opinions
SFU should lessen the number of electives needed or get rid of them entirely
May 14, 2018Written by Dustin Jorgensen Education has been commodified and turned into a product like everything else. Post-secondary institutions force students to take more credits than needed for their major in the form of electives. It has gotten to the point that we can argue for eliminating Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth (WQB) electives from SFU. What bigger questions does this raise? CBC Marketplace recently did a story on fake degrees that uncovered working professionals and politicians who bought fake credentials from online universities. They uncovered a counsellor who held his job for nearly a decade using his fake degree and a…
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For bigots, the blame game trumps mourning the victims of the Toronto Van Attack
May 14, 2018Written by Amal Abdullah On Monday, April 23, 25-year-old Richmond Hill resident Alek Minassian crashed his van into a sidewalk full of pedestrians at the intersection of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in Toronto. Canadians from coast to coast came…
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Banning cell phones at concerts takes away from the experience
May 14, 2018Written by Courtney Miller Concert-goers may have to face off against musicians for their phones. Some artists are looking to ban the use of cell phones at concerts, and some already have. While from the artists’ and some concert-goers' perspectives,…
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The ethics of big data analytics and governmental responsibility
May 11, 2018Written by Umer Altaf If you thought our troubles with Cambridge Analytica ended with the Facebook scandal, you are regrettably wrong. It seems that the company is impossible to keep out of the news. Not only have they recently declared…
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Coachella is a place for LGBTQ+ artists to be loud and proud
May 7, 2018Written by Winona Young Earlier this year, Pitchfork released an article investigating the co-founder of Coachella, Philip Anschutz, and learned that he has donated thousands of dollars to anti-LGBTQ+ organizations. Such accusations sparked protest hashtags such as #BoycottCoachella and #NoChella.…
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The defence of just being a tech company: the fallout of Cambridge Analytica
May 4, 2018Written by Umer Altaf Tech giants such as Uber, Amazon, and Facebook are vastly different companies that sell obviously distinct products and services. Yet they and many others like them are increasingly sharing one notable trait in common: the defense…
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The problem with taking the SFSS election slates at face value
March 22, 2018Written by Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Each year, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) election is like adulthood: sudden and overwhelming, and nobody ever tells you how it works or why. You’re just supposed to instinctively know, the same way…
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Dear DC Comics: the Amazons are warriors, not sex icons
December 2, 2017By Gabrielle McLaren, Staff Writer One sticky-hot summer day, my best friend and I walked out of the movie theatre and sat in her car finishing our candy and gushing about how we finally had a superhero movie with a…
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SFU Recreation and Athletics fee: a ballgame of inconsistency
September 29, 2017Last week, the tuition deadline fell upon our necks like the sword that snuffed out Anne Boleyn. Luckily, unlike the late queen, we have many long years to go. Unluckily, that means quite a few more sword-swings for us. Well,…
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THE BAD RAP: Hillary Clinton
September 27, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren I know that most people read the title and had a fully-fledged opinion about this piece already. I know, and I’m at peace with it — because that’s part of my point. Hillary Clinton is one of…
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