Saying no as a form of self preservation Alexis Zygan (She/Her) // ContributorIllustrator // Jason Low I am a firm believer in prioritizing my needs above all else. A friend…
Don’t Settle For Seasonal Love
Don’t drop your standards just because it’s dark outside Matt Shipley (He/Him) // ContributorAnais Bayle // Illustrator It’s impulse dating season! Mercury’s slowly descending towards zero, the wind and rain…
Is Squid Game Worth The Hype?
Netflix’s hit show has more to it than just big budget violence Eric Bruce (He/Him) // ContributorValeriya Kim // Illustrator So you recently heard about a new South Korean Netflix…
The Best Christmas Movie of All Time
Jim Carrey’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas will never get old — don’t bother changing my mind. Kaileigh Bunting (she/her) // ContributorValeriya Kim // Illustrator Every Christmas season, holiday movies…
Being Unoriginal is Beautiful
How I learned to love peppermint mochas and stopped worrying Gwen Pemberton (she/her) // ContributorSharleen Ramos // Illustrator On the surface, “basic,” or “basic bitch” can seem like a harmless…
Capilano Blues Women’s Soccer Team Went to Nationals for First Time Since 2007
After winning the provincial final during overtime, the Blues place fifth at nationals Bridget Stringer-Holden // News Editor The nail-biting provincial final for women’s soccer was held between the Capilano…
Queeries
Allowing space for gender and sexuality exploration in the isolation of the pandemic Rain Marie (She/They) // Columnist March 2020 changed the world in a way that we never would…
How The Pandemic Has Changed Our Relationships
I look back on my middle-school self with a mixture of derisive amusement and pity. The kid who was so out of the loop, he didn’t even try to fit in, the kid who thought playing Minecraft at lunch and breaking the school beep test record twice in two days would do anything but alienate me from the general population. I had friends, but I couldn’t really be myself around them. The primal human instinct to gravitate towards other people was completely lost on me.
The Unbeaten path
Whitewater Wisdom Matt Shipley (he/him) // Columnist You open your eyes slowly, dew frosting your eyelashes. You shake the sand off of your hands, then use them to rub the…