University Briefs

UBC requests liquor license for concerts UBC has requested an amendment concerning their liquor license in order to provide alcohol at concerts in Thunderbird Arena....

Former SFU resident blames decline in health on mould

A former SFU graduate student is still searching for answers after finding the presence of potentially toxic mould spores in his suite in Hamilton...

Research proposes strategies to save the sawfish

With new strategies inspired by collaboration with the world’s foremost sawfish experts, Nick Dulvy, a Canada Research chair at SFU, hopes to save this...

Coho cannibalize their cousins to prosper

Research out of SFU indicates that the coho salmon population may benefit from nutrients scavenged from the decaying bodies of their distant pink and...

Peace Labyrinth encourages spiritual exploration at SFU

On the evening of the summer solstice this past Saturday, June 21, SFU’s Burnaby campus celebrated the opening of a new Peace Labyrinth with...

Satellite Signals

Vancouver Two panelists from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and UBC discussed “waste to energy” as a possible option for managing solid waste and generating electricity in...

Students take Keys to the Streets

Over the course of the next month, colourfully decorated pianos will appear across the city of Vancouver, to stay on the streets from July...

Enbridge approval spurs opposition from BC residents

On Tuesday June 17, the federal government approved Enbridge’s proposal for the Northern Gateway pipeline, subject to further talks with aboriginal communities and 209...

Moment of Zen

During the discussion on whether or not to appoint a board chairperson or to postpone the decision for another week, president Chardaye Bueckert passed...

Notes from this month’s board of governors meeting

Community Trust Endowment Fund extension At the most recent SFU board of governors meeting, held June 26, the board unanimously carried a motion suggested by...