Marco Ovies
Don’t put all your faith in RateMyProfessor
November 11, 2021by Marco Ovies, Features Editor RateMyProfessor is a website long-time students may be familiar with. But for anyone unfamiliar, it’s a site where students can leave reviews on professors they’ve had a class with. It asks students to fill in what class they took with the professor, discuss technical aspects of the course, and if they would take the class again. Each review is accompanied by two scores out of five. One for the professor and one for the overall difficulty of the class. Generally, it’s a great resource if you’re struggling to figure out which classes to take. But…
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Fun facts about SFU Burnaby campus locations
September 29, 2021by Marco Ovies, Features Editor So you’ve been on campus for a couple of weeks now and you’ve managed to figure out where all of your classes are located. But there is so much more to SFU Burnaby campus than…
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The SUB be the worst undersea vessel ever created
September 12, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor Call me Ishmael. Some semester ago — ne’er mind how long precisely — I thought I would sail about a little ’n see the watery part o’ the world. Aft a few months at sea,…
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Horoscopes: July 26–August 1
July 26, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor ARIES: You might think ordering one of the many different kinds of fruity Starbucks Refreshers is a good idea, but most people forget those things are loaded with caffeine. I know you’re going to order…
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The Simpsons predicted my death
July 26, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor So there I was, scrolling through Disney+ for literally anything to watch, when I stumbled upon The Simpsons. I had never watched it before, so I thought I would give it a shot. Hell, it’s…
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Toxic veganism is turning people away
July 21, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor I was transiting home one day from school, waiting in line for the bus at Surrey Central Station. It was then that I was bombarded by a group of masked animal rights activists, each holding a…
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Being mixed is as confusing as my ethnicity
July 21, 2021by Marco Ovies, Features Editor In 1993, Time Magazine published a special issue titled The New Face of America with a computer-rendered image of a person mixed with many different races as the cover. This was supposed to be a…
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It’s time to treat the climate crisis for what it is: a crisis
July 5, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor I was disappointed this weekend after watching multiple news outlets talk about the heatwave without a single mention of the climate crisis. Additionally, conversations about how unhoused folks are dealing with extreme temperatures seem to…
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Courses SFU should introduce
June 29, 2021By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Not needing parental validation | 48 credits (B-Soc) Do you find yourself having to justify your degree and its “worth” to your parents? This short 16-semester-long course will be valuable as a FASS student. You’ll…
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Your weekly SFU Horoscopes: June 28–July 4
June 28, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor ARIES: I have no groundbreaking recommendation for you because I know you’re going to ignore me and jump headfirst into the latest pop-garbage tune playing on the radio. Maybe give Olivia Rodrigo’s new album a…
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