Politics
Celebrities set a good example when they voice their politics
February 10, 2019Written by: Sho Yamamoto, SFU Student As a child growing up in a new country, I was faced with learning new customs of life. I was six years old, and although I understood a good amount of English, there were plenty of cultural norms to which I needed to adjust. One of those customs came up a few years later during an election, when my mother told me not to tell other people who she had voted for. It was meant to be kept private. I may have been too young back then to know why, but the idea of…
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Canada can and should better support Venezuelans
February 8, 2019Written by: Tatum Miller, Peak Associate The worst humanitarian and economic crisis in the history of Latin America is currently unfolding in Venezuela. Much of the population lacks access to food or medicine, poverty is reaching all-time highs, and infant…
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Save “The Resistance” as a title for those who are actually resisting
November 19, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor I am such a specific brand of nerd that one of my most bumpin’ group chats is solely dedicated to Canadian history and political trivia. Boy, were we excited when the Maclean’s December cover…
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World News Beats
October 26, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Ethiopian cabinet sees equal representation in sexes Women now hold 10 of Ethiopia’s 20 ministerial posts, making it the second African country after Rwanda to have a gender-balanced cabinet. In a Parliamentary speech…
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The USMCA will do nothing but harm Canada’s trade and independence
October 16, 2018Written by: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate After months of uncertainty regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we learned this past week that it is officially dead, and will be replaced with the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA).…
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The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy jeopardizes the future of progressive America
July 5, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Anthony Kennedy, 81, will be retiring on July 31, after 30 years. Although he is a Republican appointed by former president Ronald…
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Doug Ford’s election teaches us that provincial politics matter too
June 22, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren *This article has been changed from the print version to more accurately reflect the intent of the writer. Every summer, a Canadian province bursts into flames. Last year, it was literal forest fires in B.C. This…
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The clothes one wears does not correlate to their level of freedom
June 13, 2018Written by Amal Abdullah, Staff Writer About a year ago, a couple of friends and I put on a bake sale at one of the vendor tables in the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) to raise money for a religious non-profit organization.…
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POLITICAL CORNER: Making fun of John McCain’s health crosses all the lines
May 28, 2018Written by Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor On May 10, White House aide Kelly Sadler made a joke about Senator John McCain, commenting that “he’s dying anyways” after hearing about his opposition to Donald Trump’s pick for the new CIA Director.…
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Generation Screwed SFU hosts audit on SFSS spending
March 27, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor On Thursday, March 15, the SFU chapter of Generation Screwed hosted an audit examining SFSS spending, titled “The Sad State of the SFSS: Students have had enough.” The event promised to gather experienced student…
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