Lauren Kyle
Planet perjurers
EIC February 3, 2014Would you drop everything to go live on Mars? Yesterday, my younger brother informed me that a not-for-profit Dutch foundation, Mars One, is accepting applicants from around the world to be the first human colonizers of Mars. I chuckled. Yes, I watch Doctor Who, and I love Star Trek, but the actual reality of another human civilization on Mars — is that really so close in our future? The organization claims it is. The Mars One mission will send crews of four every two years starting in 2024, with the first unmanned mission starting in just four years — 2018!…
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Sorry, Snapchat
EIC January 6, 2014So you’ve got the latest phone and have just downloaded all the latest apps. Aside from the basics — Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter — you’ve decided to socialize with trendier programs like Snapchat and WhatsApp. Everyone knows that what you…
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Point/Counterpoint
EIC November 25, 2013SFU students respond to whether educated North Americans should be able to suggest change in third world countries. This comes into light after SFU professor Morten Jerven’s book on research in African statistics, Poor Numbers, caused him to be blacklisted…
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