Benedict Reiners

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Listless: SFUvideogames

May 6, 2012

There’s been a lot of commotion at SFU Burnaby these past few weeks as a film crew works to film something that is definitely not Halo 4. Which gets us at The Peak thinking: what would be some video games that could take place at SFU? Terry StarFox64 Residence Evil: Biohazard Pokemon: Concrete Gray WAC-MAN AQ*Bert EA Sports Pond Skating 2012 Final Fantasy: The Final Fantasy is that your degree will be worth something. (Submitted by Will Ross) McFogger SF-SSX Super Shrum Bros. Heavy Rain Woodwards with Friends

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SFU director used expense account for B.C. Liberal fundraisers

Benedict Reiners April 9, 2012

Payments include $1,000 for tickets to fundraiser for Liberal MLA Harry Bloy Recently, the Vancouver Sun reported that SFU’s director of government relations, Wilf Hurd, has charged donations to the Liberal Party of B.C. to his university expense account. Although…

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Dissatisfaction in rez highest among international students

Benedict Reiners March 19, 2012

Lack of “diverse interactions“ with other residence students, despite increase of international students over the past six years For the past six years, SFU’s residence management has been collecting survey data on student satisfaction in residences on the Burnaby campus.…

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Album review: Tiger Talk

Benedict Reiners March 19, 2012

  Yukon Blonde’s acclaimed sound has jetpacked them across the border, and they’ve stopped only to fuel up on new tracks Tiger Talk won’t contain any major surprises for those who have listened to the band’s previous work, but sometimes…

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Suspect charged in the murder of SFU prof

Benedict Reiners March 12, 2012

Man charged with second-degree murder had prior assault charges Nearly eight months after the murder of SFU chemistry professor Melanie O’Neill, who was found dead in her Vancouver home July 26 of last year, police have laid charges against a…

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Album review: Said the Whale – Little Mountain

Benedict Reiners March 12, 2012

Said the Whale branches out from their original sound while remaining true to the Vancouver zeitgeist Following in the footsteps of Dan Mangan, another B.C. actgaining international recognition, Said the Whale will be performing at the Sasquatch Music Festival this…

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AQ bathrooms renovated

Benedict Reiners March 5, 2012

After approximately four months of construction, the washroom renovations in the Southeast AQ near completion. The renovations, which involved the demolition of old infrastructure as well as upgrades, were completedon three facilities in question: a male and a female washroom,…

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GSS launches contest

EIC February 7, 2012

<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/benedict-reiners">Benedict Reiners</a></strong>   Site encourages staff and students to upload evidence of SFU’s deterioration The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) recently started a contest, which encourages students to show the signs of the deterioration of SFU’s buildings. This…

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Norovirus outbreak hits student conference

Benedict Reiners January 23, 2012

Victoria conference interrupted by vomit and other unpleasant symptoms Last weekend, a strain of norovirus interrupted the Canadian University Press (CUP) conference, which was being held in Victoria. The flu affected a total of seven members of The Peak, out…

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