Katrina Trask
Hobby Lobby ruling harms women’s rights in the US
July 14, 2014The Supreme Court has chosen religion over human rights in the case of Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby. On June 30, the Court ruled that certain for-profit companies cannot be required to pay for specific types of contraceptives for their employees. The complaint over the Affordable Care Act’s requirement was made by Hobby Lobby, an Oklahoma arts and crafts retail store operated by Southern Baptists, and Conestoga Wood Specialties of Pennsylvania, which is owned by a Mennonite family. They argued that this requirement violates their religious freedom as it requires them to pay for two types of morning-after pills and intrauterine…
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N. Korean and N. American tensions could create a second Cold War
July 7, 2014The newly released trailer for the upcoming movie The Interview, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as reporters who are recruited by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jong Un, has struck a nerve in North Korea. A spokesman from…
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Bull$#!+: Unspecific SFU diplomas and reality TV
June 30, 2014Unspecific SFU diplomas David Ly The end is near. After four years and 37 courses, convocation is just around the corner. Finally, I’ll get to walk the stage in recognition for the immense debt I put myself in. I’ll shake…
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Include asexuality in the LGBTQ community
June 23, 2014What do T.E. Lawrence, Isaac Newton, Janeane Garofalo, and Emily Brontë have in common? They identify and identified as asexuals. Like these people, I am also asexual. Due to my self-identifying as asexual, I have experienced negative comments ranging from…
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Strategy games do not make us sociopaths
June 9, 2014Did Hitler play strategy games? In an article on Futurismic.com, “Seeing Like A State, Why Strategy Games Make Us Think and Behave Like Brutal Psychopaths,” Jonathan McCalmont adds his opinion to the raging debate on the psychological impact of video…
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