Victoria Lopatka
From cosmetics to green business and film: Mia Fiona Kut on her post-SFU life
March 27, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer Fast facts about Mia Fiona Kut Name: Mia Fiona Kut Business name/Instagram: Luna Nectar /@lunanectar Hometown: Richmond, BC Year of graduation from SFU: 2013 Major: Communications Fun fact: I love butter chicken and Daiya cheese. Every day is a little bit different for filmmaker, actress, and business owner Mia Fiona Kut. You may find her demoing products to a prospective retail partner, shipping and delivering packages, brainstorming a new brilliant sales strategy, writing a film script, working on her company’s website, editing photos for its social media, or attending an audition. “I’m usually late for…
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How golf has taken Laura Jones from New Brunswick to SFU
March 14, 2018Laura Jones had a very strong 2017 year when it came to golf, both individually and for the SFU team. Individually, she finished first at both the Bouctouche East Coast Junior Championship and New Brunswick (NB) Junior Girls Championship. She…
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Every Day shouldn’t be written off as just another teen romance movie
March 14, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Imagine waking up one morning to find that your distant, selfish boyfriend is suddenly affectionate, sensitive, and romantic: taking you to the beach for picnics, driving through sunny forests, and having intimate conversations about your family issues…
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I let my Instagram followers make my decisions for 24 hours
March 10, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka A few days ago, I was on YouTube when a video called “Instagram Followers Control Our Lives for 24 Hours” by a channel called Yes Theory popped up. The video features YouTubers getting tattoos and piercings, travelling…
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SFU Bookstore scavenger hunt
February 26, 2018Written and photographed by Victoria Lopatka If you’re looking for exotic protein snacks, uterus-centric fridge magnets, or incredibly expensive leather book bags, look no further than your local SFU Bookstore. Shout-out to bookstore staff member Saadiyah, who helped me track…
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Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s sentencing of Larry Nassar was within her judicial rights
February 14, 2018Written by Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer Larry Nassar was a respected, world-class American sports physician. Parents were eager to take their blossoming athletes to him, some of the country’s greatest female gymnasts, for treatment of varying aches and pains. Now,…
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Holly Taylor explains track throwing sports and talks ‘balance’
February 13, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Name: Holly Taylor Year: Freshman (first-year) Hometown: Brantford, Ontario Major: Criminology Sport(s) you play at SFU: Track and field (shot put, hammer throw, weight throw, discus) GPA: 3.3 Part A (Miscellaneous) The Peak: What’s your…
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The Good, the Alright, and the Just Plain Bad of sex work in media
February 7, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Sex work has been featured openly in the media since at least the 1950s, but we haven’t necessarily gotten better at portraying it in the last seventy or so years. Some shows and movies still feed into…
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Meet Paola Quirós, new co-ordinator of the Women’s Centre
February 7, 2018Fast Facts on Paola Quirós Name: Paola Quirós (pronounced: p ah-OH-l ah) Preferred pronouns: she/her Position: Co-ordinator of the SFSS Women’s Centre since November 2017 Education: BA in Social Communication and Journalism from University of La Sabana in Colombia and…
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Golden Globe highlights
January 29, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Best Original Song – Motion Picture “This is Me” // Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul // The Greatest Showman [caption id="attachment_102115" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox)[/caption] This powerful and emotive…
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