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The 2020 bad-CAT Undergraduate Conference: celebrating the WORST our students have to offer

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Written by Zoe Vedova, Peak Associate

The bad-CAT Undergraduate Conference is an annual, terrifying exploration of the diversely terrible student work that gets half-assed at this university. The worst students from all our schools and programs have an equal opportunity to present awkward performances, ill-conceived installations, and horrendously formatted papers.

Students are encouraged to submit projects to bad-CAT 2020 with zero foresight and zero contemplation of what it means to commit to presenting at a conference. Wondering if you’re shitty enough to apply? 

Have you ever . . . 

  • Printed a bibliography without clearing the grey highlight?
  • Handed in a smarter sibling’s paper you found lying around your house?
  • Winged a presentation with an impromptu Mary Jane-fueled interpretive dance on the political economy of mass media?
  • Used a quote that took up an entire page of your paper and then randomly attributed it to The British Journal of Criminology?

Great! Apply now!

The deadline to apply for the conference is February 31.*

All projects submitted through email must include: 

  • Corrupted files and broken PDF links.
  • Document margins that have been clearly dicked around with.
  • A 200–1000 word excuse for why your project is terrible.** 
  • A reference letter from a TA agreeing you are an awful participant.

*Per bad-CAT regulations, no projects submitted before or on February 31 will be accepted.

**If there is any indication you got someone to read over your application before you submitted it, you will be immediately disqualified.  

Here’s what other students have to say about their bad-CAT experience!

“I was honoured to be the only first year allowed to the conference after I accidentally enrolled in Communications, thinking I’d clicked Computers and then never correcting it.”

  • A. Salib, first-semester academic probation.

“The conference isn’t for plain old coasters, you know. It’s for the students who’ve achieved their academic anti-apotheosis scraping against the ocean floor of failure without ever giving up to the peer pressure of taking a gap year.” 

  • T. Glasser, fourth-semester academic probation.

“Bad-CAT is the most inspiring event of the year for me. That’s why even though I’m always accepted, I never show up.” 

  • P. Orin, second-time Required To Withdraw.

SFU wants to formally recognize YOUR disengagement from our community. Apply to bad-CAT whenever you realize you forgot you were supposed to apply for bad-CAT!

DISCLAIMER: bad-CAT Undergraduate Conference has NO RELATIONSHIP to the FCAT Undergraduate Conference, besides the fact that we totally plagiarized their conference name and structure and then changed it a bit so it wasn’t obvious that we copied. Just like we expect you to do on your submissions!

QUIZ: Did you glow up MORE or LESS than SFUNET?

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Written by Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer

SFUNET has gone through some major transformations lately. (You know, that Wi-Fi network that’s always there, but never really gets used because it’s overshadowed by the far superior SFUNET-SECURE and eduroam.) Before, you had to desperately re-click the network names and refresh browser pages. Now, a fancy new pop-up screen, all pretty and red and starry, begs for your login information! Though, I’m still begging for an actual connection . . . 

Have you risen above this facetious face-lift? This quiz will tell you whether you’ve glowed up MORE or LESS than SFUNET. Let’s see if those wishful New Year’s resolutions are holding up, or if they’ve already fallen through, just like your plans to open a book for once during reading week. 

When someone tries to connect with you, you:

  1. Smack them in the face, hoping they shut down emotionally just as much as you have
  2. Finish all of their homework, do their laundry, and call their tax consultant for them 
  3. Pretend to accept them at first and then cut them off soon after

Pick an on-campus job.

  1. What do you mean? I’m already taking eight classes. Isn’t that enough?
  2. Underpaid, under-respected, newly unionized research assistant
  3. I’m useless, I just know how to rock a Scarlet Letter palette

When you leave campus after class, you:

  1. Immediately dissociate with the help of another salty stress meal
  2. Do your next week’s homework while running on a treadmill and drinking a green smoothie full of kale, matcha, and Google sheets
  3. I haven’t left SFU since 1965

Who do you relate to the most?

  1. That preschool bully who got arrested for vehicular manslaughter
  2. Paul Rudd
  3. Tim Hortons Wi-Fi

Where is your go-to public breakdown spot on campus?

