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Creative Corner: Sculpting reminds me art is about impulse and process

Kelly Chia June 16, 2023

I’m sure many people, like me, see creativity as a luxury they can rarely indulge in during adulthood. I can’t count how many unfinished projects pile up in my brain, waiting for the day I declare I finally have time to honour them. So one day, I decided to try following my impulse into a Michaels store after seeing a number of adorable baked-clay projects on YouTube. I daydreamed of making figurines, like YouTube creator Squash Clay, who makes adorable Pokémon figurines, one thin strip of clay at a time. It just brought me so much joy to imagine making…

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Horoscopes March 27–April 2

Kelly Chia March 29, 2023

Aries: Precious Aries, you deserve a companion who knows how to soothe your rage, which we have determined will be directed toward leather bus seats today. We think the kind Blissey will make you smile just by looking at her.…

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Your weekly SFU Horoscopes: Pokémon edition

Marco Ovies May 17, 2021

ARIES: Your fiery spirit will give you the motivation to light a flame this week, just like a Darmanitan going into its Zen Mode. With Jupiter’s planetary ingress into Pisces, you will be full of inspiration. Make sure to take…

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A surprise revisit from 2006

Charlotte Gravert March 14, 2021

I’ve been feeling funny lately. Could it be the annual spring fever? It’s already March and the midterm season is in full blast. Maybe I’m just stressed.  I’m tossing and turning half asleep. I open my eyes to check the…

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu: Hollywood’s latest nostalgia film

Marco Ovies May 27, 2019

Within the first couple shots of the Pidgeot flying across the screen, I felt like a kid starting my own Pokémon adventure again. Seeing all these creatures I grew up with perfectly exist in the real world had me giddy…

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Pokémon: Let’s Go hits the top percentage of enjoyability

Zach Siddiqui January 19, 2019

If you have yet to wander down the nostalgia route that is the first Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch, let’s go! Two months after their initial drop, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! have held up well…

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The best video games of 2016

EIC January 4, 2017

By all measures, 2016 was a good year for gamers. Much as I would’ve liked to try them all, I didn’t get around to some of my most anticipated games — still, I was able to try out some of…

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Pokémon Go has ruined my sex life

EIC July 12, 2016

He leaned in for a kiss. I did the same. We embraced, and it was great — there’s something about geeky guys that really gets my blood pumping. Our hands began to roam when suddenly his pants vibrated. I grinned…

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HUMOUR: Ash’s Squirtle called out of retirement to help battle BC wildfires

EIC July 21, 2015

With over 200 wildfires (as of print time) currently blazing across British Columbia, the provincial government has called Ash Ketchum’s Squirtle out of retirement to help combat the growing numbers. A once prominent member of the Pokémon trainer’s roster, Ash’s…

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HUMOUR: Delta plans shutdown of Alex Fraser Bridge for Magic: The Gathering tournament

EIC June 22, 2015

Shortly after the cancellation of the widely criticised ‘Om the Bridge,’ another familiar politician, Delta mayor Lois Jackson, announced that the city will be shutting down a different Lower Mainland bridge for a trading card game tournament. “The City of Delta is…

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