Rachel Braeuer
Defence of prof teaching “preference” misses the mark
October 15, 2013It’s a liberal cop-out to say that professors can teach solely to their “preferences” if they want to, as Gloria Mellesmoen does in the Oct. 7 article, “Professors are entitled to teach their preferences.” Professors should and do teach to their specializations, but unless that specialization is white male writers, a “preference” for white male writers in an academic sense is just veiled bigotry. Being an academic is a privileged position. When a prof designs a reading list for a course on a specific genre or period, they aren’t just picking neato reads, they’re dictating what is worth studying in…
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Campus Cuisine
September 2, 2013When you stay up all night cramming and have to pick between showering for the first time in two days or making a lunch, finding cheap food on-the-go can be a necessity. It’s easy to grab a sandwich at Tim’s…
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Vanquished Vancouver
July 29, 2013Despite never having a “Vancouver proper” postal code my whole life (unless you count fetal development), I’ve always considered Vancouver and not wherever I was currently situated my home. It’s not surprising, really. A large part of my childhood was…
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Let them eat, period.
July 22, 2013Apologies to minorities on behalf of a nation don’t mean much when the nation’s leader contradicts them in public statements shortly after; they mean even less after it becomes clear that that government, beyond abusing those minorities physically and sexually,…
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Hypocrites on ice
July 22, 2013If the NHL is serious about its commitment to fighting homophobia in sports, there is no room for their players involvement in the 2014 games in Sochi. Earlier this year, the NHL and the National Hockey League Players’ Association made…
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Give a lane to save a life
July 1, 2013By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee Once a week (although I should go more often) I have a near-death experience as I walk down St. George from Broadway in Vancouver to my boxing class. No, it’s not from being…
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The Doctor is in
June 24, 2013Sometimes the most interesting pieces of writing are inspired by the most unassuming things. This is certainly true for Dr. Benjamin Woo, a recent graduate of the School of Communication, whose doctoral thesis was inspired by an NES belt buckle…
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Hot and wild in the city
June 17, 2013Ken and Barbie’s sexless plastic crotches serve as the welcoming banner to Sex Talk in the City, the Museum of Vancouver’s (MOV) newest exhibit. The exhibit is broken down into three areas: the classroom, the bedroom and the street, with…
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Everything under the rainbow with Kate Reid
June 17, 2013By Rachel Braeuer Illustration by Amelia Reid Photos courtesy of Kate Reid Local folk singer Kate Reid’s new album, Queer Across Canada, dropped two weeks ago. It’s a major departure from her usual work in that it’s an album specifically…
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Doors and arms wide open with the Women’s Centre collective
June 10, 2013By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Leah Bjornson At the end of the Rotunda Hallway (or at the beginning, if you’re coming from residences and West Mall) lies the SFU Women’s Centre, a pro-feminist, sex-positive, pro-choice, trans and intersex inclusive, anti-racist…
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