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Buy your orange shirt from Indigenous creators
October 1, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of residential schools. As we head into late September, we’re hearing more and more about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The statutory holiday, which falls on September 30 and coincides with Orange Shirt Day, honours Indigenous children and communities that were harmed by the residential school system. The story of Orange Shirt Day’s creator, Phyllis Webstad, is now widely known: as a six-year-old Secwépemc girl, she, like many others, was forced into a residential school. There, her orange shirt was taken away — an action that exemplified the attack on…
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Traditional medicine is health care
September 26, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Many people grow up believing that everything under the alternative medicine umbrella is false and misleading. However, this distrust can be particularly problematic when it carries over into traditional medicine. Evidence-based arguments fall short when…
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Bright-er Side: Navigating the maze of Burnaby Mountain
September 26, 2024By: Jin Song, Peak Associate My first experience of SFU’s Burnaby campus was struggling to find TASC 9204 for an absurd amount of time. Even with the help of Google Maps, SFU Snap, the campus maps, and strangers (none of…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Automated phone lines
September 23, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student Do you know the feeling where you are missing a package or something, and the only way to get your package back is to call the “help” number? But how helpful is it, really? Most…
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Backcountry education starts with us
September 23, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, SFU Student For many in BC, adventuring outdoors is practically second nature. A hike can be the perfect way to stay active while appreciating the natural beauty of Coast Salish lands. However, knowledge of the 10 essentials…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Parking at SFU Burnaby
September 18, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer You’re running late, already stuck in traffic on the way up to campus, and then you finally pass the threshold of driving up Gaglardi Way to find a spot at Central parking. Lo and behold,…
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An argument for reducing your meat intake
September 18, 2024By: Jin Song, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of animal cruelty. In another, far-off universe, humans might be photosynthetic — converting sunlight to energy as our source of food. Luckily, in our universe, we get to enjoy the great pleasure…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Convocations during classes
September 18, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor I am not looking forward to this fall. My one and only reason for this is that I despise class-hour convocations. Dramatic, I know. I understand that scheduling is tricky, and there will always be…
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Keep your cats indoors!
September 18, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Like most people, I always appreciate coming across a friendly neighbourhood feline. I love cats as much as any other cat person, but there’s no denying that outdoor cats wreak havoc on local ecosystems no…
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Give help instead of offering it
September 16, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer Living in a capitalistic society where your value is based solely on how independent or productive you are makes reaching out for help harder than ever. Instead of burning ourselves to the ground and then…
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