by Martlet Staff | Feb 26, 2015 | Editorials, Opinions
A number of SFU students are currently petitioning to turn a percentage of multi-stall washrooms on campus into gender-inclusive ones. On Feb. 18, protesters also staged a “shit-in”, where activists sat outside a men’s washroom with their pants around their ankles,...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 19, 2015 | Editorials, Opinions
Elizabeth May called it an “act to create a new secret police.” The Conservatives call it Bill C-51. The Liberals played it safe (or just wimped out on committing to anything altogether) and called it a good idea in theory and, as long as they’re elected, something...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 5, 2015 | Editorials, Opinions
Five years after purchasing Cadbury for $19.6 billion, Hershey’s has decided to ban imports of all British-produced Cadbury chocolate into the United States—this includes Kit Kat bars, Toffee Crisps, Maltesers, and Yorkie Bars. They’ll still be selling Cadbury...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 5, 2015 | Humour, Stories | Satire
In January, a Modern Love essay in the New York Times chronicled how a woman married a man after asking each other 36 questions that, in a study published in 1997, was “guaranteed” to make someone fall in love. Here are our answers: 1. Given the choice of anyone in...
by Martlet Staff | Jan 29, 2015 | Editorials, Opinions
Monday’s climate change forum, entitled A Dialogue: Climate Change, Divestment, and Society, posed many questions about how the University (and the world) should respond to the climate crisis brought on by fossil fuel emissions, but little was resolved or clarified by...