Sep 30. 2013 Corrections

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The article, “Engineering students show need for speed,” incorrectly stated that totem poles from Nahino Park are stored in the former Shell gas station building. Phil McCoy from Facility Management clarified this point and explained that various facilities use the building for storage. The area has also been used for the softball team’s batting practice “for about ten years,” says head coach Mike Rennie.

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In the article “TransLink to review public art policy,” it mentions that TransLink is reacting to public opinion with their decision to review the policy. However, according to Derek Zabel, TransLink media relations, TransLink had undertaken this initiative prior to any public interest.

The Dilettantes hits home with campus novel tale

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The Dilettantes by Michael Hingston takes place at a university’s student newspaper, and, as a frequent contributor to my university’s newspaper, I was instantly intrigued. As I read more about the book, I became suspicious of the coincidences I encountered; the cover blurb described a “west coast campus” and a student paper also called The Peak. Turns out it was referring to the very same paper you’re holding now.

The Dilettantes follows fourth-year students and Peak editors Alex and Tracy as they near the end of their degrees at SFU. The main conflict arises when the free daily paper, Metro, gets approved for on-campus distribution. Alex, as Features editor, is distraught and convinced that the arrival of Metro will sink The Peak. To add insult to injury, Metro’s sole correspondent seems to get the scoop on all campus gossip, including a Hollywood star returning to university.

Sprinkled throughout are snapshots of life as a university student and a 20-something in the 21st century. Alex grapples with his cynicism and lack of sex life, Tracy flounders after the end of a long-term relationship, and we get a glimpse of some of the behind-the-scenes drama at The Peak offices.

As the characters walked around campus — from coffeeshop to bookstore, classroom to tutorial, rez to library — I could distinctly picture the routes in my mind. The descriptions of Arthur Erickson’s architecture, encounters with film crews on campus, and the bumpy bus ride up the hill felt all too familiar.

You’ve built something up [as an editor] but it’s not like a workplace — the subsequent person can just change it, or may not even know your process exists.”

Michael Hingston, author and former Peak editor

I swelled with a bit of pride reading about the campus, but noted that readers who haven’t attended SFU would be able to easily follow Hingston’s colourful prose. Although the commentary on the state of the university and an apathetic student population was predictable, it was well done.

These fourth-year characters feel incredibly authentic because Hingston wrote exactly what he saw firsthand, “I have been writing [the manuscript] since my final years at SFU,” explains Hingston. “I started taking notes on observations and routes, and how people interacted.”

The novel takes place in the recent past, during 2008-09, which neatly coincides with when Hingston graduated from SFU with an English Honours degree. He was also a contributor, editor, and columnist at The Peak during his undergraduate career. His experience and research have created a precise snapshot of university workings, including student government elections and production night on Fridays at the paper.

The book itself is lovely and includes fictionalized course outlines, a map of the Burnaby campus, and even text message screenshots. Hingston’s wit is paired well with the campus tale of Peak vs. Metro, and includes feuding clubs, broken hearts, and Pub Night hookups. With hidden tidbits of The Peak and SFU that would slip by most readers — such as playing with the paper’s tagline — The Dilettantes is an enjoyable read.

One of the characters, Alex, is cynical of other students and resistant to change, yet recognizes his aloof attitude as cold and unapproachable. Alex eventually realizes he needs to “pass the torch,” which Hingston says is unique to a student paper. “You’ve built something up [as an editor] but it’s not like a workplace — the subsequent person can just change it, or may not even know your process exists.”

Talking about inspiration, Hingston says that he did channel parts of himself in obvious ways, but moved away from the original influences over time. “I only attended Burnaby campus, and it was an interesting and isolated space,” he says. The film crews, so-called “commuter campus” status, and the inferiority complex between SFU and UBC all piqued his interest. “I thought it would be a cool backdrop for a campus novel, and I don’t think a student paper has been done before, at least not a Canadian campus.”

The Dilettantes is officially available as of September 10, 2013, but copies can also be ordered directly from Hingston who will not only autograph them, but also write a behind-the-scenes tidbit within the pages. Each comment is unique and Hingston says he’s lost count but has not repeated any.

When pressed for some of the insider information, Hingston mentions the character Steve, an editor at the paper, who creates anagrams of his own name instead of recruiting real contributors. Steve was based on an actual editorial incident while Hingston was at the paper, but they didn’t figure it out until after the editor was gone.

