University Briefs

Montreal police intervene during May Day marches Over 500 protesters marched from McGill College to Square Victoria on May 1 to mark International Workers’ Day,...

SFU faculty push to unionize

The SFU Faculty Association (SFUFA) is pursuing certification, which would make the SFUFA a bargaining unit recognized by the BC Labour Relations Board. This...

Former SFU employee pleads guilty to fraud

Siamak Saidi, former SFU director of finance, has pleaded guilty to the charge of fraud against SFU. He was charged with defrauding the university of...

Staff raise concerns over toxic mould

Close on the heels of the Graduate Student Society’s (GSS) deferred maintenance campaign, which strove to create awareness around SFU Burnaby’s aging infrastructure, the...

SFU Burnaby road construction enters Phase 2

As construction began on the second half of Phase 1 of SFU’s 2014 Roadway Improvement Project, the plan to replace SFU Burnaby’s 50-year old...

Canadians react to Fair Elections Act

Opposition to the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act, which was created to make it more difficult to break elections laws, has resulted in the proposal...

BC Law Society rejects motion to disapprove Trinity Western law school

In mid-April, the BC Law Society rejected a motion that would have barred graduates of Trinity Western University’s (TWU) new law school from practising...

Past one’s prime at 24

A cognitive science study being conducted at SFU is making waves across the country with the claim that cognitive functions begin to decline at...

Trailing NHL teams should pull goalies earlier

In game one of the Colorado–Minnesota series on April 17, the Avalanche were down 3-2 with three minutes left on the clock — so...

Satellite Signals

  Surrey On April 26, SFU’s Pipe Band marched from Surrey campus to just north of the City Centre Library to celebrate the opening of Surrey’s...