Last Word
Why I’m siding with BC teachers
September 8, 2014On June 5, 2001, when I was just seven years old, Christy Clark began her reign as BC’s Education Minister. The BC Liberals, a party Clark now leads, ran on a platform entitled “A New Era for British Columbia” which promised to “create a public education system that’s the envy of the world.” Since that day, Clark’s policies have certainly marked a new era for British Columbia — one with a deeply broken and battered public education system. On my last day of the first grade, the collective agreement between the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the BC Government…
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Making the Grade
September 2, 2014What do you think the average GPA of a student in your department will be this fall? The graph above displays the mean grades by department at SFU, averaged from 2008–2013 in 3rd and 4th year courses. As you can…
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LAST WORD: Loner Wolf
January 20, 2013Why the rise in technological communication is bringing us closer By Jennifer Chow Illustration by Eleanor Qu For some reason, the image of a geek also often conjures the image of a loner, hacking away at the computer, tech savvy…
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Top 5 places to eat under $5
September 9, 2012By Adam Dewji [caption id="attachment_63783" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo by Mark Burnham[/caption] Let’s face it: most places on campus are terribly expensive, and a tasty, satisfying meal costs at least $10. In light of this, I took it upon myself to…
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Mount up: Your guide to another semester on Burnaby Mountain
September 3, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic If you’re a chump like me (that was a typo . . . I meant “champ,” of course) and took summer classes, then stop reading right now. You’re not going back to school, because you never left…
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The fuck-it list: The things you didn’t accomplish over the summer and why they would have sucked anyways
July 30, 2012By Gary Lim Well, shit. Summer’s almost over, isn’t it? I mean, sure, you have August, but once you account for all the time you plan to spend lamenting the end of summer, coupled with the week that it’ll…
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match
July 16, 2012By Kelly Thoreson Sheer white dresses, flip flops, tan lines, and more skin and sweat than in even the steamiest of Harlequin novels; the summer fling is one of the more romanticized relationship types out there and often serves as…
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Mixin’ It Up
July 9, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic 14 bartenders, 40 minutes, and $30. The goal: find the most creative ingredients in Chinatown. For some, working in the service industry is a side job, chosen only because tips are good. But for the bartenders participating…
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Intern-al Relations
July 1, 2012By Jeff Lagerquist TORONTO (CUP) - Internships can put some real world experience on your resume and even land you a job, but some employers see them as an opportunity to get cheap labour. With students desperate to build their…
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Mobile, Mo’ problems: What your phone says about you
June 25, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Not in this day and age: seriously, when was the last time you made eye contact with someone? People think it’s creepy. This being said, there…
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