Victoria Lopatka
Terrible tattoos to match your major
November 26, 2021Business You should get a tattoo of the scene in The Wolf of Wall Street where Mark Hanna and Jordan Belfort — played by Matthew McConaughey and Leonardo DiCaprio — go to lunch. Hanna does that weird chanting, humming thing at the table and it’s apparently really impactful. I’m thinking a 6x6 inch square tattoo, to provide enough room to get all the good details — like the glasses that look like they were polished by angels because they are so shiny and spotless. I already know you just love this movie because Jordan Belfort is so cool and such…
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Top Ten things to do with leftover pumpkins after Halloween
November 25, 2021Let them rot in your room to distract from your lack of décor You moved into your dorm room in September, but it looks exactly like it did on move-in day: scratched-up white walls, beige desk, smudged mirror. Don’t pretend…
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Fall drinks Starbucks should offer
November 25, 2021Starbucks: some love it, some hate it, and some have strong caffeine cravings that draw them to it. Regardless, we all wait for September, when Starbucks releases their new overly-priced, sugar-filled, barely-coffee-anymore offerings that give us a single crumb of…
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Students who use drugs deserve your support, SFU
November 21, 2021It’s an undeniable reality that some post-secondary students do drugs. Students may use drugs to keep up with a busy school schedule, due to social pressure, to manage stress, have fun at parties, or for other reasons. In a study…
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Senate Report: September 13, 2021
November 19, 2021Motion to Hire 15 Black Faculty at SFU The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) president Gabe Liosis brought forward the motion to hire more Black faculty at SFU on behalf of former SFSS president, Osob Mohamed. The motion includes the…
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All your STI Questions — Answered!
October 29, 2021What is an STI? A sexually transmitted infection (STI) is an infection passed from person to person “during sex or intimate contact.” STIs can be transmitted via oral, vaginal, or anal sex, and sometimes during skin-to-skin contact. They can be…
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BC government announces creation of Young Leaders Council
October 23, 2021On October 6, 2021, the BC government announced the creation of the StrongerBC Young Leaders Council. The Council will consist of youth aged 14–26 and will be chaired by Brittny Anderson, the Premier’s special advisor on youth. The Council will…
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We need to bring sex ed to post-secondary — Part Two
October 17, 2021Content warning: mention of sexual violence in fourth and fifth paragraph Previously, I discussed how sex ed in high school can be terrible, with many students receiving fear-based, inaccurate, and limited lessons. Sex ed at SFU should focus on prevention…
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We need to bring sex ed to post-secondary — Part One
October 12, 2021The quality and content of your sexual education depends largely on where you grew up and which high school you attended. This leads to discrepancies in how much sexual health knowledge post-secondary students have. In high schools, a complicated web…
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Keep the “winter blues” away this semester
October 6, 2021As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, some people happily bundle up with a good book or excitedly begin rifling through the basement for decorations — and some brace themselves for the sluggishness and sadness that comes…
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