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Don’t be afraid of falling in love
February 22, 2016Fear is often associated with our trepidation for the unknown. When we think about being afraid, roller coasters and horror movies often come to mind. But they are, in fact, not what society has deemed to be the scariest risk we take. Our greatest fear is much more common than that: love. It’s a word that runs the media. TV, movies, and music are obsessed with love, eventually finding ‘The One,’ and the happily ever afters. Similarly, the heartbreak and pain of love is put on a pedestal. Rarely are we given a story or song that has nothing to…
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Aliens and zombies on the streets of Vancouver
October 26, 2015Director Andy Thompson talks about the Virtual Stage’s latest interactive theatre experience The Virtual Stage’s Alien Contagion: Rise of the Zombie Syndrome, directed by Andy Thompson, is a not your average theatrical production. It’s an interactive show that actually takes…
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Don’t ban my laptop from class!
September 14, 2015[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]I[/dropcap]banned laptops in the classroom after it became common practice to carry them to school,” writes a computer science professor for The New Yorker last June. I find this sentence, much less the rest of the article, perfectly encapsulates a…
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Cement the Freedom Square plaque or get rid of it
June 15, 2015Last week, thousands of new graduands walked across the Academic Quadrangle to Convocation Mall to receive their degrees from SFU. On their way, they passed through perhaps the most historically significant location at our university, which was made famous as…
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Be an Entrepreneur
March 9, 2015Recently, I wrote the Law School Admission Test and applied to UBC Law. I’m trying to follow that ‘tried and true’ method of going to school, getting good grades, and then getting a good job with a secure benefits package.…
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More Than Just a Month
February 23, 2015As we sat in the bleachers overlooking the men’s basketball game and discussed plans for upcoming Black History Month celebrations for the Black Awareness Students’ Initiative Network, an older white gentleman came over to our seating area and politely asked us…
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Stop Drawing Conclusions
January 26, 2015There is no way to justify the actions of the four men who savagely murdered 12 innocent people in Paris. Any reasonable human being -— whatever their denomination — can and should condemn such violence as pointless acts of terror.…
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Everyone Hates a Vegetarian
January 12, 2015My foot squished with water when I stepped into the shoe repair shop. I was looking for waterproofing spray. My shoes were old leather ones that I had bought second hand, and I didn’t think they’d be half as spongy…
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Me, Himself & I
January 6, 2015I couldn’t sleep. My mind was going crazy. It was the night before my first day of high school and I couldn’t have been less excited. Facing the prospect of my first day of eighth grade in a strange new school…
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Gearing Up
November 24, 2014Yeah, that’s right. SFU has a bike tool co-op. Located in TC319 Rotunda on the Burnaby campus, the Bike Tool Co-op (BTC) is stocked with a whole variety of new tools and parts to help you keep your bike healthy.…
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