Top Opinions
Unfriend and block your loose connections on social media
February 14, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Primary and secondary school can be socially painful. You’re growing, learning, and — most importantly — spending almost every day surrounded by peers going through the shared social experiences of school and youth. Unless you’re somehow popular with every circle, there’s always going to be problem people regularly seated with you, disrupting your day like clockwork. So why would you make the same kind of environment on your social media? Our online world is a very personal space that a lot of people are often afraid to clean and tidy. Even though we’re spending…
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What grinds our gears: Bathroom talkers
February 13, 2019Written by: Tiffany Chang, There is no doubt in my mind that every SFU student has experienced rush-hour traffic in the halls on campus. Seeing thousands of sleep-deprived, young adults pouring out through classroom doors isn’t anything new. While I…
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Political Corner: The recent peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban could be putting Afghanistan at serious risk
February 11, 2019Written by: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom. Ironically, the operation did not bring freedom, but instead endured for 17 years. But there’s potentially an end in sight as…
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Opinions of the Hour
February 11, 2019Written by: Winona Young, Arts Editor “What White, Western Audiences Don’t Understand About Marie Kondo’s ‘Tidying Up’” — Margaret Dilloway, Huffington Post Dilloway’s article is a searing call-out to the backlash against the titular host of Netflix’s Tidying Up with…
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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…
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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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Two-Minute Turnoffs
February 4, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Gabrielle McLaren, Winona Young People who wanna bring out the big kinks on the first date Don’t get me wrong, kinks can be a hell of a time. Lots of people love to be a little…
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Game devs and publishers need to just make us gay in open-world games
February 3, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Ubisoft’s recent open-world game, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, recently got nominated for a GLAAD media award for Outstanding Video Game for letting you romance any character, regardless of whether you choose a male or female…
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Queer culture should be more than just parties
February 2, 2019Written by: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate Vancouver’s LGBTQ21A+ community has been fighting for its unified presence for a long time, and now it is considered one of the most LGBTQ21A+-friendly cities in Canada. Although while event organizers like Flygirl Productions,…
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What grinds our gears: Escalator etiquette-breakers
January 29, 2019Written by: Trevor Roberts, Peak Associate Escalators. They’re loud, they’re expensive, and if they’re in a SkyTrain station they break down all the time. But they’re not that hard to use. There is one rule to using an escalator: stand on the right, walk…
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