opinions
Reading for joy is enough
November 8, 2025You’ve probably witnessed it before — someone suggesting, with smugness only a self-proclaimed intellectual can summon, that reading authors like Dostoevsky is the only proper way to engage with true literature. I say this as someone who has spent many nights trying to parse the meaning of a single sentence in a Hannah Arendt essay. But I also say this as someone who reads murder mysteries under the cover, devours romance novels in one sitting, and has fallen in love with the main character in a certain YA book with a blue cover. Reading shouldn’t be pretentious — it should…
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The University Act is being misused to conceal the responsibilities of academic institutions
June 15, 2025On September 9, 2024, president Joy Johnson released a statement explaining why SFU abstains from commenting on “partisan political matters and current events.” This statement came after sustained pressure from students and faculty for SFU to take a stance on…
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Canada’s 2025 Express Entry system updates stall the government from solving its own problems
March 18, 2025The government of Canada is no stranger to using immigration to exploit foreign labour and distract from the source of the country’s domestic woes. They have done it again with the new year’s changes to the Express Entry system. Since…
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The importance of revitalizing Africville
February 18, 2025Content warning: forced displacement and racial violence are central topics in this article. Imagine sitting at home one day and looking outside your window. There, you see a garbage truck parked outside. A city employee raps loudly on the door…
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Brighter side: A trail worth following
February 13, 2025There’s something undeniably sexy about a happy trail. That thin line of hair leading down, drawing your gaze exactly where it wants to go — it’s practically an invitation! A promise of what’s waiting just beneath the waistband. It’s not…
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Simulating poverty is not advocacy
January 23, 2025Have you ever been told not to judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes? The Making Ends Meet Poverty Simulation (MEM) that will be held at 312 Main St. on February 11 is seemingly designed to let…
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Brighter side: As time goes by
January 22, 2025As a girl, I feared the merciless spectre of age. I was taught it would tarnish me — crow’s feet, smile lines, stiff limbs and fingers all blemishes in contribution to decay. But when I am watching friends’ faces stretch…
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Brighter Side: Album releases
December 16, 2024As a huge music fan with an appreciation for every genre under the sun, there’s nothing more exciting than when one of my favourite artists announces the release of a new album. I’m just as hyped for it as they…
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We need to say goodbye to the Grammy Awards
December 16, 2024You may have seen those viral videos on Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts that claim that Beyoncé is an evil figure in the music industry, or that singers or songwriters who don’t acknowledge her contributions to the music industry should…
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Buying the latest iPhone isn’t worth Congolese lives
December 2, 2024Content warning: graphic descriptions of slavery, child labour, and amputation. As millions of people rush to buy the newest iPhone every year, we fail to address that at the very core of its existence is exploitation of the Congolese people. …
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