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SFU students help restore burned museum
February 20, 2012By Sahira Memon Chase museum damaged as a result of arson An SFU archeological conservation class is traveling to Chase, B.C. to help restore and conserve precious artifacts that were charred and damaged in two fires at the Chase and District Museum and Archives. “We had the opportunity to do other projects but the 14 of us felt as though we would have a better time in Chase,” said Mike…
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UVic anti-abortion club loses public space privileges
February 20, 2012By Brandon Rosario University of Victoria Students’ Society board votes to censure and suspend group’s booking privileges for public spaces Victoria (CUP) — After more than three months of committee deliberation, the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) has passed a…
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Under-manned Clan fighting hard
February 20, 2012By Adam Ovenell-Carter The SFU men’s basketball team is something to behold. Look past their 3–12 record and you see seven young men just desperate to win. And while those victories aren’t coming the way that one might hope, you…
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More lawsuits surround Kwantlen Student Association
February 7, 2012By Matt DiMera Impeached director of finance sues interim KSA board of directors SURREY (CUP) — Recently impeached Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) executive Balninna “Nina” Sandhu is attempting to undo the results of the November 30 special general meeting (SGM) where…
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SFU to retain entrance scholarships
February 7, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/Erika-Zell">Erika Zell</a></strong> Despite UBC’s decision to cut its equivalent program, SFU has no plans to eliminate academics-based entrance awards Prospective SFU students may be relieved to learn that UBC’s decision to axe their President’s Entrance Scholarship (PES) program…
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CAPS comes to SFU
February 7, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/michael-brophy">Michael Brophy</a></strong> Annual planning conference blends lectures with tours of the GVRD for students across Canada Minds converged at The Canadian Association of Planning Students (CAPS) Conference in Vancouver over the first weekend of February to discuss the…
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GSS launches contest
February 7, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/benedict-reiners">Benedict Reiners</a></strong> Site encourages staff and students to upload evidence of SFU’s deterioration The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) recently started a contest, which encourages students to show the signs of the deterioration of SFU’s buildings. This…
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Faculty of Science eliminates student liaison position
February 7, 2012By David Dyck Two positions within the faculty eliminated, raising concerns of student–faculty engagement On Thursday, January 26, the positions of coordinator, recruitment and retention, and the director of finance in the Faculty of Science were terminated. The termination of…
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University Briefs
February 7, 2012Yale students discover plastic-eating organism A group of students on an annual rainforest exhibition with Yale University, were able to cultivate a fungus capable of digesting polyurethane in low oxygen environments. The findings, published late last year in the…
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New student union building plans unveiled
February 7, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/sahira-memon">Sahira Memon</a></strong> Possible tuition levy and new student union also discussed at forum One of the plans discussed at the last forum meeting on February 1 was the creation of a new student union building in the Lorne…
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