Vancouver needs to open up its music scene

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I love live music. I love when sound waves completely fill a space, when I can feel the vibrations in my chest, when I can look up and watch a performance — an artist in the zone, transcending. I love the community feeling, the thrill when one feels connected. I love discovering something new, something I’ve never heard: a sound reminding me that innovation isn’t dead. And I fucking love to dance.

When I arrived in Vancouver, I was excited to check out the music scene. It’s the Pacific Northwest, after all, and I know there’s great music here. I started looking for bars and clubs with a good live music setup. I know Vancouver has larger venues — the Commodore, Rogers Arena, BC Place, etc. — where bigger acts can play, but I was (and still am) looking for a spot featuring local artists that successfully marries music and community.

The Electric Owl is a good smallish concert spot, but that’s really all it is. The Libra Room on the Drive attracts some pretty awesome jazz, but the band is relegated to a corner surrounded by tables. It’s a sit-down spot, and nothing more.

One night, after some searching on Yelp, I wound up at The Railway Club. It’s a cool little place, cramped in an attic sort of way, and has some legitimate character. I love the toy train looping around the track on the ceiling, the dim red lighting, and somewhat dingy carpeting. The band performing that night was what I would call a jam band: a cute, yet quirky girl singer jumping, bounding, and body-rolling propelled by the sounds emanating from her bandmates. They were fun, if not technically perfect; it was impossible not to move, and I found myself grinning as I watched sweat and spit flying.

This is the first bar I’ve been to in Vancouver where a stranger said hello to me (excluding drunken come-ons). We got to talking, and I asked him where he went to hear local stuff. He responded with a non-answer: the Railway Club sometimes, but he said that mostly the good local stuff is underground.

An underground scene means an exclusive scene that’s hidden from the masses.

I’m gonna be frank: I think the term “underground” is bullshit. An underground music scene means an exclusive scene, one that’s hidden from the masses. I understand the romance of such an existence for the musician and their “true” fans — only seeing bands that know and appreciate you — but it leaves the rest of us out in the cold. It also means the music can only go so far, and will only ever reach a set number of ears. It’s impossible for a bring-people-together music scene to thrive when the majority of the good stuff is kept out of reach.

There’s a spot called Kingston Mines in the States that’s open until 4:00 a.m. every day. It’s got two stages, and the funk, blues, and Motown are absolutely incredible. You’ll find old biker dudes, aged trophy wives, and enthusiastic twentysomethings — among others — bopping along to the jams, populating the dance floor, gyrating their hips, and leaning against the bar conversing. The tiny kitchen in the back cranks out towers of onion rings until 3:00 a.m. daily. It’s a completely unselfconscious spot, and it’s fucking magic.

I have no desire to dwell on the past. Kingston Mines is merely an example of what I think is lacking in Vancouver — a place where artists can share their music with anyone and everyone. My plea to the Vancouver music community is to let outsiders in. Venues need to know that there are plenty of music lovers out there, and that if you foster a music scene, people will come. And they’ll spend.

Interest-free student loans are the way to go

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September 30, 2013

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For all the things PEI fails to accomplish, the Maritimes’ little brother does do one thing right — student loans. Since October 1, 2012, all student loans in the province have been given with a zero per cent interest rate, as opposed to the system most often adopted which sees interest rates beginning to accumulate soon after a student graduates.

BC — and all of Canada — would greatly benefit from implementing this system as a means to alleviate the ever-increasing amount of student debt.

However, this change to BC student loans requires students to face the reality that the government isn’t going to step in first; the government will not start using taxpayers’ dollars to cover a greater portion of tuition costs. Rather, tuition will continue to outcompete inflation in a horrible race resulting in more students having not enough money and being forced to turn to the dreaded student loan system.

As it stands in BC, this generally much needed financial assistance comes largely free of charge until the day a student trades in the warm bed of academia for a colder-by-comparison shower of reality. At this point, the former undergraduate is left with a veritable ticking time-bomb of financial responsibility. In BC, the average student loan upon graduation is approximately $35,000 — which is well above the national average of $27,000.

It does not have to be this way, nor should it. Unlike the majority of other loans, student loans are taken out with the expectation that the recipient will create a positive externality for our society. Therefore, student loans should not be subject to the same restrictions of a normal loan.

Despite arguments to the contrary about certain degree programs, those taking out student loans are doing so with the intention of joining the skilled workforce. As such, the government should treat these loans as an investment in the future of our economy.

Tuition will continue to outcompete inflation in a horrible race.

