Michelle Young
SFU needs to invest more in its language offerings
July 4, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Over the years, SFU has been slowly picking away at its language program. The Spanish Language Certificate was suspended in 2017, and there is speculation that Arabic and Persian courses will be the next to go. In a bid to save languages at SFU, the Language Training Institute has been merged with world literature to create the world languages and literatures department, and it’s not unreasonable to fear that this will result in the further dwindling of language courses. However, languages are an extremely valuable elective to take. Merging the program without investing in more professors…
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Lights’ How To Sleep When You’re On Fire is a vibey, instrumental space jam
July 3, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Canadian electro-pop artist, Lights, recently released the album, How To Sleep When You’re On Fire. Starting out in the 2006 MySpace scene, the artist has evolved her sound throughout the years. Clean and electronified earlier…
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Dora Kamau is creating empowerment-focused spaces for women to heal
June 25, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Dora Kamau is a Vancouver-based meditation teacher and mindfulness artist who hosts meditation classes and conversations for women to emotionally heal from stress, trauma, and self-doubt. Previously the founder of Bliss Your Heart, “an online…
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Takao Tanabe workshop provides new abstract styles for artists to apply in their work
June 25, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer The Vancouver Art Gallery’s Christina Jones hosted a one-hour Zoom workshop on Takao Tanabe’s work, inspiration, and styles as part of their Art at Home Live workshops. Tanabe is a Canadian painter who studied internationally…
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Students don’t have time for extra assigned readings
June 20, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer While weekly readings are a valuable resource that provide context, perspectives, and research material to students, they are also very time-consuming. Professors sometimes neglect to acknowledge that students take multiple classes in a semester — all…
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Top 5 alluring fragrances to wear on Zoom
June 18, 2020Written by Michelle Young, Staff Writer What the hell does “Zoom casual” mean? We’re all still figuring it out. As we put on our best dress shirts and pajama bottoms, we’ve been neglecting something very important: our aroma. Yes, no…
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Students shouldn’t have to sacrifice security for credits
June 14, 2020Update (15/06/2020): This article has been updated to clarify Zoom's encryption and law enforcement cooperation policies. By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Ever since classes scrambled to put their materials online, students have been attending courses via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Zoom, or…
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Latte recipes to soothe your soul
June 14, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer During these past few months as I’ve been isolating away from the world, I’ve been craving more sweet specialty drinks — but going out to buy one wasn’t an option. So I took it upon myself…
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National security law for Hong Kong approved by China
June 10, 2020Written by: Michelle Young, Staff Writer China has approved a new bill to criminalize secession, subversion, terrorism, and foreign interference in Hong Kong. The law has yet to be drafted, as the process is expected to take a few months.…
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MUJI’s virtual bullet journal workshop demonstrates that journalling doesn’t need to be perfect
June 10, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Amongst all the COVID-19 isolation, various companies have shifted their in-person services to make them accessible to customers from home. MUJI, a department store known for their stationary, hosted a bullet journal workshop via Zoom…
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