Amal Javed Abdullah
Printing costs at SFU shouldn’t be a thing
October 18, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer One thing that majorly irks me as an SFU student is the printing fees. Surrey campus charges $0.11 per side for a black-and-white printout, and $0.25 per side for a colour one. At Burnaby campus, it’s $0.11 for black-and-white and $0.30 for colour. Printing class material is a regular part of our academic routine, and we often need to do it at school. It might be cheaper to print at home, but the costs of a good printer are often way beyond a student budget. Some people’s only option is to pay the…
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SFU Residence and Housing serves students’ needs amid housing crisis in Vancouver
September 30, 2018Written by Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer While the housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is seeing on-campus dorms fill up and pushing students to look for housing elsewhere, SFU Residence and Housing is taking steps to provide more extensive…
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Adulting 101: Managing your Moola
September 26, 2018By: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer The school year has restarted, and we’re back to being broke. Managing money can be a tough step into adulthood, and the difficult learning curve combined with the importance of getting it right can put…
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SFU should use its social media pages to improve students’ real-world social lives
September 16, 2018Written by: Amal Javad Abdullah, Staff Writer As a school that boasts of being Canada’s most “engaged” university, one thing we can’t deny SFU’s its apparent engagement on social media. SFU’s various departments, faculties, student programs, student services, and even…
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Customer service confessions: Can I get a refund please?
September 10, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah Michelle scans the long weekend-day line as she walks towards the employee entrance behind the customer service desk for her afternoon shift, and sighs internally. It’s going to be a long day. She rings up…
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SFU libraries remove fines on general collection items
September 6, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer SFU libraries have ceased charging fines for overdue items from their general collection until they are recalled, and they have increased borrowing and renewal time for most books to a full term.…
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Students who drive have no choice but to deal with SFU’s problematic parking policies
July 27, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writeparking SFU’s Burnaby campus is labeled as a commuter campus, as the majority of students live neither in residence nor at UniverCity. To get up this mountain, they either have to commute to and…
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Carman McKay on his work, inspirations, and experiences
July 20, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah Artist Carman McKay has been relief carving an oversized spindle whorl, which is traditionally used for wool spinning, in front of the Indigenous Student Centre (AQ 2002) every Tuesday and Thursday in July. So far,…
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SFU students and alumnus create app for locating halal eateries
July 4, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer SFU student Mostafa Azarbar has co-created an app for locating and organizing halal food services in Metro Vancouver with two SFU students and others. HalalMe, a mobile app launched in early June,…
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Your inner monologue as you write a test
July 3, 2018Written by: Amal Javed Abdullah “You may now begin the test. Good luck.” You flip over the test. Name, check. Student ID, check. Did you spell your name correctly? Should there be two As or three? And why does your…
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