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SFU debuts virtual reality for snow days
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Robot bust-up in west mall
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Welcome to the future!
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Data centres at SFU spark concerns of possible Burnaby Tank Farm explosion
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All consenting SFU community members have uploaded their minds to the cloud
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Which path will your future take?
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OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE FUEL
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SFSS passes referendum on rebranding SFU into a tropical island
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A look at growing concerns around robot cleaners on campus
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SFU set to open its renovated swimming pool by fall 2077
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SFU time capsule opened after generations
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Accounts from surviving resistance fighters in the 2076 AI-pocalypse
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SFU Canadian Cancer Society hosts 12th annual Relay for Life
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Once a tool of empire, cricket has been reclaimed for good
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Community members concerned about Conservative event at SFU
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Family makes food special
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Mayorship is a responsibility
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VIMFF: Extreme Ascents focuses in on perils of Everest
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Home, belonging, and marginalization at Dr. Umezurike’s book launch
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Monday Music: For the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year
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Cafés to study at this finals season
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The PNE funhouse is where the government keeps the fucked-up parallel versions of everyone during its off-season
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“Not at all” represented: Unhoused residents respond to Hastings decampment report
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SFSS bars recording at Council meetings, deterring student reporting
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Human rights calls for Canada Soccer to condemn the Israel Football Association
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Movement presents plan for Surrey’s transit future
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Reconciliation is forged by authenticity
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Students are let down by employment insurance
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Squamish man rollerblades around the world to raise $1 million for bees
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SFU Canadian Cancer Society hosts 12th annual Relay for Life

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On March 21, the SFU Canadian Cancer Society (SFUCCS) hosted their annual Relay for Life fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. Relay for Life is a Canada-wide student-led initiative organized at schools across the country. Co-chairs of SFUCCS Rhea Chand, Sukhman Ghuman, and Teona Seabrook organized the event with help from the Simon Fraser Student Society, the Canadian Cancer Society, and several SFU clubs.  Before the event, participants could register online as individuals or teams and set a fundraising goal to meet, with a recommended goal of $100. Their fundraising progress is tracked on the Online Fundraising Leaderboard, with top fundraising teams and individuals eligible for various prizes, such as tickets to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. On the day of...

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SFU debuts virtual reality for snow days

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer At SFU, a movement years in the making, built on generations of student advocacy, has finally paid off. Well . . . sort of. The university recently unveiled the new campus gondola. Only, it doesn’t exist in the physical realm. SFU’s cable car debuted as part of the school’s new virtual reality snow day package, complete with an immersive ride up the mountain to campus. “As you know, sometimes the buses just can’t make it up the mountain,” president Joy Johnson, currently serving her sixth consecutive term in hologram form, told The Beep. “But we wanted to find another way to provide our students with that on-campus experience that they so value. So we figured, why not go ahead and do...