  1. Middle of the AQ hallway, in front of a Krispy Kreme fundraiser stand. I love giving back
  2. Nowhere. Like any high-functioning adult, I hold my screeching in until I reach the sixth floor library washroom stall
  3. Everywhere, I’m broken literally everywhere on campus, forever

Do you still live at home?

  1. I live on in the hearts of men 
  2. I live for the applause, applause, applause
  3. I live to serve, in theory

If you chose mostly A’s . . . you’ve glowed up less than SFUNET!

You glow less than the shiny forehead of a pubescent teen. I can’t believe that a nearly defunct wireless system has improved more than you. Maybe those New Year’s resolutions aren’t so attainable after all . . .

If you chose mostly B’s . . . you’ve glowed up more than SFUNET!

Congrats, you’ve glowed up more than a Wi-Fi network. But let’s be honest, you haven’t actually improved that much. You’re only marginally better than the miniscule glow-up of SFUNET, and that’s not saying much, considering.

If you chose mostly C’s . . . you’ve glowed up just as much as SFUNET!

Woohoo, it’s a match! Twinning with SFUNET isn’t something to be proud of, though. This glow-up is just as meaningless as SFUNET’s fake fresh face. You should have worked harder on your self-improvement instead of watching “Vines that cure my depression” compilation videos.

SUBJECT: I am single-user access and your syllabus can try again later

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Written by Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer

From: Cora P. Wright <[email protected]>

To: Bob Auldmann <[email protected]>, Ted Bouks <[email protected]>, Moe Rinsane <[email protected]>

Subject: I am single-user access and your syllabus can try again later

Dear professors,

I regret to inform you that I cannot complete the readings for this week’s class. Or, any other week’s for that matter. I have declared myself to be SINGLE-USER ACCESS only. What I mean is that I am not able to process the BS of your class’ readings right now. After all, SFU has access to only 1 copy of this student.

Right now, I’ve been assigned the reading “Theories of a White Guy: A Modern Look at Capitalism.” As such, unfortunately, all copies of me are currently in use. I can’t be accessed, not by the rest of you and not by your assigned textbooks “From Lampposts to Lederhosen: The History of Political Scandals,” “How to Murder: Essential Reading for the Criminology-minded,” or “Green Eggs and Ham.”

Please note that this is (probably) temporary and that I may get to your ridiculously large number of readings in about seven to 60 days. Feel free to check back later, or search for another student. 

You may send me granola bars to try to refresh me, if you really want access to me sooner. But don’t count on it actually working when you want it to. If you give up on trying, you can always purchase my attention for a mere $99.99 USD + tax. My Venmo is conveniently available in the attached SFU Vault File. Thank you.

Yours sincerely (once you pay me), 

Cora P. Wright

DEAR PEAKIE: Lunch, love, and legal tea

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Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor

Dear Peakie, 

I keep trying to stop eating out, but Dining Hall food is SO GOOD and I’m not on the meal plan. How do I stop spending all this money?

From, Make It Buffet’n 

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Dear Make It Buffet’n,

Keep going, because this is a problem that solves itself. After enough all-you-can-eat seshes, you’ll be out of money to spend! Plus, this will probably force you to drop out of SFU, so you won’t be able to hit up Dining Hall anymore. 

(Well, technically you could, but realistically you’re not going to climb the mountain just for that. I mean, didn’t you know? Without the gondola, every second of transiting to SFU is actually just suffering and trudging through several feet of snow. Yes, of course that happens year-round.) 

Love, Peakie

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Dear Peakie,

Why is my prof’s marking scheme so harsh? I just want someone to be nice to me.

From, Tender Bibliography

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Dear Tender Bibliography,

Be nice to yourself! You can’t expect love from others when you’re not giving it to yourself. For example, put your full effort into your assignment for once, instead of blithely drooling your emotions all over a .doc file. I think your professor’s sensitive soul will awaken the second they lay eyes on an essay that doesn’t read like a rejected Teletubbies script. We all love to see a self-educating king!

Love, Peakie

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Dear Peakie,

Who hurt you?

From, Peakie 

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Dear Peakie,

The Alberta Court of Appeal when it determined the federal carbon tax to be “unconstitutional,” and the Alberta government for once again making the global climate crisis all about them. 

