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TransLink pushes back gondola project
January 23, 2012By Graham Cook Fiscal concerns raised in business report Following the sentiment of a recent business report, TransLink has decided to put a hold on the creation of the Burnaby Mountain gondola. The Gondola was slated to take passengers from the Production Way SkyTrain station to SFU’s Burnaby campus. The firm found that the new project would save current riders 1.5 to 1.6 million hours annually of travel time with…
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SFU researcher looks for creativity in texts
January 23, 2012By David Dyck Guilbault compares text messages to graffiti Christian Guilbault, an SFU researcher in the French department, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa and the Université of Montréal, is collecting text messages in order to better understand how…
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SFSS board shorts
January 23, 2012By David Dyck • On January 11, the board passed a motion recommended by a working group regarding a new student union building, now referred to as a “student activity complex”. The motion dedicated $27,500 to be allocated from the…
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University Briefs
January 23, 2012By Ariane Madden Guelph accepts large donation The University of Guelph has accepted a $1.5 million donation from a family who wishes to remain anonymous. The gift is intended to improve sports facilities and programs in conjunction with a recently…
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Norovirus outbreak hits student conference
January 23, 2012By Benedict Reiners Victoria conference interrupted by vomit and other unpleasant symptoms Last weekend, a strain of norovirus interrupted the Canadian University Press (CUP) conference, which was being held in Victoria. The flu affected a total of seven members of…
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Canucks Tickets Video Contest Results
January 17, 2012After much deliberation over all of the entries that we received at The Peak, here are the top three that stood out above all of the rest in the Canucks Tickets Video Contest. Thank you very much to all who…
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SFU set to offer new major in labour studies
January 16, 2012By Reid Standish The expansion of the labour studies department comes at the perfect time, says SFU prof The limited labour studies program at SFU will begin growing with a recent donation to the program. This donation will now make…
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University Briefs
January 16, 2012By Arianne Madden Glitch causes UBC to overcharge students for tuition An external payment processing company contracted to handle thousands of University of British Columbia students’ tuition and housing accounts accidentally double and triple charged over 500 students in December.…
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U-Pass thieves deported on charges of fraud
January 16, 2012By David Dyck Two Chinese identity thieves had stolen over 100 U-Passes A Chinese couple who are convicted of U-Pass fraud were deported late last year. The duo had stolen information from over 150 Simon Fraser University students, the CBC reported.…
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Worms survive in space
January 16, 2012By Sahira Memon Scientists hope results will lead to prolonged manned space flights The greatest risk to humans on extended space excursions is radiation damage due to the lack of protective barriers beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. SFU scientists Bob Johnsen…
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