Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor SFSS to provide up to $15,000 for SFU Surge Hackathon The funding will go toward SFU Surge’s first hackathon, which is to be held in the Spring 2021 semester. Hilal Asmat, co-president of SFU Surge, said that a hackathon gives participants the opportunity to learn new technology and meet with companies for recruitment opportunities. She explained that they are hoping to make this an annual event, and will in the future hopefully be able to rely on funding from sponsors rather than the SFSS. Asmat explained at the Board meeting that some changes had…
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Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor The Board of Directors voted against a motion to authorize Executive Director Sylvia Ceacero to explore options for a forensic audit, an external audit, or a review by an external contractor of Fall…
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Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor Motion carried to resume the practice of listing Board members votes At Wednesday’s meeting, the Board passed a motion to rescind a prior motion that discontinued the practice of listing voting records. The…
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By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Giovanni HoSang’s decision to take a summer co-op at Microsoft’s Seattle office fresh into his first term as the president of the SFSS is a disappointment, sure, but at this point it’s hardly a surprise.…
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By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor New SFSS president Giovanni HoSang said it best when he called the April 18 outgoing board’s decision to stop publishing voting decisions a “slap in the face.” The decision makes it such that SFSS board…
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For the past two weeks, candidates for the 2019 SFSS elections have been campaigning for student votes. Students voted from March 19-21, and the results are in! The SFSS’s 2019/2020 Board of Directors is as follows: President: Giovanni HoSang VP Student…
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SFSS Women’s Day Video Project The SFSS passed an amendment to put $790 toward the Women’s Day Video Project, which is to be shown at the SFSS International Women’s Day Gala on March 9. This budget would include lighting, sound…
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Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Board approves motion to extend subleases with CJSF and SFPIRG on a month-to-month basis The original expiry date on the subleases allocating the Simon Fraser Campus Radio Society (CJSF) and the Simon Fraser…
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Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor SFSS extends Mini Mart lease in MBC A motion to extend the Mini Mart convenience store lease in the Maggie Benston Center (MBC) was passed in the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)…
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Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Board discusses approach to SFU’s proposed tuition fee increases Vice-president student services Samer Rihani briefed the SFSS (Simon Fraser Student Society) board of directors on a meeting held with SFU administration about the…
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