Build SFU stadium cancellation grows into controversy for the SFSS

What was originally a simple press release has become the biggest issue to date for this year’s Simon Fraser Student Society Board of Directors,...

SFU to build data research hub with funding of $8.35 million

The technology that we rely on as students could not exist without the innovation and data storage capacity required for big data projects. While...

Everything you missed during summer vacation

The Summer semester is often much quieter than the Fall and Spring semesters. But if you decided to tune out while away on summer...

University Briefs

– Six sponsored student refugees will be attending UBC this fall, aided by a collaborative effort between UBC and the World University Service...

Board Shorts

Stadium cancellation After hearing about the stadium cancellation, over 70 student athletes attended the SFSS board meeting to express their frustration. A letter from Student...

Satellite Signals

Harbour Centre Join Gail Davidson, a visiting lecturer at Harbour Centre, for an eye-opening lecture about the UN Convention Against Torture. Davidson, a human rights...

Student athletes storm SFSS board meeting to protest stadium cancellation

On Wednesday, executives from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors told Ryan Yewchin that he “was quite frankly the only student...

SFSS scraps Build SFU Stadium

As announced last week by the Simon Fraser Student Society, the Stadium portion of the Build SFU project has been terminated before ground had...

SFU archaeology studies 2,000-year-old artefacts found in Comox Valley

The K’ómoks First Nations got more than they bargained for while holding a barbecue in the Comox Valley last year. A midden containing ancient artefacts...

Amendment to divestment policy a “step backward”: student groups

Student groups advocating for Simon Fraser University to divest from fossil fuel companies are reeling after the university posted a draft to its divestment...