Top Opinions
You can’t take United We Roll seriously when it serves as a platform for hate and climate change denial
March 2, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor The Sparknotes version of United We Roll’s story is that a convoy of trucks traveled from Red Deer to Ottawa in the hopes of raising concerns over Alberta’s economic development with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They essentially wanted him to ditch two environmental laws getting in the way of constructing oil pipelines, and also for him to take a stronger stance regarding the Trans Mountain Pipeline (despite the Liberals being under fire for being too supportive of it). They came, they saw, and then went home on February 20. Before I go on, I…
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Reading breaks aren’t a vacation
February 27, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor During the past week, I’ve spent an unnecessarily large amount of time writing apology notes to a classmate over a group presentation, because I’d yet to finish my section of the PowerPoint in time…
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Political Corner: Doug Ford’s suspended MPP is disappointing and embarrassing to have happen in a Canadian government
February 26, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor On February 20, 2019, Ontario Premier Doug Ford suspended MPP Randy Hillier from his Tory caucus. This was in response to his behaviour while answering questions from parents of children with autism at Queen’s…
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Twitter’s reactions to the affair between WWE’s Corey Graves and Carmella show how sexist people can be about cheating
February 25, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor There’s a lot of reasons people cheat on their partners. It’s a horrible thing that should come with a lot of guilt, but each situation is different, and it’s often the sign of serious…
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Opinions of the Hour
February 24, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor “You are horrible people” — Scott Gilmore, Macleans Gilmore’s piece is a blunt and brief letter of frustration towards people who were complaining online about being woken up by an Amber Alert on their…
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What grinds our gears: The egg-shaped chairs of Vancouver campus
February 23, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor I used to spend a lot of time doing homework at the Vancouver campus inside Harbour Centre. I never had classes there, but being quiet and close to great places for lunch made it…
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We aren’t taught nearly enough about how to avoid plagiarism
February 22, 2019Written by: Hannah Davis, Staff Writer One of my biggest fears in handing in an assignment is that I unknowingly committed plagiarism, boldly claiming ideas or words as my own without even being aware of it. It seems that most…
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Opinions of the Hour
February 18, 2019Written by: Encina Roh, SFU Student “Mind your language, professors” – Liang Chenglu, China Daily Liang’s article is a sobering critique of Megan Neely, an assistant professor at Duke University, who sent an email regarding international students having conversations in…
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SFU needs to address how construction noise makes campus dysfunctional
February 17, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Three of my five classes are on the Burnaby campus. Twice last week, we were forced to move because of construction noises. When I say “forced to move,” I mean that my discussion-based seminars…
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Don’t rely on campus or transit announcements when deciding whether or not to stay home
February 15, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor I’ve been trapped on top of Burnaby campus during snow cancellations on two separate occasions. Both times, I’d woken up nonsensically early to beat the transit crowds and weather in case class was on,…
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