Meera Eragoda
The students, the tattoos, and the stories behind them
March 15, 2020by Molly Lorette, Meera Eragoda, Juztin Bello, Paige Riding, Kim Regala, Kelly Chia Molly Lorette, SFU Student [caption id="attachment_113699" align="alignnone" width="200"] Chris Ho / The Peak[/caption] My mom is pretty fluent in French, and has been integrating little phrases here and there since I was little. Every night after putting me to bed she would close the door and we would say “Bonne nuit, dors bien, fais de beaux rêves, à demain.” (Good night, sleep well, have sweet dreams, see you tomorrow). We’ve also always shared a fondness of lavender oil as a sleeping aid, and used to harvest it…
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SUBJECT: Time To Unionize, Fellow Tall Pale Male Bartenders of Vancouver
March 10, 2020Written by Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer From: [email protected] Subject: The Revolution Stouts Now Comrades in Ales, Have you ever found yourself wondering about the struggle that so many of us are facing of late? You go in to get a…
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7 Minute Majors: How to decide what to study
March 8, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer SFU’s Academic Advising Department held an event entitled 7 Minute Majors, on March 5 at 10:30 a.m. According to the event page, this event is for anyone who is unsure of what to major in,…
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The Rotunda groups have won their space and that’s something we can all smile about
March 6, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer WOW! Did any of us think we would be students at SFU long enough to witness the SFSS Board of Directors doing something so wholly unproblematic as giving the Rotunda groups space in the new…
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What Grinds Our Gears: These jerky bus rides are making me lose my mind — and my lunch
February 29, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer My ongoing experience of being on buses has featured drivers braking every two goddamn seconds for my twice-a-day hour-and-a-half commutes. I don’t know anymore if this is my life or if I’ve died and I’m in…
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The ball is still round and, no, you can’t eat it
February 29, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer If you’re like me, you’ve heard the word pickleball floating around, but you knew that looking into it would be as disappointing as an ice cream social with no ice cream. What I failed to…
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Allowing the RCMP to recruit on campus undermines reconciliation efforts
February 23, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Anyone who’s wandered past the BIG Fair or the Mini BIG Fair at SFU may have seen a booth set up for the RCMP. Some have already realized the hypocrisy that goes into having the RCMP…
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SFYOU: Meet the professor engineering the Archives of Lesbian Oral Testimony, Elise Chenier
February 21, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer Name: Elise Chenier Pronouns: She/her/hers Department Affiliation: Professor in the SFU History Department Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Occupation: History professor, Director of the Archive of Lesbian Oral Testimony It’s likely that the majority of people reading this…
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CONFESSIONALS: I LOVE group projects
February 17, 2020Written by Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer I’m scrolling through the syllabi of various course offerings and I’m looking for one thing in particular. Finally, I find it in a gender studies course. Those magical words: group project. It’s kismet and…
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Nerd Nite Vancouver is way more fun than your average Wednesday night lecture
February 17, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer On Main & 7th Street lies the Fox Cabaret. Once a porn theatre called Fox Cinema, it rebranded in 2014 to become a live-show venue. In a move away from the R-rated content it once…
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