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Voting “yes” on the TSSU BDS referendum is a concrete step towards ending the genocide
October 22, 2024By: Nick Gottlieb and Omri Haiven, SFU students “It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok.” That’s how Canadian physician Dr. Gabor Maté, himself a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, described the horrific videos coming out of north Gaza this week. We are Jewish graduate students at SFU who share Dr. Maté’s horror at the violence being perpetrated by the state of Israel. We are also members of the national organization Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a group that advocates for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, Israel’s apartheid system between Jews and Palestinians, and, most urgently of all,…
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Affordable housing — where it all went wrong
October 22, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Housing as a necessity In 1976, Canada agreed to recognize housing as a human right, adhering to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) drafted by the United Nations. A right to housing does not…
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Black Colombian refugee fatally shot by Surrey RCMP
October 22, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of death, police violence, racism, and domestic abuse. On September 19, Vanessa Rentería Valencia, a Black Colombian refugee and mother, was killed in her Surrey home by BC Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
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Quiz: Which Moo Deng are you?
October 22, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Your Blenz order (warm milk) is wrong. You: Spit it out immediately. Despite the barista’s apology and offer to remake your drink, you insist on talking to the manager and lecture them about how you…
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Using public transit is superior
October 9, 2024By: Yagya Parihar, SFU Student Some time back, a friend told me about how “embarrassingly high” her car insurance is. Soon after, I read an opinion piece in The Peak complaining about parking on campus. I thought to myself, “You…
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The sweet potato in cupboard is my inspiration
October 5, 2024By: C Icart, Humour Editor They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but some of us didn’t have a choice. Some of us met our heroes way before they became our heroes. We met them at the grocery store in…
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Things I hope to remember
October 1, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer Dear Kaja in 2029, I hope you remembered to take your meds this morning. If you don’t have to take them anymore, congrats! If not, I hope Zoloft is still treating you well-ish. We just…
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SFU’s BSA weighs in on a chain of violence and disaster in Bangladesh
September 23, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor Content warning: mentions of natural disasters, government oppression, and death. The line “একতাই বল” (ako-ty-bal), meaning “unity is strength,” resounded through the streets of Vancouver in July from SFU’s Bangladesh Student Alliance (BSA). Driven by…
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If the CRA really wanted my money, they’d pick up when I call
September 18, 2024By: C Icart, Humour Editor It’s not tax season, but I would like to talk about taxes anyway. After all, this is my section; I can write about whatever I want (oop, our editor-in-chief has just informed me that is…
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Welcome to SFU!
September 11, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer Congratulations, your nightmarish high school experience ends with you getting into SFU! Let’s be honest, this is the best-case scenario given that UBC doesn’t want you, and you’re not cool enough for Toronto and Montreal.…
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