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March 02, 2009
Features
War of the Words
By Courtney Span
The art of argument is a skill and social phenomena that extends far beyond the academic walls of the post-secondary institution. All of us have witnessed ...
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
By Erika Zell
Good night, sleep tight? Sweet dreams? Eight hours a night? That’s funny, for a second I almost fooled myself into believing those were accurate descriptions ...
Humour
Arts
Felt like One Week
By Jason Sunder
One Week opened in theatres February 27.
Global economic crises inevitably foster films and literature that aim to stir up national pride, which, ...
Truthfully simple
By Kaylin Metchie
Home is available now on iTunes.
It is an amazing feeling when you find a new artist to obsess over — a musician that makes you feel real ...
Prunes for breakfast
By Tessa Perkins
Mesa is playing at the Surrey Arts Centre until March 7.
When Bud, a 93-year-old set in his ways, and Paul, a struggling writer, take a road trip ...
Don’t bother gettin’ all Fired Up!
By Cam Smith
Fired Up! opened in theatres on February 20.
Fired Up! is not a movie that any rational person would give a second glance. The trailers and TV ...
No style code to follow
By Kendra Wong, Devina Bhaga
Jenny Nguyen is a 3rd-year joint Communications and Interactive Arts and Technology major and Business minor. She first caught our attention with her ...
Stuff we like Mar 2, 2009
1. Threadbanger.com is a fashionable YouTube-style site filled with interviews from designers you’ve never heard of. It features sewing ...
Nicole’s Notes Mar 2, 2009
By Nicole Kornelson
The Railway Club
579 Dunsmuir Street @ Seymour
Saturday Night Jam 4:30 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.
Affordable meals
...News
Polar Plunge to raise money for children’s charity
By Devina Bhaga
February 25 was the coldest day of the semester for quite a few Engineering students as they took a polar plunge into the AQ pond. Freezing volunteers were ...
SFSS election posters generate tension
By Kendra Wong, Sam Norris
The Simon Fraser Student Society election is starting to get interesting. Candidates from the Students for U slate, which include Natalie Bocking, ...
Mel Watkins delivers final public Canadian Studies lecture
By David Proctor
Noted public intellectual Mel Watkins delivered the last public lecture to be sponsored by the Canadian Studies department last Thursday.
Dr. Ian ...
New pilot program to increase transfer students
By Kendra Wong, Associate News Editor
SFU and Douglas College have agreed to create a dual-admission program, which allows students to simultaneously take courses at university and college. Not ...
Stevenson strikes somber note at President’s Open Forum
By Sam Norris, News Editor
SFU President Michael Stevenson warned an audience of professors and administrators that the university faces tough times ahead at last Wednesday’s ...
SFSS incumbent’s work questioned
By Elias Rhajiak
Last week, accusations surfaced that Jono Brockman, a Simon Fraser Student Society at-large representative who is running for re-election, has ...
Tensions continue to rise at Board
By David Dyck, Kendra Wong
The Simon Fraser Student Society’s Board of Directors’ meeting last Wednesday ended prematurely after two directors abruptly left the meeting to deny quorum ...
Sports
Women's Basketball: SFU wins Canada West title
By Chad Klassen, Sports Editor
There are always firsts for everything. But for a program that’s held the country’s No. 1 ranking for the better part of three seasons and beyond, there ...
Art of NHL trade deadline frenzy
By Matt Lee
For hockey fans, one event that seems to attract an abundance of attention is the annual trade deadline. February is when NHL general managers have a ...
Opinions
Public Enemy: Rap ain’t negative
By Chelsey Armstrong, Columnist
Rap is like the Asian community. It’s multi-dimensional, and it’s sometimes hard to understand, because of all the sounds that fit the term.
Some ...
Editor's Voice: Let’s go out (seal) clubbing
By Deanne Beattie, Arts Editor
Animal rights or human rights? If you had to prioritize one, which one would it be? I found myself smack up against this conundrum when, after three years as ...
Campus View: Like it or not, we’re still kinda bourgeois
By Maia Britt Odegaard, Copy Editor
For many years I’ve had a vision in my mind of the average college student: cheap beer, cheap food, cheap rent, and a strong opinion about social justice ...
Opinions Shorts
By Luke Freeman, John Artuso
1. irrationality is human
“Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of ...
Torture opponents are naive
By Dennis Yuen
Juan Tolentino’s vigorous attack on Graham Templeton’s recent article [“Let’s mature the torture debate,” February 16] which argued that torture should be ...
Editor's Voice: SFU online sucks
By Graham Templeton, Opinions Editor
I’m not a hater. Having attended a few schools in my day, I can tell you that SFU is just fine. It’s not stellar, but it’s certainly not subpar. At least, ...