Alison Roach
Women’s wrestling brings home four championships
February 3, 2014The Clan women walked away with four Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) championships in their weight divisions, including two broken WCWA records, after the championships were held in St. Louis the weekend before last. The day was especially triumphant for Victoria Anthony and Helen Maroulis, two American natives competing on home soil, who both captured a fourth championship title in as many years: Anthony winning at 109-pounds, Maroulis at 130. Anthony and Maroulis are the first two wrestlers to do so in the history of the WCWA. Both ladies headed into the finals after besting their semi-final rivals by technical…
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Panel gives pipeline the green light
January 6, 2014A National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, put in charge of deciding the fate of the proposed $7.9 billion (formerly estimated at $6.5 billion) Northern Gateway pipeline, has given the project the thumbs up. On Thursday, Dec. 19, the Panel…
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SFU entrepreneurs get cozy
November 25, 2013SFU student entrepreneur Eleanor Li and alumna Rachel Cheng are currently drinking to success — and it’s pretty steamy. The two have won SFU Bookstore’s Next Top Product Competition with their line of hand-knitted cozies, or “Snugs,” for mugs and…
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University Briefs
November 18, 2013RCMP receive tips on UBC sexual assaults Since releasing a sketch of the suspect in the recent rash of sexual assaults at the University of British Columbia, RCMP have received 57 tips, as of Nov. 6. RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Peter…
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In the line of fire
November 18, 2013When I first published a story last month entitled, “SFSS internal conflict follows alleged physical altercation,” I knew that I was starting a fire. It’s an extremely sensitive topic in a tinderwood climate: conflict in a governing body, an alleged…
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Canvas takes over
November 18, 2013At the end of December, WebCT will officially be retired from use at SFU. Canvas, an open source learning management system (LMS) by provider Instructure, was chosen as its replacement. Implementation started at the beginning of the spring 2013 semester…
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SFU loses top spot in Maclean’s rankings
November 12, 2013Maclean’s 2014 University Rankings were published Oct. 31 and, for the first time in six years, SFU is not the number one comprehensive university, beaten out by the University of Victoria (UVic) for the top spot. SFU has been ranked…
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Board Shorts
November 12, 2013Mediator begins working with society The board discussed the hiring of Paula Boddie of Paula Boddie & Associates Ltd., a human resources and labor relations consulting service, following the Oct. 11 incident between directors Moe Kopahi and Monique Ataei. President…
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Research Roundup
November 12, 2013Study counts half-million deaths in Iraq War Two SFU researchers have contributed to a US-based study that placed the death toll in Iraq related to the Iraq War at approximately 500,000. The study, conducted without funding, looked at the conflict…
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Society warns against sexy teen Halloween costumes
October 28, 2013The Children of the Street Society is warning against the growing trend of young girls dressing in “sexy” Halloween outfits, saying the practice is inappropriate and harmful. “Sexualizing a child or youth is inappropriate. And Halloween shouldn’t be an excuse…
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