Love, Peakie

Your weekly SFU horoscopes: March 2–8

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ILLUSTRATION: Marissa Ouyang / The Peak

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor

Aries — March 21–April 19

Wherever you walk this week, the ugly truth about those in the immediate vicinity will follow. Solve this by spending your mornings bathing in a big vat of melted candy and glaze. There’s nothing quite like sugarcoating yourself for the easy consumption of others. 

Taurus — April 20–May 20

Forget your education. Take this week to track down a WonderSwan Color and the Japan-exclusive releases of the Digimon WonderSwan series of video games surrounding Ryou Akiyama’s endless struggle against Millenniummon. Ryou’s lengthy plothole-ridden war against an all-powerful, evil god of spacetime will resonate with you and your fight for self-actualization.

Gemini — May 21–June 20

You’ll experience love at first sight this week. You will finally open your eyes after a lifetime of being blind to your own flaws — and at that time, you’ll realize that you and your venomous personality are meant to be together. Forever. 

Cancer — June 21–July 22

Bring back bubblegum as a sassy commonplace quirk. It’s retro, it’s cute, and it’s something you’ll be suited for after years of blowing every other aspect of your life.

Leo — July 23–August 22

Wear big, sparkling earrings this week. You never listen, so you might as well use your ears for something. 

Virgo — August 23–September 22

Watch your back this week. Left to their own devices, your lazy little lats will only bring you disappointment and fragility.

Libra — September 23–October 22

Horoscope? What horoscope? Nobody decides your future but you. And advertising giants. 

Scorpio — October 23–November 21

Oh no! Someone close to you might have actually modelled your psychological profile accurately. You’ll need to chuck a behavioural curveball every two hours instead of every three days, now. No way does some random get to understand you just because they’ve known you for years. 

Sagittarius — November 22–December 21

Don’t reflect on your own actions. Why would you bother when there’s so much wrong with everyone else’s? If there’s one thing you needed to learn from Grey’s Anatomy trauma surgeon Owen Hunt, besides to NEVER date a man like Owen Hunt, it’s how to triage.

Capricorn — December 22–January 19

This is the week to let go of material worries. Didn’t you know? All of this is just a fever dream brought on as your soul recovers from the Mayan apocalypse eight years ago, anyways. That girl who dropped out of high school to go “live her life” before it all came crashing down? She clearly knew what was what. 

Aquarius — January 20–February 18

You’re a deceitful image, a sleight of hand. Your horoscope sign says “aqua,” but your horoscope element is air. This week, you have to weaponize this. There’s no other way you’ll escape that social engagement you promised you’d attend, only to realize that you’d rather snort beaver teeth.

Pisces — February 19–March 20

Stop trying to order the Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino from Starbucks locations that no longer serve it. Yes, self-care is (obviously!) demanding unreasonable accommodations from everyone in your life (and sometimes from people who aren’t in your life, like, at all.) But real self-care is learning to recognize when the sizzle in the relationship is just . . . gone.

Board Shorts: February 26

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Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor

MNP presentation on audit options 

The Board passed a motion to have a presentation from an independent auditing firm to inform the Board and the Council regarding potential audit options. 

The Board allocated up to $5,200 plus ancillary expenses for this presentation. 

Executive Director Sylvia Ceacero noted “I think it is important that we have the correct information before moving forward [ . . . ] I just want to make sure that it is understood that the $5,200 plus ancillary expenses is simply for [auditors] Peter and Mark to come and present — it has nothing to do with actually doing an audit.”

The motion was passed unanimously. 

FASS on a Boat receives funding 

The Board passed a motion to provide funding for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) annual event FASS on a Boat. 

Executive Finance Coordinators of the event’s organizing committee, Tony Yu and Zak Thompson ,delivered a presentation to the Board. 

Yu explained that as one of the biggest events provided by the faculty, its main purpose is “To provide an opportunity to de-stress before exam season.” They announced that this year’s theme would be masquerade. Dinner will be provided to participants, in addition to a range of activities, including a dance floor, crafts, and a photo booth. 

The initial motion asked the SFSS to provide $5,820 in funding for the event. 

“As the organizer, are you prepared for any questions about how much was spent per attendee for the event?” asked SFSS Finance Manager Rowena de la Torre after the presentation. 

