Student unions look to leave Canadian Federation of Students

A CFS Day of Action in Toronto in 2008 Last week, a group of organizers from various universities across the country announced plans to begin...

University Briefs

Students choose arts and social sciences over high-paying majors According to a new CIBC World Markets report, university students are still pursuing low-paying majors over...

Golden Key society raises skepticism in students

  Every September, the top 15 per cent of SFU students in their program receive a letter from the Golden Key International Honours Society, a...

U-Pass to transfer to Compass Card in 2014

With TransLink starting beta testing on its widely publicized Compass Card system, SFU students can expect to see their U-Pass transferred onto Compass sometime...

SFSS plans kick-off concert to welcome back students

The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors is attempting to resurrect SFU events in the shadow of the K’naan debacle with a...

SFU sues former financial manager

Simon Fraser University is seeking to reclaim over $800,000 from its former director of finance for the science faculty, Siamak Saidi, who allegedly used...

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Former UW professor charged for child porn Former University of Waterloo professor Sandy Thorburn has been charged with the production and possession of child pornography,...

Provincial government to start public consultation on liquor policy

Starting this fall, the provincial government will start a major public consultation process as part of a province-wide liquor policy review. This will be...

BC student debt highest in Canada

A recent study released by the Bank of Montreal says that BC students can expect to graduate with more debt than those in any...

Lightning in a bottle

In celebration of Nikola Tesla’s birthday, students from the Physics Student Union gathered last Wednesday to construct a Tesla coil, which is an electrical...