Graham Cook
Save democracy through democracy
November 18, 2013Comedian and actor Russell Brand set out to bring attention to what he felt was a major issue last month when he appeared on Jeremy Paxman’s talk show. His argument, as summarized in a follow up he wrote for The Guardian, was that “democracy is irrelevant” because the priorities of the government don’t seem to line up with those of “the people.” However, given the seemingly endless struggle of countless numbers of people throughout history to achieve the very democracy he so willingly disregards, I believe that his line of thinking is fundamentally flawed. To Brand, voting is a useless…
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Rob Ford should not step down
November 18, 2013[caption id="attachment_73003" align="alignnone"] Rob Ford hasn't been riding high in public opinion lately.[/caption] In an almost comical amount of controversy, Toronto mayor Rob Ford has become the target of a call to step down resulting from the video which surfaced…
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PED use should result in lifetime ban
November 18, 2013Performance-enhancing drugs (PED) use is one of the utmost concerns in the professional sporting world, as the deterioration of once-revered New York Yankee Alexander Rodriguez’s legacy has proven. With most competent athletes being able to avoid detection for years, some…
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Experiential learning should be mandatory
November 4, 2013Of the many problems that face the latest batches of 20-something undergraduate degree holders, like living with the existence of Grown Ups 2, or being unable to buy alcohol at grocery stores, perhaps the greatest are unemployment and a lack…
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Interest-free student loans are the way to go
September 30, 2013For all the things PEI fails to accomplish, the Maritimes’ little brother does do one thing right — student loans. Since October 1, 2012, all student loans in the province have been given with a zero per cent interest rate,…
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Fighting for the cheque
September 16, 2013Despite being one of the professional sporting world’s most profitable and oldest endeavours, boxing has always faced a number of organizational flaws, the most prominent of these being its almost complete lack of organization. In place of a single major…
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Unions are far from irrelevant
September 9, 2013Dating back to the 1880s, the first Monday of September has been recognized as Labour Day in Canada to celebrate our nation’s workers. Increasingly, however, this weekend has been utilized by writers of certain publications to highlight the supposed futility…
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University Briefs
May 13, 2013By Graham Cook SFU researchers receive new grants Teams led by Simon Fraser University researchers Fiona Brinkman and Cenk Sahinalp will use Genome Canada grants in order to create tools to analyze the DNA of cancer patients. The funds stem…
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University Briefs
November 26, 2012By Graham Cook Elections BC taps Emily Carr students to get more young people to the polls Elections BC is hoping to reverse the trend of few young people showing up to vote in time for the May…
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Students should be more aware of what they fund
November 19, 2012It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your $5 is? By Graham Cook Photos by Mark Burnham With a multitude of confusing fees levied against students every semester, it can become difficult to keep track of where they go and…
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