Also, it’s important to note that we’re talking about pregnancy prevention, not sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention—to avoid contracting an STI, always wear a condom, and follow other safe-sex practices. To learn more about safe sex, check out optionsforsexualhealth.org or visit your doctor. We organized these (roughly) in order of effectiveness and didn’t include abstinence—we’re…
Julia Verea is a 24-year-old photographer, screenwriter, social media manager, and marketing student at BCIT. Throughout her life, she has found an escape in creating music, poetry, songs, stories, and, as of late, photography. In her spare time, she enjoys going on small hikes with friends to find new landscapes to photograph, making music, and…
Typically I use chickpeas, but if you wanted some more protein, you could add cooked lentils or chicken. Feta would be another great addition, but you may have to cut down on the salt in the dressing.
I make Baba Ghanoush in a small food processor, but it will work fine in any blender. It’s good smooth or a bit chunky, so blitz to your preference. If you want this a bit spicy, which I recommend, add the cayenne pepper otherwise omit this. This is perfect with crackers or flatbread and will…
Nicole V. advertised her twerking class in January as an empowering practice of the art form, and welcome to all dance levels (and bum sizes). When I walked into the hot dance studio, what I expected was a room full of experienced dancers twerking it up. What I didn’t expect was fur coats, Prada, a…
Aaron Rempel sat down with Justin Cervantes of the BCIT Student Association to discuss the 2020 BCIT Hackathon and how he organized the event. A Hackathon is a collaboration of computer developers and all involved in software development to design software that solves a certain problem within a given span of time. Taking place mid-January,…
The internet is ripe with porn. Not only are genres and platforms growing more diverse, but it’s getting to be more accessible to anyone, especially the inexperienced. If your parents didn’t bother giving you “the talk,” or you managed to avoid the mandatory Sex Ed seminars in middle school, I sincerely hope you don’t search…
From the awkward to the gross to the triumphant, a few brave students at BCIT confessed to Link their most memorable (and traumatic) sexual exploits…
When I first stepped onto the BCIT campus, I had no intention of falling in love. Neither did he. His name is Tai. We’re both taking a two-year broadcast journalism program. He instantly caught my eye on orientation day. He asked for my number, and since then, we’ve texted each other non-stop. We dated for…
The hip-hop artist’s posthumous album dropped on January 17 Mac Miller’s death in 2018 sent shockwaves throughout the entire rap and music industry. Before his accidental overdose at age 26, he collaborated and befriended some of this generations’ greatest artists like Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, and Lil Wayne. Many artists including J. Cole, G-Eazy, Anderson…
Marriage Story pits the two ideas of falling in and out of love against each other. A stage director, Charlie, (Adam Driver) and his actor wife, Nicole, (Scarlett Johansen) endure a grinding divorce through the film that brings out the best and worst of them. They ping pong from coast to coast, while fighting for…
The Steamworks Espresso Stout is a light-bodied heavily malted beer perfect for the winter season and for lovers of both coffee and beer. Steamworks infused this beer with 7,000 shots of espresso per batch (that’s a lot), this is very obvious in the flavour as it tastes more like a coffee than any stout I’ve…