Mohamed Sheriffdeen
Obama offers incisive criticism of religious intolerance
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_398" align="alignnone" width="740"] Image Credits: BeckyF[/caption] Unfortunate as it may be, Barack Obama’s presidency will be remembered as much for its failures as its successes. His revolutionary healthcare reform will be marked by the bitter political fight that followed; his troop withdrawal from the Middle East countenanced by the vacuum it left, the closing of Gitmo and acknowledgement of American torture balanced by the absence of prosecutions. Even Obama’s chest puffing about America being on top of the global speed dial list when uncertainty strikes was offset by his neutered response to Bashar Al-Assad’s atrocities and Russia’s annexation of…
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No, #NotAllMen
July 28, 2014Oftentimes, the best course of action when faced with a topic that explodes in social or traditional media circles is to step back and examine it from afar. This has become difficult in the era of the ‘hot take,’ where…
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Former SFU resident blames decline in health on mould
June 30, 2014A former SFU graduate student is still searching for answers after finding the presence of potentially toxic mould spores in his suite in Hamilton Hall in 2007. George Kaufmann, who was recovering from lung cancer surgery when attending SFU, told…
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The Good, the Bad and the Mouldy
May 20, 2014Every week, thousands of SFU students go to classes, office hours, and lectures in the Education Building, one of SFU’s oldest structures and the headquarters of several of its faculties. Beyond its reputation as one of the school’s more run…
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Social Conservatism is a sham
March 13, 2014When the anti-LGBTQ legislation American Republicans championed in Arizona and Kansas, bill SB 1062, was rightfully rescinded, they quickly went on the offence. Bereft of allies due to their self-righteous “us against the world” mentality, these conservative thinkers lashed out…
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Contact Sport
November 18, 2013Even if you don’t follow or care about professional football, you’ve probably heard of the full-blown scandal enveloping the Miami Dolphins that has pushed the crystal-ball soothsayer ship and fawning that generally composes the 24/7 sports news cycle onto the…
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Jaw-dropping Gravity
October 21, 2013Alfonso Cuarón has never been a filmmaker known for his thematic subtlety — a fondness for overly eager and heavy handed metaphors separates his work from his more eloquent forebears. Gravity, in part due to its quick characterization and on-the-nose…
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Time to cut down on cut blocks
October 15, 2013In the NFL, the “zone-blocking” scheme is a powerfully simple approach to blocking assignments that allowed the Denver Broncos to ride to back-to-back Super Bowl championships in the late 1990s, helping put the cap on John Elway’s illustrious career. Then-head…
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Up In Smoke
October 15, 2013Enough and more hands had been wrung over the question of marijuana legalization and its place in our society before Justin Trudeau waded into the fray, cribbing a phrase from Barack Obama claiming that his views on the legality of…
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Give up the fight
September 30, 2013Tough and physical play has always been a great leveler, irrespective of the sport. While it doesn’t abrogate skill or finesse as factors separating victory from defeat, controlled and systemic physicality elevates competition from a mental and physical perspective. Enshrining…
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