit of Happiness
October 24, 2023Peek-a-boo, SFU! Halloween is just around the corner, so let us bring out our festive flair and make some memories. As everyone knows, midterm season can be full of fear and dread for most students. According to SFU Health Services,…
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Unpeeling the Layers of Self-Acceptance
October 24, 2023So far, 2023 has been a great year for movies. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, Oppenheimer, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, and how could I ever forget sweet ol’ Barbie — good hits…
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Catching Fire: An Analysis of People of the State of California v. Big Oil
October 18, 2023In the summer of 2018, I looked up at the crimson sun shining through layers of smoke and smog and I thought the world was going to end. I was home in Vancouver that summer, and despite being far enough…
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The ABCs of Budgeting in Vancouver, Part 2
October 10, 2023A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on the ABCs of Budgeting in Vancouver. It was so well received that I decided to write a part two. Without further ado, may I present to you some new and improved…
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A love letter to the night
October 6, 2023I am a night owl through and through. I can’t help that I’m in my absolute prime following the hours past midnight. The depths of darkness cascade through the night, blanketing the stars before twilight emerges and morphs into the…
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