Amal Abdullah
The true story behind That Dragon, Cancer makes it more than a game
June 6, 2018That Dragon, Cancer is a game created by two parents, Amy and Ryan Green, to eulogize the life of their son Joel, who was diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) at just one year old. Joel went through extensive therapy, and his parents fought for their son’s life with him, but he eventually died at the age of five. His parents came up with the idea for the game when he was still four, and after Joel passed away, worked hard on it with a team of other developers, releasing it on what would have been Joel’s seventh birthday.…
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The types of people you will find on transit
June 5, 2018The Talker Our first specimen in the jungle of transit is The Talker. These wild creatures will pull out their phones in the middle of a 5 p.m. rush hour and casually yell their life’s woes to their friend —…
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SFU students collaborate on miniature library project
May 28, 2018The SFU School of Contemporary Arts (SCA), in collaboration with the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA), launched 11 Free Little Libraries — repurposed old newsprint boxes where people can take, borrow, or donate books throughout downtown Vancouver starting in…
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Although some may try to forge a future without higher education, a university degree is worth it
May 18, 2018The concept of higher education has existed since the ninth century, when Fatima Al-Fihri, a woman who moved from Tunisia to Morocco, created the first university. Nearly 1,160 years later, a university education is considered an essential milestone in a successful…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]