Winona Young
What SFU Needs: more services open on the weekends
July 21, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Do you like going to SFU on the weekends? Of course you don’t — it’s empty, nothing’s open, and you didn’t ask for a ghost campus when you paid your tuition. But students on residence are at SFU 24/7. This unfortunately means that they see SFU and SFSS services like Health and Counselling closed, the Fitness Centre’s hours reduced, and half the eateries on campus completely shut down come Friday. We have a whole section of mountain called “UniverCity” — are we really asking our residence kids to bus down the mountain to avoid…
Continue reading
Winona Forever release their new album with a mosh pit and crowd surfers at the Russian Hall
July 9, 2019By: Winona Forever, Head Staff Writer The crowd for the Winona Forever was a sea of lanky twenty-somethings, tousled hair, high-waisted denim, and people more hip than you. Winona Forever is a Vancouver founded band that recently moved to Montreal,…
Continue reading
What SFU needs: better bus shelters
July 7, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Is there anything worse than walking up to the sea of students fresh from their afternoon lecture, all congregated at the upper bus loop at 5:30 p.m.? Yes! It’s SFU’s lacklustre bus shelters — especially…
Continue reading
Green New Deal Town Hall held at SFU Burnaby
June 29, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer On June 26, a Green New Deal Town Hall was held at SFU Burnaby’s Maggie Benson Centre. The meeting was one of many similar talks across Canada which aims to foster discussion about what…
Continue reading
Scroll their feed in their shoes: A talk with part-time influencers, and full-time SFU students
June 27, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Editor's Note: Some information has been changed to protect the identities of the featured students. You’ve seen these girls either in your classrooms, or on your phone screen. Meet YM and Rafaella Enderica — or rather,…
Continue reading
Good Omens is the most uplifting love story about the apocalypse you’ll watch this summer
June 27, 2019Good Omens has it all: Armageddon, biblical blasphemy, and a possible love story between an angel and a demon. So naturally, Good Omens is an absolute blessing and more. The adaptation of the 1990 Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett novel…
Continue reading
Mental health in television: a spectrum
June 17, 2019By: Melissa Campos, Kitty Cheung, Winona Young, and Zoe Vedova Mainstream media portrayals of mental health issues and mental illnesses vary enormously, and it can be difficult to tell apart the good from the bad until you’re already almost done the…
Continue reading
Being Asian: SFU Students reflect post-Asian Heritage Month
June 14, 2019By: Kitty Cheung (Staff Writer), Kelly Chia (Staff Writer), Karina Danielle Lim de León, Winona Young (Head Staff Writer) When I was five, my birthday wish was to get a Yoga Barbie. When I was six, my birthday wish was a…
Continue reading
The “cure” for fake news should never be prescribed by the government
June 8, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Singapore’s government has passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill (POFMB). POFMB criminalizes the publication of any “fake news” online. This includes places like news sites, Facebook, message boards, and even messaging apps…
Continue reading
