top story
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, Babes on Babes, and Man Up do an incredible job of locking down the best parties of our lives, Vancouver is seriously lacking in LGBTQ21A+ culture beyond nightlife. The queer community consists of diverse human beings. Some are private, introverted, socially anxious, asexual, or not down to party all the time. These individuals could feel like they are not able…
Continue reading
After the SFSS Executive Director consultation, there’s room for hope
January 12, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor On January 8, the SFSS held an open consultation for students regarding the hiring of the new Executive Director (ED), a newer variant of the old CEO role. For those who don’t know about this particular odd role,…
Continue reading
Looking back and forward at SFU’s 2018
January 8, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor As we look back at the huge list of ridiculous things that happened at SFU in 2018, their contexts and future implications are worth keeping in mind. Jas Randhawa is elected . . .…
Continue reading
SFU economics professor found dead in Colombia
January 4, 2019By: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member Three weeks after going missing in Colombia, SFU economics professor Ramazan “Ramo” Gencay was found dead. Gencay travelled to Colombia to attend seminars at the EAFIT university (universidad escuela de administración y…
Continue reading
The social media trend of blackfishing is disturbing and unquestionably racist
November 25, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer On November 6, a Twitter user named Wanna created a thread which showcased a number of white women partaking in the racially insensitive phenomenon of blackfishing. The act, named after the term catfishing, is…
Continue reading
SFU’s poetry club, The Writer’s Art, is calling all writers
November 17, 2018By: Winona Young The art of writing is not lost on SFU student Encina Roh or her fellow club members. Proving that the pen is mightier (and more helpful) than the sword, their SFU club centred around poetry, The Writer’s…
Continue reading
TEDxSFU: Uncharted elicits inspiration in Vancouver
November 12, 2018By: Youeal Abera TEDxSFU: Uncharted comprised an eclectic group of speakers, each offering rich insights from a wide array of ideological (and even philosophical) schools of thoughts. Each speaker had 30–45 minutes to present ideas that, in theory, could…
Continue reading
SFU’s safety and security services: what we can change and what we can’t
November 12, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Recently, SFU students got an email reminding them of proper procedure in an emergency, providing the phone numbers for security on each campus. This came after two separate safety and security crises on Burnaby…
Continue reading
Director Joel Edgerton tells all about his process adapting the memoir, Boy Erased, to film and more
November 5, 2018PC: Joel Edgerton stars in Boy Erased as head therapist, Victor Sykes Until June 6, 2018, gay conversion therapy was still legal in Vancouver. While many may think gay conversion therapy couldn’t possibly still exist, shake their heads at…
Continue reading
Paranormal Activity : SFU students tell us their real life scary stories
October 27, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Maxwell Gallick, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Zach Siddiqui, Lauren Wallace, and Winona Young It was too cold to play outside, and we weren’t yet addicted to video games, so somehow my best friend and I got the…
Continue reading
Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]
Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]