July 13, 2009


Features

week of waste

By Matt Roy

I’ve never paid much attention to the things I throw away. But these days, for some reason, I feel much more uncomfortable with the amount of garbage ...

Sled Island 2009

By Zorn Pink

It’s 2:45 a.m. in the parking lot of a Calgary venue, the Warehouse. I’m standing over a small dog pile of about 10 people writhing on top each other, in ...

Humour

Chat log, with apologies to Jessica

By DeezNutz2k3

DeezNutz2k3: Hey dude

JessJess: Don’t “hey dude” me, Tommy. I’m mad at you.

DeezNutz2k3: ...

Arts

Mark Berube: A Tale of Two Cities

By Adam Cristobal, Arts Editor

I’m on the phone, twirling a pen and staring at a list of questions for an interview. “Just got a little bit of a headache,” a groggy yet cheerful voice ...

Escapism works

By Cam Smith

Whatever Works is a charming trifle, a return to the magical land of fantasy that is Woody Allen’s New York. Here, even the most cynical of hearts can ...

Always progressive

By Marie Elliott

The New Pornographers open for Death Cab for Cutie at the Coliseum on July 16.

Although he endured a wild and “deranged” Andrew W.K. show with ...

LOLTokyo

By Jason Sunder

Adrift in Tokyo screens at Pacific Cinémathèque on July 23 at 7:00 p.m.

Watching Adrift in Tokyo is sort of like watching your best friend ...

News

Library seeks to reduce estimated shortfall blow

By Kendra Wong, News Editor

SFU Burnaby’s library is home to 1,350,000 books, 170,000 e-books, 6,000 print journals, 61,000 e-journal subscriptions, 500 databases, and thousands of ...

SFSS Board shorts

By David Proctor

Three executives to be paid late — SFSS Treasurer Joe Zelezny, Member Services Officer Mona Law, and University Relations Officer Shara ...

UNES performs native plant rescue

By Kendra Wong, Kelli Ross

Last Saturday, the UniverCity Neighbours for Environmental Sustainability performed a community plant rescue on the land adjacent to Richard Bolton Park at ...

Protests show students will not back down from Iranian issues

By James Lim

In commemoration of the Kooye Daneshgah disaster that took place 10 years ago in Iran, an assembly of 100 individuals gathered in Convocation Mall last ...

SFSS Profile: 20 questions with Andrew Fergusson

By Kendra Wong

1. What is your favourite thing about SFU?

The architecture. A lot of people dislike concrete but I like Arthur Erickson’s ...

Opinions

Rules for Radicals: A lesson in libertarian grit

By Conor Meade, Columnist

I think the secret’s pretty much out after my last column: Rules for Radicals is not written to entertain and enlighten. The column you’re reading is ...

Editor's Voice: The tyrrany of self pity

By Graham Templeton, Opinions Editor

Sometimes I really wonder how well people understand their basic freedoms.

On the one hand, we have the brainless wailers of the left, claiming ...

Editor's Voice: Sometimes it’s alright to be sexist

By Maia Britt Odegaard, Copy Editor

Growing up, I spent a lot of time trying to be “one of the guys”; my closest family members were my older brother and my two younger male cousins and thus ...

Reader Response: Naked Emotions should cover up

By Benjamin Paul

I swear I’m not normally a critical person, (everyone who knows me would say that’s not true, but they suck,) but after reading this article I couldn’t ...