Mason Mattu
Political social media ads need to be better regulated
January 20, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor A document published by Elections Canada wrote that various social media advertisements aimed at getting Canadians to buy into cryptocurrency scams were not directly related to electoral misinformation. Yet, this description misses the mark regarding the political implications of these ads. It’s time to regulate social media giants to ensure that voters make their decisions based on accurate information. Advertisement thumbnails are not uncommon. The ones I have come across often showcase a flashy headline and an artificial intelligence (AI) generated image of a political leader caught in a scandalous or illegal act. If viewers…
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The elbows up cult is ruining cooperation in Parliament
January 5, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor In a minority government, cooperation with other parties is essential to ensure stability and unnecessary elections. Budget votes are where this cooperation becomes non-negotiable, as they are confidence votes. Which means if a majority of…
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Ice Spice deserves an Oscar for “Big Guy”
January 5, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor and Official Song Reviewer “Stop playing with ’em, Riot” are the last words that moviegoers hear before being blessed with the lyrical mastery of American rapper Ice Spice in the latest SpongeBob movie, “The SpongeBob…
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Hallmark presents: Love on the Mountaintop
December 20, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor and an executive producer with Hallmark MAGGIE BENSTON CENTRE - REGISTRAR SERVICES DESK SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HOLLY is conversing with REGISTRAR OFFICE LADY. The room is grey with no Christmas decorations in sight. HOLLY (to…
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Comic: It’s coming on Christmas . . .
December 20, 2025Photography/creative geniusesness: Jack Baron (Contributor), Katie Walkley (Peak Associate), Mason Mattu (Humour Editor)
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It’s time to ditch the norms of songwriting
December 20, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor This summer, I wrote a bunch of songs from the back of a car on a super-long family road trip. Through speed bumps and all, I found a certain solitude in writing — a comfort…
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The dialectic nature of brunch as a form of resistance in a post-constructivist, Maoist, anti-rhizomatic context, as prescribed by bottomless Buddy Burgers
December 19, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Critical Brunch Scholar Acknowledgements: Thank you to A&W Canada for sponsoring this delicious research paper. You can buy a Buddy Burger for only a penny with the coupon code: TheA&WGuySentMe. To brunch is to rebel. To eat…
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Life with type 1 diabetes
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor In September 2019, I lay in a hospital bed at BC Children’s Hospital. A nurse hovered over me, poking my finger with a device I had never seen before. I winced. What was going on?…
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In Boots, portrayals of being gay are nuanced — the way it should be
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor Boots, Netflix’s recently-released gay military dramedy, stars a very talented Miles Heizer (Parenthood) as Cameron Cope, a closeted gay teenager who enlists in the Marines in 1990s South Carolina. The story is based on Greg…
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SFU’s contracted food service workers stage demonstration
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor On November 5, SFU’s contracted food service employees took their lunch break collectively to stage a demonstration, demanding a living wage and improved working conditions. Employees from Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Mackenzie Café, the Dining Commons,…
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