Moreover, a person taking out a student loan is in the process of increasing his or her earning potential. Payscale Canada reports the median salary of a person with a Bachelor’s Degree and less than one year of experience in their field at just above $40,000. However, once those with degrees enter the five to nine year mark, their median salary is around 1.5 times higher at approximately $60,000. As a result, the risk that they will default on the loan would be significantly lower if the burden of incurred interest did not exist.

If creditors need assurance about repayment once a student graduates, they can turn to another island’s solution as further evidence against student loan interest. Australia — along with its superior voting system — simply mandates that citizens pay off their government-issued student loan as a percentage of their income once their annual earnings rise above $40,000.

The government should treat these loans as an investment in the of future our economy.

This removes the necessity of interest, and further reduces the risk associated with student financial aid. Australia’s website on education directly states that “the government is not trying to make profits off of your loan as a bank would.” Why would we as BC students not want the same respect and esteem for our educational pursuits?

A low risk, high reward loan from the government to a student should come with a zero per cent interest rate because of the tremendously beneficial nature of the investment. Being that society as a whole generally benefits from an increase in the skilled workforce, and that tuition costs are not likely to lower or stagnate any time soon, it’s only logical that the government ceases to charge interest on student loans.

Letter to the Editor – September 30, 2013

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September 30, 2013

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Dear editor,

Earlier this month, Leah Bjornson wrote an article titled “Bright ideas for shifting your body clock” — an article discussing one individual’s sleep-related work.

What bothered me about this article is that it directs readers to a service and even provided the website of the service. My issue stems from my experience of not being permitted to include web addresses of activist groups — such as No One Is Illegal — in my articles written for The Peak. What message does this convey of what our student newspaper stands for?

The organization I just referred to helps provide resources to combat racist immigration policies. They are an organization that represents the other side of “the story” — that is the side of immigrants who are imprisoned, who will never have their own voice heard in the media, and who are stripped of their rights. However, the newspaper would privilege the voices of paying advertisers over a manifestation of their own voice.

I’m not saying newspapers don’t need money to operate, and that accepting money for publishing advertisements doesn’t help make this possible; but I expect a university publication to acknowledge that to refuse to “advertise” the website of an activist organization while advertising services and products either in their articles or in ads themselves presents not just a contradiction, but a political choice.

Now to be fair, I have written and read many articles in The Peak advocating support for one cause or another. In that sense, The Peak is “political.” It still makes no sense, though, that the paper should shirk away from “advertising” a political cause while publishing the website of a service and also publishing actual advertisements.

Newspapers often make decisions like this to remain “objective.” There is a point, however, when one must stop being “objective” and start being fair; that the paper spreads the word of a service in this way, and not a cause working toward the goal of making real people’s lives better, is evidence of a severe perversion of the paper’s concept of its responsibility to the public.

I’m not saying The Peak has somehow perpetrated this in a conscious way, or that the editors individually lack a sense of responsibility; I would simply like to see the editors prepared to ask themselves — and others — the hard question of what message they are sending, and to aspire to be even better journalists than they already are.

Those of us saying objectivity is an important value must also agree that news and opinions media — some would say especially opinions media — play an important role in our democracy. Furthermore, it’s the news’ responsibility not just to convey the news, but to keep those who could potentially abuse their power in check.

To the ends of resolving this contradiction, I recommend that the editorial board of The Peak take the necessary steps to evaluate its political responsibility, and to put into place explicit, accessible guidelines as to what this responsibility is or is not. Does this paper want to be respected for entertainment value — or for daring to make a statement every now and then?

Sincerely,

Joseph Leivdal
SFU student

Language forgotten, but my identity remains

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September 30, 2013

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It was late at night when an old friend from my hometown started talking to me through chat. She lives in the Philippines and I in Vancouver. At some point in our conversation, I started typing slowly, struggling to figure out what I was trying to say and how to say it in my mother tongue. Then an alarming realization hit me — I’m starting to forget my native language.

This encounter got me thinking how much my native language has slipped away from me in my eight years in Canada. Philippines is my motherland, I am Filipino, and our language is called Tagalog.

I grew up in a nation heavily influenced by Western culture, meaning that the English language was never foreign to me at all; so even though English is our second language, Tagalog is still the main language spoken around the country.

To isolate the English language as a form of assimilation is unjust.

At home, with my family, I speak my native tongue but English when interacting with people outside — the means by which one has a functional life as an immigrant in a city like Vancouver.

