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Office Hours: Everybody is inadequate
By Reagan Belan
I don’t deserve to be here. Any day now, they’re going to find me out. Every time the phone rings, I expect it to be my boss or the administration on the other end, telling me there must have been some mistake; pack up your desk, hand in ...
Our childish approach to sex offences
By Graham Templeton
In every way, pedophiles are an odd case. There’s the inherent “oddness,” if you want to be forgiving, of their predilections, but it goes well beyond that. No other crime has such a strong connection (somewhat in the stats, but more ...
Twilight doesn't bite
By Kendra Wong
I admit it — I like Twilight. As much as I constantly receive wide criticism from friends, I own Twilight and New Moon, and saw Eclipse, the third installment of the saga. I may or may not have a fake autographed photo of Robert ...
Conservative channel will likely be boring
By Andrew Tod (The Uniter)
WINNIPEG — It was announced recently that Quebecor, owner of the Sun Media chain, will launch a cable news network aimed at turning the tide of liberal mainstream media. It will be called Sun Television.
Consider a recent ...
Don’t count the census out just yet
By Alix Kemp (The Gateway)
EDMONTON -— Despite Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s promises about a “new era of accountability” and increased transparency in Ottawa, the Conservative government has failed to deliver. Late last month, they quietly announced a plan to scrap ...
Space Case: Life is out there
By Chris Apps
Sometimes facing up to the truth is just too much. Normally we — the studious young elite — seek to champion the tenants of certainty, precision, honesty, and fact. The thing is, when it’s all laid down on the line it’s a hell of a lot easier ...
Harper’s success: strategy or luck?
By Ian Bushfield
Many pundits and voters view Stephen Harper as a strategic political mastermind. Since winning the Conservative party leadership he has impressively managed to take a right-wing fringe party to consecutive minority governments. However, ...
Women’s studies is fair and worthwhile
By Trevor Nault, Brittany Harris
Trevor Nault
I’m writing to clarify some of Sam Reynolds’ assumptions about Simon Fraser’s department of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies.
His arguments, as I understand them, are that the field of women’s studies is ...
There is no genocide in Darfur
By Adam Kingsmith
Forget the ‘Disappearing Tupac,’ the developed world has pulled off the greatest example of the bait and switch this side of the Cold War thaw. Today, the International Criminal Court (under authority from the United Nations Security ...
Women’s studies is fundamentally broken
By Sam Reynolds
Students at SFU synthesize the material taught in class in a variety of different ways: science students complete experiments and do lab reports, liberal arts students do essays, and engineering science students create fabricated ...
The case for goats
By Jordan Barnes
Having a bunch of goats running around SFU, screaming and defecating everywhere is probably the last thing many students thought they wanted. But when you finally stop laughing at the idea and think about it seriously, it’s not so obvious ...
Office Hours: Connections are everything
By Reagan Belan
Alright, you’ve been doing this grad school thing for a few months, and now it’s time to make some friends. Scratch that, it’s time to forge alliances! Did you think I hadn’t noticed the subtle grouping of my peers and colleagues? I’m ...
Space Case: The universe, born in fire
By Chris Apps
Do you remember playing the “why” game with the grown-ups of your life? Why is the sky blue? Why can’t I have a purple kitty? Why is uncle putting a “rug” on his head? Why are Dutch people so tall? Simple questions would seemingly have ...
Police tactics victimized peaceful protesters, devalued Canadian democracy
By Christina Bielek
A storm of violent images flooded the news last weekend as we watched coverage of the G20 summit in Toronto. Everyone seemed to be in a state of shock over the reports of ‘protest mayhem’, with non-stop videos of flying bricks, ...
The dating game
By Ryan Hayes
A few days ago while I was driving home, a man threw his ice-cubes from an empty McDonald’s cup out of his window. As they bounced uncontrollably down the road, I couldn’t help but picture devious metal spikes aimed solely at destroying ...