Game of Thrones
The great wall of SFU under siege
February 12, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Dear SFU climbers, Hold onto your harnesses because there’s some wild news — the SFU Climbing Wall, that vertical haven of chalky holds and triumphant climbs, has been closed since mid-December. And get this: nobody seems to know why. It’s like the campus just ghosted our favourite climbing spot. Whispers in the hallways suggest that President Joy Johnson might be grappling with an unexpected condition known as “climbingphobia.” Perhaps, in her eyes, the climbing wall is a relic of the past, challenging the sleek and high-tech future she envisions for SFU. Why climb manually when…
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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media
February 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren Best: Pride (2014) In a way this movie is sex positive because it isn’t just about sex or sexuality. It’s about a group of gay and lesbian men and women who go to a…
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Why Game of Thrones season 7 is both the best and worst season yet
September 4, 2017By: Alex Bloom First of all, I’m a huge fan of Game of Thrones and I read all the books, so I really wanted to love this season. Second of all, spoiler alert: I will be discussing many events from…
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GoT has serious issues, man
July 24, 2017By: Alex Bloom and Janis McMath The Red Viper — certainly no stereotype While there is not much representation of non-heterosexual relationships or characters in Game of Thrones, when those characters do appear they are far from token characters. Sir…
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Eva Butterly “overwhelmed” at Game of Thrones casting
April 4, 2016With the trailer for the highly anticipated sixth season of Game of Thrones garnering over 27 million views and showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss proclaiming “this is the best [season they’ve] done,” the hype-o-meter for the premier date on…
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Play pays homage to Game of Thrones through parody
November 23, 2015From November 13 to 15, We Know Nothing: Monologues of Ice and Fire ran at the Cultch’s Culture Lab in East Vancouver. Hilarious and witty, this original production by writers Alison Ross and Courtney Shrumm was the debut show from…
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HUMOUR: Has Game of Thrones gone too far in new leaked season six script?
June 15, 2015Remember earlier this year when four episodes of Game of Thrones were leaked online before the season even aired? Unfortunately, the security breaches keep coming for the HBO mega-hit, as, not even a week after the show’s season finale, a…
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Sansa Stark is a knight in silent armour
June 1, 2015[SPOILER ALERT: The following article discusses the events of Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 6: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,” and includes spoilers for the rest of the series.] The television show Game of Thrones brings about images of violence, gore,…
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Burger King seizes Tim Hortons through Red Wedding-style acquisition
September 8, 2014On August 26, in a move that no one could have possibly predicted — except maybe economists who have already read the books — the House of American fast-food giant Burger King announced their acquisition of Tim Hortons through a…
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