VP Finance Tawanda Nigel Chitapi noted that “Personally I am not satisfied with how the budget was presented, there’s still a lot of gaps and unanswered questions.” 

De la Torre asked, “why is it [FASS on a Boat] happening if the event lost money last year? Was there a discussion as to whether the discussion should happen at all?” 

Health Sciences Representative Osob Mohamed replied that “We’re not in the money-making business here, we’re a non for profit organization [ . . . ] we are literally here to hold events and provide services for students.” 

The motion was amended to approve up to $5,000 for the event. The motion was carried. 

Rotunda groups to be allocated space in the SUB 

The Board passed a motion to present two options to the Rotunda groups to enter into an agreement to house them in the Student Union Building. 

SEE MORE: Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building

Monday Music: spacey songs for insomniacs

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Monday Music: your weekly themed playlist. Image courtesy of The Peak.

by Molly Lorette, SFU Student

For whatever reason, I always feel as though reality works a little bit differently after staying up till the early hours of the morning. While there seems to be a little bit of discrepancy between the exact allotted hours, this period of time is classically referred to as the witching hour (the time of night associated with supernatural activity). So perhaps it makes sense that our brains tend to operate a little differently. In any case, if you want a nice ambiance while lying in bed and dissociating a little bit, here are a few tunes to set the mood.

 

“Space Song” — Beach House

As the title would suggest, this beautiful tune makes you feel as though you’re weightlessly floating throughout the sky amongst the constellations, or like you’re in the midst of a peaceful lucid dream. The emotional response that this song seems to exude is difficult to describe, but to me it seems to be something along the lines of melancholic nostalgia with a dash of yearning. Whatever it is, this tune is well suited to accompany you when you begin pondering all of those “what ifs” and those somewhat troubling “could have been” thoughts.

 

“Hot Knifer” — Peach Pit

I’m going to admit a personal bias here: this jam has a special place in my heart. The indie-pop band Peach Pit hails from Vancouver and has established themselves as a staple within my Spotify playlists for a few years now. Nevertheless, the peacefully melodic guitar seems to have a way of soothing one to sleep, while vocalist and rhythm-guitarist Neil Smith pines over an unrequited love and #BlazesIt. Really repping that classic Vancouver spirit, guys!

 

“Lover is a Day” — Cuco

A spacey playlist is never complete without a healthy dose of synth. I don’t make the rules, I only follow them. As I’m sure we know, depression is a difficult and fickle thing to deal with, which Cuco addresses with his rambly and repetitive lyrics backed with melancholic tunes. Since these early hours tend to be a very cerebral time in which we overthink everything, this song is a perfect fit for a late night never-ending mental stream.

Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building

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Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor

At their Wednesday, February 26 Board meeting, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to enter into formal agreements that offer the Rotunda groups space in the Student Union Building (SUB). 

The motion that was passed mandates that the Executive Director (Sylvia Ceacero) and VP Finance (Tawanda Nigel Chitapi) discuss and present two options for housing the rotunda groups in the SUB, and to enter into an agreement based on these options. 

The Rotunda groups include: community radio station CJSF, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), Embark Sustainability, and Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA). FNSA was guaranteed space in the SUB previously.

In one of the proposals, Configuration 3, CJSF, and SFPIRG receive an organizational suite on the 1000 level of the SUB, while Embark and SOCA share one suite that will be split in two with a divider. 

Configuration 3a (see photo) is similar, except that Embark would also receive a storage room on the 1000 level, and SOCA would receive the space reserved for the copy centre — both of which are smaller than the organizational suites. In both configurations, two organizational suites are reserved for SFSS use. 

Each of the Rotunda groups was able to deliver a one-minute statement to the Board before the Board’s discussion and vote. 

VP Finance Tawanda Nigel Chitapi noted that “We are all compromising [ . . . ] space is there, but then we need[ed] to make sure we accommodate[d] everybody, so there was need to make a compromise.” 

VP University Relations Shina Kaur said that “I would like to support configuration 3 and not 3a, because I think that 3 does again meet everyone’s needs.”

Environment Representative Julian Loutsik added that “This is a good compromise, I think, for everybody, and I think the Board should move forward with this.”

The motion was passed unanimously. 

