Gabrielle McLaren
Beyond Flanders Field: poetry from the First World War
November 11, 2017Compiled by: Gabrielle McLaren The sea of red poppies across Canada commemorating Canadian troops burst from a single poem. Though eyewitness accounts vary, Canadian medical officer John McCrae is thought to have written “In Flanders' Field” while overlooking the field of poppies where he had recently buried his best friend. McCrae himself did not survive the First World War, but his poem continues to commemorate not just his best friend, but an entire generation of lost soldiers, the veterans who returned home from the war — and all veterans who came after his time. Poets on the home front and…
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Playing in the big leagues means spending big bucks: the financial reality of college football
November 9, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren As SFU’s football season comes to a close, the Clan ranks last in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Great Northwest Athletic Conference, finishing the season with nine losses. It is no secret that SFU football has…
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History comes alive through tales of the dead
October 30, 2017Halloween may come once a year, but Vancouver is gothic and full of ghost stories year-round. Or at least that’s what two walking companies, Forbidden Vancouver (as well as their sister company Vancouver Mysteries) and Ghostly Vancouver Tours set out…
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The God of Small Things is in a World of its Own
October 27, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren, Staff Writer A friend gave me his favourite book before I left for a flight, we agreed that it would make a great read for a plane ride. I called him when I landed and told him that…
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SFU wins in three straight sets against St. Martin’s Saints
October 16, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren On Saturday night, SFU beat the St. Martin’s Saints in three straight sets, 26–24, 25–19, 25–20. The Clan has now won five of its last seven games. St. Martin’s started the game strong, pulling ahead early with…
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Wildlife and you at SFU
October 4, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren All of British Columbia is considered bear country. There are between 120 and 150,000 black bears across the province, according to Wildsafe BC — which means that if you’re in BC, you’re sharing living space with the…
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THE BAD RAP: Hillary Clinton
September 27, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren I know that most people read the title and had a fully-fledged opinion about this piece already. I know, and I’m at peace with it — because that’s part of my point. Hillary Clinton is one of…
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Museums can teach us about colonialism or preach it
September 20, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren, Staff Writer In 2012, the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology accepted a collection of stone tools a farmer had gathered along the Peace River. The condition was that these artefacts would be repatriated to the Treaty…
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D2 West Region Showcase brings up women’s volleyball team
September 12, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren The SFU women’s volleyball team competed in the D2 West Region Showcase September 7–9, hosted by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). For the second year in a row, the tournament unites all teams from the Division II…
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Book of the Week: Make Strange the Dreamer your last summer read
September 4, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren If you can squeeze in one last read before the weight of a thousand textbooks knocks you down, consider Laini Taylor’s latest release Strange the Dreamer. The novel follows Lazlo and Sarai, two orphans — one a…
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