Gloria Mellesmoen

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GAP protesters belittle students’ intelligence

EIC April 7, 2013

Shock tactics are not effective ways of conveying points By Gloria Mellesmoen Word on campus is that we are due for another visit from the GAP (Genocide Awareness Project) on Burnaby Mountain. If you are unaware of what this is, I would say that you are lucky. The GAP is a pro-life organization that has put together a series of grotesque images juxtaposing abortion to horrific events in world history, such as genocides and the holocaust. I do not intend to belittle the beliefs of those who are against abortion, or to condemn them in any form. What I condemn…

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G.I. Joes and oh hell nos

EIC March 24, 2013

By Gloria Mellesmoen KBG sorority's latest event smacks of the sexism they purport to oppose They say all publicity is good publicity, but I have to question what the women in charge of SFU’s sorority Kappa Beta Gamma were thinking…

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Vancouver lives on without the Waldorf

Peak Web February 17, 2013

Stop crying over spilled milk from your vintage cereal and get out there. By Gloria Mellesmoen Until now, I have been more than sympathetic to your lamenting cries about how nothing will be the same and how you cannot believe…

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Protesting the Paramount is completely pointless

EIC January 27, 2013

Closing down a strip club will not end objectification, but rethinking our relationship to sex might By Gloria Mellesmoen Photos by Jan Zeschky / flickr ¬¬Strip clubs and the women who work at them have long been the target of…

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