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Stories of soldiers you need to know for this Remembrance Day
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Opinions WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS? Annually cancelled Monday classes that get charged the same as a regular class
My fall schedule features five upper-division classes packed into three consecutive days of the week. I know, I know: every time I look at my schedule, I realize that some pretty hefty mistakes were made. But here I am, stumbling through my semester and staying alive. I’m even eating vegetables. My real problem with this, though, is that two of my classes are on Monday. Every fall semester, campus shuts down at least twice: once for Thanksgiving, and then for Remembrance Day. It means I get 16 hours of class less than most other students. And guess what? I’m still paying the same rate for these classes which are cancelled before the semester’s even begun. SFU must get off on this. Tuition fees are organized by course units, and your average domestic student pays $188.26 per unit. Now, multiply that by the number of units your class is worth. Spending that much for a Monday class is ludicrous. By the end of term, I’ll still at least walk out of those two classes with my seven units. After all, it’s not like SFU can offer no classes on Mondays. I get that tuition fees don’t all go towards paying the instructor per hour they teach, and thankfully professors structure classes around these roadblocks to make them fulfilling. Either way though, it’s still a theft of so many students’ time. We’re playing into the university’s game — a game of capitalism. What’s an undergrad to do other than wonder why her classes aren’t created equal?
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November 5, 2018
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IT’S TIME TO ELIMINATE INTEREST ON STUDENT LOANS Aran Armutlu, Chairperson, BC Federation of Students
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Taking place during the First World War, it tells the real-life story of the French, Scottish, and German soldiers who decided to put down their arms and celebrate Christmas together. Of course, being about war, it still deals with incredibly heavy themes, so it isn’t an easy watch — but no war film should be.
Joyeux Noel follows characters from all three of the aforementioned nations, humanizing all sides of the conflict. There aren’t “good guys” and “bad guys,” just people. The film also adds another layer of respectfulness, in that all the characters speak their own languages, rather than having all the characters speak English in cheesy accents. Joyeux Noel is one of the few films that reliably brings a tear to my eye, and is filled with poignant moments of love triumphing over hate. One of my favourite parts of the film, for example, is when the no man’s land between the trenches is converted into a makeshift soccer pitch so that both sides can come together for a friendly game. What makes this film so touching is that it actually happened. Soldiers from opposing sides of one of the deadliest conflicts in human history saw through all the propaganda and hate and acknowledged each other’s common humanity. – AB
Underrated artists you should be giving a listen
Tinashe
These musicians are too good to be this underappreciated
Tinashe’s style of music includes hip hop, pop, and R&B. With features from Future and A$AP Rocky, Aquarius (2014) was adored by critics as well as its fair share of fans. She has collaborated with a multitude of artists such as Nick Jonas and Britney Spears, as well as tour with the likes of Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5. It’s only fair that Tinashe have her breakthrough as a full-fledged pop star soon.
Written by Ahad Ghani
Tinashe is undoubtedly talented. She has the voice, the moves, and the catchy tunes. Her choreography in the music video for “Company” and her vocals in “Flame” are a testament to her talent. She’s also had a recurring role on Two and a Half Men, among other TV roles. However, unlike her peers Kehlani and Ella Mai, Tinashe has never fully resonated with audiences.
Top 3 Songs: All Hands on Deck, No Drama (feat. Offset), Slumber Party (with Britney Spears)
Troye Sivan
Marina and the Diamonds
Troye is the male pop star 2018 needed. Despite a string of Top 10 albums and a couple million followers, he’s destined for much more. Troye, who made his start on YouTube, released his critically acclaimed debut Blue Neighborhood in 2015. In “Heaven,” which details Troye’s struggle with coming out as gay, he questions if he’ll ever make it to Heaven. The album was preceded by a music video trilogy, which follows Troye’s fictional relationship and the struggles they face.
Despite her several critically acclaimed albums and a devoted fan base, Marina has yet to achieve a huge hit, and it’s not for lack of trying. Her single “Primadonna,” produced by the people behind Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse”, should’ve been her breakthrough song. From her anthemic electro-pop songs to her aesthetically pleasing visuals, Marina might just be the most underrated artist on this list.
Sivan followed up his debut with one of the best albums of the year, Bloom (2018), which not only features huge electro-pop moments such as “My My My!” but more downbeat tracks, including “Postcard.” He has collaborated with the likes of Ariana Grande, Alessia Cara and Martin Garrix. Catch him in Vancouver on The Bloom Tour on November 8, 2018.
Top 3 Songs: Dance to This (feat. Ariana Grande), Bite, Cool
In her concept album Electra Heart (2012), Marina portrayed several personas in songs such as “Homewrecker” and “Teen Idle,” which depict different stereotypical female archetypes. For her album Froot (2015), written entirely by herself, she took on a more indie-pop sound. In “Savages,” inspired by the Boston Marathon bombing, she questions how one man can run a race for charity while another build a bomb to blow that person up. For her forthcoming album, she is speculated to drop “and the Diamonds” from her stage name.
Top 3 Songs: Can’t Pin Me Down, Primadonna, Blue
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30%: communication majors who failed out of SIAT. 30%: students who decided to throw a communication minor onto their degree after finding out that the minor program is only six courses. 20%: students in need of an easy elective outside of their major. 15%: student athletes who are in communication because they had to pick a major in order to play in a university league. 2%: people who are actually interested in the discipline of communication and will probably go on to complete a master’s. 3%: you have no idea because they only showed up to the first class and one other time to hand in an essay.
You will be able to scrape a solid B in almost all of your courses without doing any readings. Although you will have no applicable life skills, you will develop the ability to bullshit essays really well. Communication is so vague that you can probably talk your way into pretty much any job that requires an arts degree. You will have amazing professors.
At some point, you will be forced to actually read Marshall McLuhan (instead of just reading about him — which you will be doing a lot too) and this will cause you to forget everything you’ve ever learned about academic writing. You will go through a phase where you become extremely paranoid that the government is watching your every move, and as a result, you will tape your laptop webcam and only send messages to people via BBM. Prepare to feel attacked when people ask what job you can get with a communication degree, or what communication actually is, and everytime you are asked if you learn how to talk to people. You will have very strange TAs (they were the 2% in your class mentioned above that went on to pursue a graduate degree in a subject that will never get them a job — other than being a communications TA).
Reserve the entire last month of the semester for writing papers. For the other three months of each semester, you will literally have no work to do and are free. Enroll in at least six communication courses each semester because at least two will be cancelled the day before classes start “due to unforeseen circumstances.” If you had a dollar for every time your CMNS 110 prof says the word “network,” you would be able to pay off your student loans.
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