Michelle Young
COVID conscious activities for a safer summer
June 19, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor COVID-19 is still in the air, and indoor dining is not where it’s at. With more students looking to socialize, it’s important to keep a layered approach to pandemic precautions so everyone can avoid severe illness and long-term complications. While these suggestions are generally safer than most indoor events, they are also not entirely risk free — respect people’s boundaries if they don’t want to meet in a group or in-person. Twilight Drive-In Movie Theatre For a household, a date, or a few close friends, the drive-in movie theatre in Langley is a great alternative…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is SFU Burnaby really that ugly?
June 12, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor SFU has a reputation for looking like a grey concrete prison. Many students argue the aesthetics on campus are demoralizing. However, in recent years, more conversations have emerged around SFU’s…
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Immigrants don’t need to “assimilate”
May 31, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of colonialism As far back as I can remember, I pushed down my Spanish. Whenever my mom picked me up from school in first grade and spoke Spanish, I quickly looked around…
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DoNoHarmBC protests the removal of mandatory masks in healthcare settings
May 15, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of medical ableism. On April 28, DoNoHarmBC hosted a non-violent die-in protest in front of health minister Adrian Dix’s office to protest the removal of mandatory masks in healthcare settings. The group’s…
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We need masks in healthcare settings
May 11, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor As of April 6, masks are no longer mandatory in healthcare settings. As one of the only settings in BC to have pandemic precautions, the decision is needlessly harmful and irresponsible. It puts those who…
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Opinions in Dialogue: What it feels like to be disabled during COVID-19
March 31, 2023By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor & Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief It’s been just over three years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Most people in the west spent around two years following COVID-19 precautions. However, many were eager to discard their…
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Monday Music: Glitchy tunes
February 27, 2023By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief It’s 2023, and it feels like the world is ending at all times! Between the pandemic, climate change, and the increasing use of AI, sometimes I just want to be thrown into a digital black hole…
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Horoscopes February 20–27
February 21, 2023By: Michelle (Megistus) Young, Editor-in-Chief Aries: Hu Tao. Maybe your friends worry that you are burning both ends of the candle, but you always make it through (looking a little haunted) in the end! She is the perfect, fiery, high-energy…
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Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi speaks on COVID-19, public health, and preventive care
February 21, 2023By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief “Scientifically and objectively, we’re really still in the midst of this pandemic,” said Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi in conversation with Protect our Province BC. “Emotionally, much of the population — I think to no fault of their…
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Canada should be focusing on domestic COVID-19 cases
January 30, 2023By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief As of January 5, “All air travellers two years of age and older, taking a flight originating from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, or Macao that lands in Canada must provide proof of a…
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