At the SFSS Council meeting that immediately followed the Board meeting on Wednesday, Council voted to withdraw a referendum question on the subject of space that they had previously submitted for the upcoming General Elections. The question asked students if Rotunda groups should be housed in the SUB. 

A prior motion to house the Rotunda groups in the SUB at the November 1 2019 Board meeting was not carried by a 7–5 vote. 

The conflict over space for the Rotunda groups has spanned multiple years. The groups were housed in the Rotunda on a sublease to the SFSS, who were leasing the space from SFU. The SFSS was required to return the Rotunda space back to SFU upon the completion of the SUB, thus displacing the Rotunda groups without assurance of space in the SUB until now. 

The SUB is currently slated to open later this Spring. 

 

Reactions from Rotunda groups

Magnus Thyvold, CJSF 90.1 FM Station Manager

“I think we were pretty pleased with how it turned out. You know, it’s been a pretty long experience so we didn’t really know what to expect. but certainly the feeling in the room was that the Board there was pretty supportive of the motions. So we’re pretty cautiously optimistic about the point of having resolution.” 

“It’s a pretty good solution for us [ . . . ] it’s smaller than here so it involves some compromise. But you know it’s totally within the realm of being workable.” 

Thyvold added that CJSF will be losing about 250 square feet in the move.

 

Craig Pavelich, SFPIRG Director of Communications

“We’re really heartened to see that the executive committee was recommending to the Board a configuration of spaces in the SUB that the Rotunda groups had proposed to the [SFSS] Board.” 

“It means that the work that students have been doing for the last two and a half years (and longer) has not been for naught, that student activism works, that students can speak up for what’s right, and that space for student activism on campus matters and will continue to exist [ . . . ] student power will continue on campus.” 

“We’re losing about 500 square feet of space which is not insignificant [ . . . ] We always understood that we would be likely to lose some space.”

 

Afia Poku, SOCA President

“It is a relief for SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry that the two-year battle to save Black space on campus has ended. Securing operational space is an assurance of our longevity, allowing us to continue building a sense of community on and off campus. Black space is vital for connecting students navigating experiences unique to Black students.”

“While Configuration 3 is a compromise for all parties involved, we are grateful that this is still collective growth in square footage for both of SOCA and Embark.

“We truly appreciate our members and allies who have advocated with us since 2018, or joined to support in the activism along the way.” 

 

Alison White, Executive Director of Embark 

“I think we’re feeling really optimistic about it. Still, there’s nothing written or signed or agreed on [ . . . ] to determine how exactly it’s going to work. But we’re feeling optimistic and looking forward to everyone having adequate space and in a more collaborative space in the SUB.” 

“Each office is supposed to be 150 square feet, and so the proposed space that Embark would be in has three offices and a smaller lounge area. So it would be significantly larger than what [we] have now.

“Which is why I was content with compromising and not having a large organizational suite, because I think it meets our needs — and it’s more important to me that SOCA and all the other groups have space as well than for us to just have this massive space.”

SFU students build healthcare app to improve medical delivery in Uganda

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SFU students, and developers of a health care application. Left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Chloe Huang, Simran Gulati, Jeffrey Leung, Matt Doyle, Kevin Le, Vinson Ly, Sachin Raturi, Kat Siu.

Written by: Kim Regala, Staff Writer

A class project developed by a group of SFU Software Systems students will have a real world impact in the area of maternal health care in Uganda.  

Currently, Uganda’s healthcare system uses the Cradle VSA (Vital Signs Alert), a portable medical device that measures a person’s heart rate and blood pressure. The problem, however, is that the Cradle VSA is presently a paper-based patient tracking system, in that patient records are kept and filed on paper. This makes for a slower process of diagnosis and treatment, leading to less efficient means of preventing illnesses.

Simran Gulati, one of the students who worked on the project, noted that the device is “meant to solve the problem of [ . . . ] having a really high number of preventable maternal deaths.” On average, these occur about 295,000 times per year worldwide — roughly 800 per day, according to 2017 data from the World Health Organization. 

“80% of that happens in low-income areas. And a lot of them are preventable by [ . . . ] checking vitals and getting check-ups early on,” Gulati explained.