Though my situation can be considered a form of North American assimilation, I don’t want to claim that. Vancouver is a melting pot of diverse cultures, and to isolate the English language as a form of assimilation would be unjust.

One of the first things I learned in high school social studies when arriving in Vancouver was the term “assimilation.” It is defined as the amalgamation of a minority group to the dominant society or culture.

The term stuck with my immigrant self during that time. I was determined that I wouldn’t let myself be assimilated by North American culture; I would not willingly give up my Filipino identity upon moving here, and I think that any immigrant would protest against being purposely assimilated or giving up their identity entirely.

Language is said to be a huge identity marker, and once that is lost, many question one’s capability of claiming to be part of such identity. However, I believe that losing the ability to speak one’s native language, does not take away the ability to belong to such culture. There are many factors at play when defining an identity, such as race and tradition, language is just one of them.

We have to accept that we need to speak English to communicate effectively.

Many forget their native language after years of living in a foreign country, but remain deeply attached to their roots and culture in other ways. Language is just one of the ways in which individuals can express their heritage.

The only problem surrounding the issue of losing or not knowing your native language is the shame of forgetting it and the guilt for not being able to preserve it. It may seem like a betrayal to your own culture, but it all boils down to the individual’s will of retaining his or her native language. As long as the individual recognizes the problem, it can be resolved in many ways.

I am now a Canadian citizen on paper, but I am also still Filipino because of my roots. Whenever someone inquires about my identity, I proudly identify myself as Filipino while delivering my response in English. Language is an important identity marker, but we have to take into account that it is also just a medium for practicality, and tool that can help when trying to have an efficient conversation in the new country you live in.

Engineering students show need for speed

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September 30, 2013

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For the first time in history, SFU students will compete in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers West competition — an event organized by the engineering association, SAE International.

The SFU Formula club is taking part in the annual student race-car design competition, which includes competitors from approximately 200 universities across North America, including UBC, UVic and the University of Alberta.

The competition requires students to build a Formula One inspired car, which includes features such as four wheels and an open-wheel design, a small engine equivalent to that of a street bike, and an air-intake flowing through a 20 mm restrictor. These requirements limit the vehicle’s power, allowing students to focus on making it as light as possible.

“SFU didn’t have any big, competitive projects for engineers to take part of,” says George Ioannou, a member of the group. “We decided we could get it started so we could get students involved in something that’s more competitive, and not just for fun.”

The most prominent advantage of the club’s car is its aluminum chassis, says Ioannou: “Everyone else uses steel, so that will give us a little bit of an edge on weight.”

To become a true contender in the future, the club is vying for accessible space for students.

The team is composed of two four-person groups: one responsible for electronics and control, made up of students Ioannou, Spencer Steele, Batuhan Atalay, and Richard Douglas; and one for design and build, including Gustav Louw, Tyler Docherty, Michael Brini, and Colin MacDonald.

Most teams in the SAE competition are comprised of 20 to 30 students, according to Ioannou, and have about a year to work on the project; SFU’s team, however, is much smaller and only has eight months.

“We wanted to do this as a club when we first started,” explains Ioannou, “but people were hard to come by.” The car initially started as a capsule project for fourth-year engineering students, but is evolving to a club as more people begin to take interest in it, he said.

Being a first-time car, Ioannou said the group isn’t aiming to win the competition just yet. “We want to up the exposure, so people can know that we’re around and we’re here to compete,” he said. Ioannou believes this will bring the group more members, sponsors and funds, giving them more leeway to make everything “more customizable.”

To become a true contender in the future, the club is vying for accessible space for students. Steele’s family shop in Maple Ridge currently holds the vehicle, but it is a long distance from the Surrey-based engineering program.

The car initially started as a capsule project for fourth-year engineering students.

The group recently proposed using the former building for the Shell gas station on the Burnaby campus, which is currently being used as a studio for wood-carver Jackie Timothy and as a storage area for totem poles from Nahino Park.

According to Steele, the team has sent a proposal to SFU with the hopes of sharing this space with Timothy, SFU’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Club, and other student clubs with projects that are in need of space on campus.

Steele says that the Formula Club is asking for the space, at least temporarily as the building of the Student Union Building may interrupt their plans to use it, however, even if the Treehouse location is chosen for the new SUB project, he estimates the group would still have “a couple years” to use the area.

