Opinions
Federalization, Europe, and the EU
| 8:34 am | 0 CommentBy Gustavo Destro In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte stated that “peace between European nations would have become easier [if] the United States of Europe [were] a possibility.” Many times in the past, men have considered the possibility of a united Europe that would create unity between the various nations. Now, over 200 years later, we are seeing its effects, and more...
Jeff McCann leaves the presidency a winner
| 12:38 am | 0 CommentBy Sam Reynolds As orange leaves in autumn, the posters that currently adorn the walls of SFU show that the campus has moved into another election cycle. While talk of a possible student union building and other ballot measures up for referendum dominate campus political discourse these days, we should pause for a moment to remember one of the more notable student more...
Residence needs more robust composting
| 11:33 pm | 0 CommentBy Thomas Booker Behind the residence dining hall there is a solitary green wheelie bin into which a handful of eager students dispose of their compost. This one small bin is underused and rarely full. Many of the students living in residence are not even aware that composting facilities exist on campus. As part of a class conservation project, I decided to look into more...
Fraser International College’s creeping boundaries
| 11:32 pm | 0 CommentBy Michael McDonell Since 2006, a spectre has haunted SFU. No, it isn’t the spectre of international communism, it’s actually the opposite — creeping privatization, as exemplified by the Fraser International College (FIC). FIC has steadily grown on the southeastern part of campus, located in the Discovery Research Park near to the University Industry Liaison more...
Board unqualified to make SUB plans
| 11:31 pm | 0 CommentBy Benjamin Lee The proposed SFSS student union building is an extravagant $65-million luxury that students ought to critically inquire, and despite an ongoing period of fiscal restraint across Canada, a referendum question has been presented to fund the SUB exclusively through student levies. Since there are no initial and startup funds available from the more...
Hockey fans are brainwashed
| 11:30 pm | 1 CommentsBy Ryan McLaughlin I’m sorry to start an off with a piece of such unsavory news, but it’s best to say quickly, like tearing off a Band-Aid. We live in a totalitarian state. I know this is depressing to hear, especially since you planned on thinking freely later this afternoon, but the fact is we live in a state where the minds of its citizenry have been more...
To be Woo-ed and not made to Woo
| 11:29 pm | 0 CommentBy Will Ross When it comes to approaches to filmmaking, it’s difficult to think of more dissimilar approaches than those of Alfred Hitchcock and John Woo. Hitchcock cared exclusively about his character’s psychologies and little for the spectacle of their adventures; Woo elaborates and emphasizes the latter almost entirely at the expense of the former. So it more...
SUB is the future of SFU
| 8:00 am | 0 CommentBy Jeff McCann We have spent the better part of this term of office talking about student space. We know we don’t have enough of this, that, or the other thing. So then what do undergraduate students care about? I believe it to be a massive mix of things, meaning SFU needs lots of different spaces to meet students’ needs. We know we need a SUB, we know students more...
A long, bumpy road to democracy
| 8:00 am | 0 CommentBy Gustavo Destro For those of us living in a country such as Canada, with guarantees of civil liberties, freedom, and a liberal democratic process, the idea of life in a place with few freedoms and no ability to choose our leaders is alien to most. Because of this, events such as the Arab Spring come with a sense of inevitability, as though such struggles for more...
Schools Building Schools levy unfairly maligned
| 8:00 am | 0 CommentBy Lauren McCarthy In last week’s issue of The Peak¸ regular contributor Cedric Chen wrote an opinions piece discussing an unnamed SFU club’s upcoming campaign to receive student levy funding. It is clear to anyone following the upcoming election that this unnamed group is, in fact, Schools Building Schools. While we typically enjoy Chen’s insight on SFU more...
