opinion
Let there be fashion in sports
February 21, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer With her bright hair, long lashes, and stunning nails, Sha’Carri Richardson’s style is as flashy as she is. She told NBC during the 2021 US Olympic Track and Field trials she wanted the world to know she’s “that girl,” and she certainly was. Richardson won the women’s 100m race to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Unfortunately, she was controversially left off of the American track and field roster due to testing positive for marijuana following the Olympic trial events. Nevertheless, Richardson set the women’s record for the 100m at the 2023 World Athletic Championships…
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The Lingerie Football League exploited women
March 29, 2023By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer Despite drawing in women from a variety of sports, the validity of the Lingerie Football League’s (LFL) conduct should be questioned. Prior to its 2009 launch in the US, lingerie football was something people could…
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Parents at games are too much
March 14, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor I’ve never seen as many physical altercations as I have at a children’s hockey game. You would think parents would be supportive of their children, perhaps even a bit concerned for their safety when they’re…
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What Grinds Our Gears: The “Devil’s advocate” guy
June 7, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer “Just playing the devil’s advocate” is arguing for the sake of argument, and it helps nothing. I’ve had people tell me that white cisgender straight men are discriminated against in western societies, that hiring quotas…
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COLUMN | LIST BITCH: Phrases that desperately need to die (like, yesterday)
August 2, 2016“No Homo.” Nothing says “my masculinity is as fragile as a newborn child” quite as clearly as “no homo.” Seriously, if you have to disclaim your sexuality every time you express a positive thought about the same sex, you have…
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COLUMN | TIM’S BIT: I’m back from my exchange — now where is my life headed?
August 2, 2016[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e all walk separate paths. Sometimes those paths meet up with other people and you travel together; sometimes you travel on your own; sometimes you see people for a short time; and sometimes you lose your way. Ever since I…
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Misogyny should be considered a hate crime
August 2, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he police force in the British county Nottinghamshire announced on July 13 that, in partnership with the Nottingham Women’s Centre, misogynistic acts can now be reported and investigated as hate crimes. The Nottinghamshire Police defined such acts as “behaviour targeted…
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Metro Vancouver needs to provide space for people of African descent
August 2, 2016[dropcap]P[/dropcap]eople of African descent have lived on the West Coast for more than a century. The first large migration of the black community, from California, settled in BC in the mid-1800s, mostly in Victoria and Salt Spring Island. Another wave…
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SFU’s course withdrawal system needs to be dropped
August 2, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his year has been a rough one for me, personally and academically. Between a cancer scare and my mental health feeling like it has been rapidly deteriorating, school has unfortunately not been the number one priority. This being my first…
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SFU needs to prioritize funds for sending students abroad
August 2, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap] couple years ago, I was intent on studying abroad for a year in Amsterdam. I am Dutch, and having grown up with various Dutch traditions, food, and attitudes — especially when visiting Oma and Opa — the prospect of…
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