Alison Roach
ISSA mounts campaign for more funding
March 18, 2013The international studies student association is advocating for one more faculty member to alleviate problems in the school By Alison Roach The International Studies Student Association (ISSA) has launched a campaign this semester advocating for more funding to the international studies program, specifically in the form of one new faculty member. A newer program at only seven years old, the school of international studies has run into funding issues that are inhibiting its ability to grow, according to ISSA president Erin Wyllie. “The problem is that international studies as a program can’t grow enough to accommodate the students who want…
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University Briefs – March 18, 2013
March 18, 2013UVIC student society expelled from CFS-BC On March 9, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) BC chapter voted to expel the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) from the federation, on the grounds of the UVSS not paying their fees,…
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Khan conquers and U-Pass passes
March 15, 2013By Alison Roach Photo by Mark Burnham Video by Julian Giordano Last Thursday night, SFSS election nominees and a few friends gathered at the Highland Pub to count (and drink) down the hours to midnight, when the results of the…
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SFSS candidates battled it out in three debates
March 10, 2013By Alison Roach and Amara Janssens Photos by Mark Burnham ERO debate gets catty, candidate no-shows, and a temporary disqualification Rounding out the SFSS election campaigning period, a series of all-candidate debates took place last week, at both the Burnaby…
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GSS annual general meeting held last week
March 5, 2013By Alison Roach Photo by Alison Roach Last Tuesday, the SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) held their annual general meeting (AGM), hosted in the GSS offices in the Maggie Benston Centre. The AGM was the first in the history of…
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Quvenzhane Wallis won’t stop asking everyone she knows what a “c***” is.
February 26, 2013By Gary Lim and Alison Roach HOUMA, Louisiana — Uncomfortable silence and dry-mouthed stammering permeated the sleepy neighborhood of West Hollow, Houma yesterday night. When nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis asked her entire family over dinner what a “cunt” was.…
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SFU discusses BC Budget Day
February 24, 2013A new SFU Public Square series looks at propserity in BC By Alison Roach Photos by Alison Roach Last Tuesday was BC Budget Day, the day of the budget lockup in Victoria where Finance Minister Michael de Jong delivered and…
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Rise in Theft on Burnaby Campus
February 17, 2013SFU security warns students to keep their valuables close By Alison Roach Photos by Mark Burnham There appears to be a rise in the number of thefts happening at SFU campuses. A blanket warning was recently posted on the SFU…
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Talking politics: distilling the NDP’s stance on education
February 17, 2013An interview with NDP’s Advanced Education Critic Michelle Mungall By Alison Roach On her way to our on-campus interview, Michelle Mungall got a little lost. While she has spent the past two years on post-secondary campuses throughout the province and…
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University Briefs – Feb 18, 2013
February 17, 2013By Alison Roach Pierre Lafontainee new leader of university sports Former CEO and national coach of Swimming Canada Pierre Lafontaine has been named the new leader of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the national governing body. The small 10-person staff…
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