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Marco Shum

Plan to mine the ocean’s floor draws critics and concern

admin Apr 3, 2023

By Marco Shum and Joyce Liew A controversial Vancouver mining company is diving into the darkest area of the ocean floor for metallic rocks rich in minerals they say will bring a greener future. However, scientists and the Indigenous…

Arts & Life

New energy in vintage fashion

admin Feb 15, 2023

By Mateo Muego Young designers are energizing the vintage fashion movement in Vancouver as they combine old materials and tattered clothing through “upcycling.” Upcycling describes the reuse of vintage clothing to create new designs…

Arts & Life

Learning more than just the birds and bees

admin Feb 15, 2023

By Emma Shular Sex educators say young adults are learning more about sex on their own than they are during high school sex education courses. Dee Stacey, a certified sexual health educator, has taught young adults in Vancouver since…

At Large

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

admin Nov 30, 2022

By Marco Shum and Chris Harcourt The “Winter distress” series captures the mundane things that we tend to ignore in our daily lives since we are always mentally drowned and overwhelmed by ourselves. In this series, the message…

Campus

Video games, school, and stress

admin Nov 29, 2022

By Marco Shum Langara College brought in a trailer full of video games to help students fight stress this week. The Battle Box is a seven-metre-long gaming trailer, which contains gaming computers and consoles for people to game on…

Campus

Langara library closes earlier than students’ books

admin Nov 16, 2022

By Marco Shum Despite students’ demand, the library still has no plans in extending their operating hours. Wyatt Orbeil, a second-year student in the recreation studies program at the college, was frustrated when he was recently told to…

Campus

Langara College needs Indigenous staff

admin Nov 9, 2022

By Marco Shum Halfway through Langara’s five-year strategic plan, the college still faces challenges retaining Indigenous staff. Under the Indigenization section of the plan, which was unveiled in 2020, there were three main goals:…

Voice Radio

Voice Radio Ep. 33 – The hidden intricacies of urban planning

admin Oct 27, 2022

By: Kenneth Wong, Virender Singh, Marco Shum, Kalvin Moses Urban planning is the unseen force that determines how a city operates. Urban planning is often confusing due to the layers of complexity in the system. Urban planners must…

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