“We want to bring all these students together in one place,” says Steele. “We could have as many as four cars at any given time being built in a shop, and perhaps over a hundred students from different faculties being involved.”

The group’s proposal for the space is currently being analyzed by John Driver, SFU’s VP Academic and Provost, says Steele. In the meantime, the Formula Club will continue to work on their project and give it their best at the competition next June.

*The article, “Engineering students show need for speed,” incorrectly stated that totem poles from Nahino Park are stored in the former Shell gas station building. Phil McCoy from Facility Management clarified this point and explained that various facilities use the building for storage. The area has also been used for the softball team’s batting practice “for about ten years,” says head coach Mike Rennie.

Over $13,000 raised for annual Terry Fox Day

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September 30, 2013

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On the morning of Sept. 24, students, faculty, friends, and family gathered across all three SFU campuses to participate in the country-wide phenomenon that is Terry’s Cause on Campus. Waving banners, cheering, and flaunting school spirit, runners and walkers alike joined together in a 5km trek across campus to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.

This year, SFU raised $13,441, with over 34 teams ranging across faculties and campuses. Teams went all out; some ran for fun, some for school pride, and others for loved ones and coworkers who had won or lost the battle with cancer.

One such team was the Geography Climatologists, who ran in memory of Owen Hertzman, an SFU co-worker who passed just three weeks ago. Each teammate carried an image of his face while they ran, and held it high as they crossed the finish line.

During the opening ceremonies of the run, Christine Tulloch, who is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English at SFU, received a Gold Medal Award for courage in the face of adversity. Participants watched as Tulloch was given three terms’ free tuition at SFU, a $1,000 cash prize, a gold medal, and a plaque in honour of all that she has done for youth and young adults facing the war against cancer, while winning her own fight against leukemia.

Following routine blood testing, Tulloch tested positive for leukemia at age 19. She underwent several medical procedures including bone marrow biopsies, blood transfusions, and chemotherapy. Tulloch went into remission one month later, but was administered two more years of chemotherapy to ensure the cancer would not return.

Tulloch still deals with the side effects of her cancer treatment, suffering from chronic migraines, high blood pressure, a weakened heart and increased risk of other cancers.

Like Terry, I believe that a world free from cancer is possible, and I promise to continue to fight for this dream.”

– Christine Tulloch, SFU student

Tulloch finished treatments in August of 2009, and is now on her fourth year of university and the path to graduate. Tulloch has volunteered for organizations such as Balding for Dollars, SFU Club for the Cure, and Camp Goodtimes, and has personally earned over $40,000 for the cause.

After school, Tulloch plans to major in clinical counseling, and become a counsellor for other cancer survivors. Diagnosed at similar stages in their lives, Tulloch said, “Like Terry, I believe that a world free from cancer is possible, and I promise to continue to fight for this dream, just as my hero Terry Fox did, until this dream is a reality.”

Since Terry Fox’s monumental Marathon of Hope began in 1980, over $600 million has been raised in his name. In 1999 Terry was voted “Canada’s Greatest Hero” and in 2004, he claimed “Canada’s Second Greatest Hero of all time.”

Terry’s Cause on Campus, which began in fall of 2012, has spread across Canadian universities, and colleges from SFU to the Memorial University of Newfoundland. During this event, students from all over work together to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients at home and abroad.

HUMOUR: Build SFU team abruptly stops SUB project, claims “it’s just not fun anymore”

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BURNABY — Despite being really excited when they first got the idea and were just playing around with ideas, the Build SFU team has reportedly cancelled the SUB project to “do something else, something fun.”

According to those who have been watching the group closely, the SUB project seemed to be going along fine, as Build SFU members enthusiastically talked about all the things they were going to put into the space before things turned for the worse.

“Restaurants, comfy couches, arcade games” were reportedly talked about in their meetings just a few weeks ago by excited Build SFU members without taking breaths as they ran around the room jumping up and down, writing on the walls of their fort (nicknamed the Think Tank) with magic markers, making giant posters and playing with their ‘really cool model of SFU that has a little AQ and everything!’

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, everyone involved in Build SFU got tired and just quit.

“I don’t know what happened exactly, they were all smiles last time I saw them,” third-year student, Frank Danstro told The Peak in a disappointed tone. “I thought they really liked SUB building.”

According to sources close to the Build SFU students, the group did like SUB building until it took a sudden turn for the worst last week when they were joined by the architects they had hired, Perkins+Will.

“From the first question, it seemed obvious that this wasn’t going to work out,” said second year business student Tom Fergus who sat in on the meeting.

