Joel Mackenzie
Look Incredible
January 13, 2014I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THRIFT STORES. The unique, cheap clothing is a perfect fit for my unique, cheap self. But deeper than all of that, I do so to protest clothing produced in sweatshops. Buying second-hand puts a wrench in the buy/discard North American attitude that contributes to the demand for cheap working conditions. But maybe you thrift shop simply for the unique items awaiting discovery. You can stumble upon clothes from lines that are out-of-production for whatever reason ó maybe they're too old or they just didn't catch on to any market. You might even find…
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Woohoo, Boohoo
January 6, 2014Woohoo: chill Charlies I admire people who know how to relax, who can organize themselves enough to separate their days efficiently into work and play. I find myself letting stress consume my life too often, a fact that became apparent…
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Anchorman 2: That escalated quickly
November 25, 2013The highly anticipated Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is scheduled for release later this year. In a conference call with The Peak and several schools across North America, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd were pretty tight-lipped about the details. “There…
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Woohoo, Boohoo
November 25, 2013Woohoo: giving money to homeless shelters I have fairly liberal opinions concerning the homeless. I know that the issue is much more complicated than homeless people being unwilling to secure jobs or preferring to be addicted to drugs -— as…
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Woohoo, Boohoo
November 18, 2013Woohoo: activism Activists from a Vancouver-based group, Rising Tide, recently protested Premier Christy Clark’s collaborative decision with Alberta Premier, Alison Redford, to install the infamous pipeline that would link oil sands in Northern Alberta with the oil-needy on the West…
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LGBTQ rights are human rights
November 18, 2013In early November, on a bus in California, a 17 year-old boy allegedly set fire to the skirt of self-identified agendered teen, inflicting second and third-degree burns all over their body. I’m outraged by this. I’m outraged by the fact…
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Test-tube meat: unnatural, but not wrong
November 4, 2013The science-fiction-esque fantasy of test-tube meat, aka in-vitro meat, produced in a lab from the stem cells of an animal, is soon-to-be a reality in the modern world. In August of this year, the world’s first lab-grown burger was cooked,…
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Conflict arises over new SFU-based sites
October 28, 2013Shortly after the launch of Skalefree — an SFU-specific social networking site — a similar site called Shrumlist has been released, with the same format and target audience. Skalefree, released on Sept. 10, markets itself as a “social discovery tool…
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Un-liking Facebook for good
October 21, 2013Through my relationship with Facebook, the site acted as a passive watcher, aside from the regular reminders of ironic “pokes” or suggestions to “be the first to like this page.” It was witness to my superior two-line status updates, my…
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Engineering students show need for speed
September 30, 2013For the first time in history, SFU students will compete in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers West competition — an event organized by the engineering association, SAE International. The SFU Formula club is taking part in the annual student…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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For promotional inquiries: [email protected]