Jonah Lazar
Lonely men need community, not misogyny
July 13, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of suicide and misogyny. Seemingly everywhere you turn, there is discourse about the “male loneliness epidemic,” how young men in particular are experiencing unprecedented levels of social isolation. However, multiple studies have confirmed that loneliness rates among young men and women have jointly increased from 1990 to 2021. Everyone is spending more time by themselves, reporting fewer close friends, forming fewer romantic relationships, and spending more time alone online. The study suggests that things like “falling marriage rates, rising screen time, and the erosion of community ‘third spaces’” have contributed to this…
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A taste of Tuareg desert blues
July 13, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Amidst the downtown chaos of the World Cup, the annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival took place from June 19 to July 5. This year marked the 41st iteration of the festival, run by Vancouver’s not-for-profit…
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SFU rejoins U SPORTS’ Canada West in 2027
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Following SFU’s decision last September to leave the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the US’ premier collegiate sports governing body, the university is set to begin competing in Canada’s collegiate sports governing body, U SPORTS,…
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Canucks orchestrate hierarchy overhaul
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer After finishing rock bottom in the NHL Western Conference, the Vancouver Canucks are set to reshape their managerial team. The 2025/26 campaign saw the Canucks pick up 25 wins across 82 games, finishing 19 points…
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Soccer is the game of life: Carling Jackson’s “Uprooted to Unstoppable”
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer In light of the first days of the 2026 FIFA World Cup getting underway, and to celebrate World Football (Soccer) Day, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), unveiled a mural…
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A shared self in Simorgh: a self-portrait
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer The art exhibit Simorgh: a self-portrait is currently on display at the Audain Gallery at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. This exhibit is a collaborative work done by SFU graduate students Wyldie Bracewell, Alex…
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Book Nook: Independent West Africa: tradition, modernization, and identity in a post-colonial Africa
June 7, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer In West Africa in the 1960s, the literary scene in the newly independent nations stretching from Senegal to Nigeria was booming. Writers such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Léopold Sédar Senghor defined not just…
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Nico-meets-stereolab: a review of MEMORIALS’ All Clouds Bring Not Rain
May 18, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Formed by Verity Susman and Matthew Simms, MEMORIALS is an art-pop duo out of Canterbury, England. Their debut record, Memorial Waterslides, won the group a modest following, and from this success they have been on…
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Angst and the avant-garde: A review of Tanya Tagaq’s Saputjiji
May 10, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Content warning: description of residential schools. Tanya Tagaq, one of the most critically acclaimed Inuit artists, released her eighth studio album on March 6. Tagaq is known for her highly political music, which often explores…
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Robot bust-up in west mall
March 31, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer People passing through the west mall complex were left stunned as two robots began trading blows, wreaking havoc, and endangering bystanders in a dispute over a charging port. Witnesses report that this brief altercation resulted…
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