Browsing Month March, 2011
Please save my ASS
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Kody HuardA recent proposal to cut departmental student union funding has my stomach in knots. The idea is to reduce the amount of funding available to DSUs to $30,000 dollars from the current $80,000 dollar budget.Now, I understand that times are tight, and everybody has to pitch in. It seems like every time you turn around another beloved SFU institution has been more...
Oman’s quiet revolution
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Myles Dolphin (the Link)MUSCAT, OMAN (CUP) — After spending 40 days and 40 nights in Oman, I attended a sit-in in front of the Majlis ash-Shura, the country’s parliament, in the capital city of Muscat.The lack of response from leader Sultan Qaboos hasn’t hindered the steady increase in protesters arriving on the scene.I expected to share this experience with more...
Canada is biting off more than it can chew
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Juan TolentinoVirtually all the people I’ve talked to seem to favour the current bombing campaign in Libya. After all, shouldn’t we, the international community, use military force to counter Gadhafi’s efforts to destroy his opponents and continue to oppress his people? Unfortunately, I’m going to have to be a contrarian and say that it probably won’t be as more...
The U.S. needs El Salvador
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Adam KingsmithThankfully, El Salvador’s Mayan Indians performed an ancient ritual to invoke the forces of nature and ensure that Barack Obama makes wise decisions when he graces this little corner of the world with his presence.The ceremony for Obama was part of an annual equinox ritual held by members of the country’s Mayan community; now that any bad karma has more...
Autobiographical comics as art
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Rachel HughesIf you stop to look around your media outlets these days, you’ll notice that reality is creeping in everywhere. It’s not actually reality — it’s more a tailored portrayal of reality that mixes the cinematic with the commonplace. This now-common form of storytelling has cropped up in our romantic dramas, our cooking shows, and typically our more...
Editorial Cartoon (March 29 2011)
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Graham Templeton and Rachel HughesRACHEL HUGHES / THE more...
Graham Templeton , Opinions , Rachel Hughes , Vol. 137, Issue 12
Final thoughts on the Canucks before postseason
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentAuthor unknownAre the Canucks still the favourite to win the Stanley Cup?The injury to Manny Malhotra is a massive blow. The team has lost a step recently, so it all seems wide open now. - Matt LeeI think they’re unquestionably one of the favourites, but to call them the number one favourite might be a stretch. - Adam Ovenell-CarterNo, but they are certainly close to more...
Talk (roller) derby to me
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Esther Tung“If you can’t play nice, play roller derby”; “Hits like a girl”; “Pretty girls turn heads, derby girls break necks”. These are some of the quotes splashed across the signs and shirts of players and fans of the revived sport, roller derby.Roller derby has undergone a major facelift since its heyday in the ‘70s. It’s shed the theatrics in more...
Lukawesky plays anything but a quiet game
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Matt LeeANDY FANG / THE PEAKThe funny thing about Clan softball pitcher Cara Lukawesky is that she can hurl a 70 mile per hour softball under intense pressure, yet was scared to death about something as simple as a photo shoot and interview. The hurler was reticent to even answer the simple question of how long she’d been playing softball, to which she answered, “a more...
Clan right where they should be
| 5:00 pm | 0 CommentBy Matt LeeIt’s a small sample of games, but for a young team who expected to accomplish things collectively and not individually, the SFU Clan softball team is about where they should be.Since christening Beedie Field with a doubleheader victory against Western Oregon at the beginning of the month, the Clan have lost three games by a single run and been blown out in more...
