Opinion: Bank bailouts: a necessary evil or a moral hazard?
Opinions / December 14, 2010
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Meet the Kwantlen Political Science Society (KPSS). They have hijacked our political column. Every week they will talk about a different political issue and explain how it relates to you. Every week will feature a guest columnist. Check it out.... Continue Reading
Opinion: An examination into why the new drinking and driving laws are an attack on our civil liberties
Opinions / November 15, 2010
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Meet the Kwantlen Political Science Society (KPSS). They have hijacked our political column. Every week they will talk about a different political issue and explain how it relates to you. Every week will feature a guest columnist. Check it out.... Continue Reading
Dear KSA Council
Opinions / November 11, 2010
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Former KSA executive member Steve Lee writes a letter to KSA council voicing his concerns.... Continue Reading
Pay it forward (or don’t pay at all)
Opinions / November 11, 2010
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I hate paying for parking at Kwantlen and so do you. There, at a university as diverse as ours, we already have something in common. So what do we do about it?... Continue Reading
“It gets better” only goes so far
Opinions / October 25, 2010
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Teenage bullying happens everyday, in every school, in every town. Kids tease and abuse each other for the slightest difference – being overweight or underweight, too smart and nerdy, or not smart enough and a jock, or for having too many pimples or big breasts. Sometimes they attack more sensitive subjects, like race or sexuality.... Continue Reading
Politics and the Media: Upholding the fourth pillar of
Opinions / October 13, 2010
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Meet the Kwantlen Political Science Society (KPSS). They have hijacked our political column. Every week they will talk about a different political issue and explain how it relates to you. Every week will feature a guest columnist. Check it out.... Continue Reading
Get over it: New drinking laws a good thing
Opinions / October 13, 2010
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A new law–one of the strictest in the country–came into effect on Sept. 20, 2010. The new drinking and driving laws are in effect to reduce the number of injuries and deaths, which are especially high in B.C.... Continue Reading
Opinion: HST and the invalidity of the “everybody hates it” argument
Opinions / September 30, 2010
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Meet the Kwantlen Political Science Society (KPSS). They have hijacked our political column. Every week they will talk about a different political issue and explain how it relates to you. Every week will feature a guest columnist. Check it out.... Continue Reading
Bad press is bad press
Opinions / September 29, 2010
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University has been all over the news in recent months. The KSA’s Beat the Bus race, wherein both cycling and running proved to be faster than taking transit between the Surrey and Langley campuses, prompted a spate of media coverage about TransLink’s shoddy bus service south of the Fraser. ... Continue Reading
Three cheers for The Zalm
Opinions / September 13, 2010
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Since former premier Bill Vander Zalm started his crusade against the Harmonized Sales tax, B.C. has seen a grass roots political movement that has been desperately needed in this country.... Continue Reading
Letter from the editors
Opinions / September 13, 2010
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We at The Runner value maintaining the integrity of the newsmagazine that we work so hard on. To do this we must remain as transparent as possible, since you, the student population, are the only reason we are here.... Continue Reading
KSA flushing dollars down the drain
Opinions / September 13, 2010
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One thing caught my eye during the big Sodexo controversy of the last few weeks, something that slipped under the radar, that no one seems to have really commented on. A single line in Emery Warner’s contentious polemic: “The Grassroots café is a yummy food provider that does not seek to gain profits over people. They hire students and purchase locally. They were snubbed out of the contract to occupy the space that Sodexo is currently in.”... Continue Reading
The Young and Penniless: Generation Y
Opinions / August 9, 2010
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I am a member of this enigmatic group of youth, and I have to admit much to my chagrin, I reek of the stereotypes that have been bestowed upon our once cradled inflated little heads. I am stapled to my cell phone, I know my way around a computer and I have the attention span of a pigeon.... Continue Reading
Lets say no to Sodexo
Opinions / August 9, 2010
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So we might have noticed something new at Kwantlen, and that is our previous food provider, Chartwell, has hit the road, and Sodexo has moved in.... Continue Reading
Vuvuzela: horn of the Devil
Opinions / July 12, 2010
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I don’t mind hearing the roar of the fans after a goal, or the songs they sing when they are winning a match. But why are vuvuzelas constantly being blown?... Continue Reading