“[Our] application replaces the paper-based system and allows people in Ugandan villages to be diagnosed quicker, with better information flow and with greater accessibility,” said Jeffrey Leung, the software and UI designer of the project. “That’s why this was such [an] impactful project.”

What Gulati and Leung’s team have created is a mobile application that acts as an extension to the Cradle VSA. Through their system, health care workers are able to track all of their patients’ records and inform them of their diagnosis and treatment plans more efficiently.

The idea began in a computer science course offered at SFU, Software Development Methods, also known as CMPT 373. The class was taught by Dr. Brian Fraser who gave students the opportunity to work with a real-life client on the Cradle app for their term project. Gulati and Leung expressed how they enjoyed working in groups. 

“Everyone was diverse and had a unique [specialty],” Leung commented, “which added to the whole functionality of the team.”

There were, of course, challenges along the way. Gulati noted that the biggest challenge in the early stages was communication. “Usually for group projects, you’re in a [small] group [ . . . ] Now when you’re working with a group of seven people [ . . . ] there’s a lot of room for error and miscommunication. And I think that was a challenge that we all identified pretty early on and tackled it by putting in processes in place.”

Now, with their application complete and fully functional, the next step for the group is to undergo field trials. This would mean testing the application and temporarily implementing it in Uganda. Long-term goals for the app are to make the application compatible for other countries. 

“We’re looking at countries like Sierra Leone right now and [are trying] to create a system that can be compatible with their health care system there.”

 

Coming Up at SFU: March 2–8

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By: Paige Riding, News Writer

The Politics of Parody: a conversation with Hadi Khorsandi and Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard

March 1 | 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. | SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1900 | Free | Registration Required

SFU’s Department of History presents an afternoon conversation with satirist and poet Hadi Khorsandi, and UBC Department of Asian Studies professor Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard. This free event will take place at SFU Harbour Centre and will explore political and cultural issues through the use of satire and humour. Khorsandi will be discussing his life’s work and latest projects with Abedinifard, who is an “expert on modern satire in Iran,” according to the event description. Registration is available on SFU’s event website.

SCA Spring Mainstage Presents: 1690 Matthews

February 26–29 & March 3–7 | 8 p.m. | Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre — SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts | $7 for SFU students and alumni, $10 for SFU faculty/ staff and seniors, or $15 for general admission

Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA) will present a spring production of 1690 Matthews. The event’s website states that the play is about the topics of social media and racism, and asks “what a house can teach us about the beliefs and values of the people who built it, lived in it, and currently occupy it.”

The performances span across two weeks. Held at the Wong Experimental Theatre at 149 West Hastings, the ticketed event offers discounts for SFU students, alumni, and faculty/staff. Tickets are available online.

Movie Mondays @ Out On Campus Presents: Booksmart

March 2 | 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. |  TC 314N,Burnaby | Free | Registration required

As part of their recurring series of film screenings, SFSS’s Out On Campus will show the 2019 coming-of-age comedy, Booksmart. Directed by Olivia Wilde, the film follows overachievers and high school seniors Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) as they attempt to make up for lost time during their high school careers in the span of a single night. Information about event accessibility can be found on the event’s page.

The event is free to register, but spaces are limited for each movie. Future film events can be found on their weekly event’s Facebook page.

Understanding and Coping with Anxiety and Depression

March 3 | 11:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m. | SFU Sustainable Energy Engineering Building, Theatre, Room 1002, Surrey | Free | Registration required

Clinical Counsellor Dr. Shona Adams and Masters in Counselling Practicum Student Robert Hall will host a free seminar open to all SFU students, faculty, and staff. This event will cover strategies to “cope with anxiety and low mood,” according to the event page. The seminar will be held on the Surrey campus in room SYRE 1002 in the new Sustainable Energy Engineering Building.

7 Minute Majors

March 5 | 10:30 p.m.–12:20 p.m. | Saywell Hall 10051, Burnaby | Free | Registration required

 Many students enter university with a lack of certainty about their major, or are curious about other areas of study that they may consider minoring in. If this is you, check out SFU’s 7 Minute Majors. This free, informal event will introduce you to a variety of departments as you travel around in small groups to speak with peers. Free refreshments will be provided, too. Registration is available on the event page.

 

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