THE CMNSU BLOG
Career Conversations — SFU VentureLabs
“Marketing is more than just social media & raising sales” - Ashley Chia is a fourth year Communication student pursuing a minor in Print & Digital Publishing. With her recent co-op experience at SFU VentureLabs, she shares the value of co-op experience as a Marketing Associate.
Return to Form
We’ve witnessed a rapid resurgence of analog technology, with vinyl records and film cameras sparking revitalized interest among younger audiences. This phenomenon is a testament to our generation's collective fascination with the past, our attempt to find a semblance of authenticity or a connection to the tangible, in a vastly digitized world.
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983) is body-horror technophobia galore. CMNSU movie reviewer Kofi takes a look at David Cronenberg’s McLuhan-inspired film.
W7/WQ—Computers, Machines, & Cyberspace
Appearances from Brenda Laurel, Mark Poster, Tiziana Terranova, Sadie Plant, and more.
City of God: Ambition in a Hopeless Place
Violent, Heartbreaking, and Hopeless. City of God is a stylishly brutal film. Inhouse movie reviewer Kofi walks us through this 2004 masterpiece.
Horoscopes: June 24-30
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Horoscopes for the week of June 24-30.
Open with caution.
W6/WQ—Mass Media, Advertising, & Audiences
10 quotes from academics a week. Appearances from Smythe, Herman & Chomsky, Chun, Barber, and more.
The Importance of Student Union Involvement
There is currently still a lack of willingness to participate in university student unions as incoming students are unaware of the benefits of being involved in extracurricular activities outside their scheduled classroom hours. Sureeta Rai shares her experience with making the most of campus life. A sometimes daunting—but incredibly rewarding decision.
Horoscopes: June 17-23
Now I wanna hear my track, are you bumpin' that?
Horoscopes for the week of June 17-23.
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W5/WQ—Entertainment
Think of Entertainment as its own ideology, a funnel that shapes content that incorporates it. Entertainment dominates over any medium, media, genre, technology, or industry it is implemented in. It becomes the primary way we understand life. Appearances from Postman, Dyer, Byung-Chul Han, Artz, and more.
Horoscopes: June 10-June 16
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Horoscopes for the week of June 10-June 16.
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Phonewatching
Anyone else ever been jarred from what someone else has as their phone wallpaper? I have a bad habit of looking at other people’s phone screens on transit. I’m fascinated by it. Little glimpses into people’s lives.
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
CMNSU Inhouse movie critic Kofi talks about acclaimed director Takashi Yamazaki’s take on Godzilla.
W4/WQ—Accelerationism
This weekly segment focuses on the idea of Accelerationism, the belief that we must drastically intensify capitalism's growth and power to allow it to reach its breaking point. Appearances from Land, Fisher, Plant, Srnicek, and more. (Even a poem)
Horoscopes: June 3-June 9
Happy Pride!
Horoscopes for the week of June 3-June 9.
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