“The architects just asked what their vision for the SUB was and they immediately all starting wildly yelling all at once ‘THE SUB WILL BE MY PLACE TO THRIVE’, THE SUB WILL BE MY PLACE TO NETWORK’, it wasn’t a very good way start . . .”

Once the Build SFUers were calmed down and they started to discuss the more practical elements of the SUB, things started to get even worse.

“I remember Perkins+Will were trying to talk square footage but the students just kept asking if they could get pool tables, which then reminded one of them about air hockey tables and then foosball and on and on . . .” Fergus continued shaking his head, “I think they finally gave up on the SUB after they asked the architects ‘oh can we get a slide . . . UBC’s getting a slide . . . come on, please, please, please!’”

After Perkins+Will politely rejected the slide idea, it became clear that the students weren’t really all that interested in actually building a SUB building and their over-tiredness started to show.

“Oh, can we get a slide . . . UBC’s getting a slide! Come on, please, please, please!”

-Build SFU team to architects

“There were a lot of tears and a few temper-tantrums, but in the end they just decided that building a SUB was ‘stupid’ and ‘not fun anymore’,” explained an executive for Perkins+Will. “I’m not sure if any of them will be back, maybe they just need to sleep it off.”

While Perkins+Will and the university are fully prepared to go on without the students involvement — but still using their money — they’ve threatened the Build SFU team saying that if they don’t get their act together they won’t be building “the Treehouse” that they had been asking for.

Men’s soccer opens GNAC play with two wins

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September 30, 2013

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The SFU men’s soccer team battled for two big wins on the road this past week as they retained their perfect record in the young 2013 season. After a perfect 4-0 non-conference start, the Clan headed south to Montana and Idaho to open their Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) season with games against Montana State University — Billings (MSUB) and Northwest Nazarene University (NNU).

The two teams have proven difficult competitors in the Clan’s past, and this trip proved no different as the men were forced to finish both games in comeback style.

Against MSUB, the home team opened the scoring in the first half, something that didn’t sit well with the Clan, lighting a fire under the team’s offence as the men worked to return the favour. The reply came early in the second half as Chris Bargholz connected with an Alexander Kleefeldt pass to net SFU’s first goal of conference play.

The importance of the win was evident as both teams battled relentlessly throughout the 90 minute match: MSUB received seven yellow cards and the Clan were awarded four.

At the 75th minute mark the Clan took the lead as transfer Johannes Hallman scored unassisted to clinch the win for the visitors. It would be his first goal of the season, but not his last as he would be able to find the back of the net in the second game of the weekend as well.

Two days later after their conference-opening win, the Clan took on NNU, the only West Region team to have bested them in 2012. Again, the visitors found themselves down a goal in the first period, but fans saw history repeat itself as SFU was able to pull off another come-from-behind victory.

The Clan struck early in the second half once again, as only two minutes into the period Hallman struck a Robert Hyams pass for his second tally of the weekend. This time it was Carlo Basso that ended the scoring in the match, netting a ball from goalkeeper Brandon Watson, for his second of the season.

The freshman netminder recorded eight saves in the game to allow the Clan to improve to a 6-0 record.

Following the successful start to their GNAC campaign the SFU men have retained their top spot on the National Soccer Association of American NCAA Division II coach’s poll. It is their second consecutive week at the top of the rankings, after they opened the season ranked third.

The men will be aiming to improve to 8-0 as they host South Dakota School of Mines in their GNAC home opener then Saint Mary’s University two days later before returning to the road as they look to continue a fourth dominant season atop the GNAC and in the NCAA Division II.

You’ve built something up [as an editor] but it’s not like a workplace — the subsequent person can just change it, or may not even know your process exists.”

Michael Hingston, author and former Peak editor

An underground scene means an exclusive scene that’s hidden from the masses.

Tuition will continue to outcompete inflation in a horrible race.

The government should treat these loans as an investment in the of future our economy.

To isolate the English language as a form of assimilation is unjust.

We have to accept that we need to speak English to communicate effectively.

To become a true contender in the future, the club is vying for accessible space for students.

The car initially started as a capsule project for fourth-year engineering students.

Like Terry, I believe that a world free from cancer is possible, and I promise to continue to fight for this dream.”

– Christine Tulloch, SFU student

“Oh, can we get a slide . . . UBC’s getting a slide! Come on, please, please, please!”

-Build SFU team to architects