Vol. 140
Great sex-pectations
April 10, 2012What do we expect from romantic relationships, and what influence do movies have? By Denise Wong Photo By Mark Burnham I have a confession to make: The Notebook is not one of my favourite movies. In fact, I probably wouldn’t watch it again of my own free will. I should say, though — before the Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling fans stone me to death — there is one particular scene I could watch over and over again. They’re not making out or ogling at each other: they’re at each other’s throats yelling at each other right when Ryan Gosling gives…
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Five myths keeping you from being debt free
April 9, 2012By Erika Zell It's official: when I walk across the stage this June, I'll be graduating debt-free. No student loans, no over-extended credit cards, no appreciative hugs for my parents — I won't owe a nickel to anybody, and it…
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One man’s garbage
March 26, 2012The quest for zero waste at SFU By Esther Tung Photo By Mark Burnham In step with Metro Vancouver’s plans to divert 70 per cent of its waste from landfills by 2015, SFU has launched its most comprehensive waste…
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Living in diaspora
March 26, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic "Welcome home."” The woman at YVR customs hands me back my Canadian passport and smiles warmly. Home? Where is home? I wonder, glaring at her for starting this internal conflict again. Is it Vancouver, the city I…
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The sad story of student apathy, and how we can fix it
March 19, 2012By Katie Maki Bold posters have recently lined every square inch of the walls around SFU. Those smiling faces have looked back at you, promising integrity and experience, and you have wondered what it’s all for. Based on what the…
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Highland Pub deficit
March 19, 2012SFSS owned and operated Highland Pub has been losing student money for years By Jennifer Bednard Photo By Mark Burnham Running a chronic deficit, SFSS Food and Beverage Services continues to soak up hundreds of thousands of dollars of student…
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Where are the microwaves?
March 12, 2012By Katie Maki With all the shit going on at SFU right now — levies stolen from our pockets and the whole catastrophe between the SFSS and the CUPE — I began to try and think of the things we…
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SF-ood
March 12, 2012After a 50-year food fight, can changes to SFU food services really make the cut? By Ariane Madden Photos By Mark Burnham It's 5:21 p.m. on a Tuesday, and you suddenly find yourself running from Images Theatre to McKenzie Café in…
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The danger of trying to be happy when you’re fat
March 5, 2012By Clinton Hallahan Living obese is like a couple of ambulances screeching by, sirens on fire. Those ambulances don’t affect you presently, but knowing that their rush is to tend to multiple casualties brings that passive foreboding, that palpable feeling…
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Climate reporting heats up debate over oil sands
March 5, 2012By Erika Zell Photo by By Mark Burnham Oil sands advocates may have been given some unexpected fuel for their fire this month, with the release of a new study claiming that burning off the entire Alberta oil sands would only…
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