Bullying
What Grinds Our Gears: Being unnecessarily rude when playing online games
November 14, 2021by Michelle Young, Copy Editor I’m not much of a gamer, but in the games I have played, there never fails to be an entitled asshole who thinks they can dictate what I do and how I play. Some people tell me to increase the difficulty (while they’re already struggling), and others complain that certain characters are “useless.” Most recently, I had a team of people bash one of Genshin Impact’s latest characters, Kokomi, when I chose to play her as the healer for our team. While she had been criticized before release, I never thought I would meet people…
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IEC Elections and Referenda Report offers improvements for SFSS elections
May 5, 2018The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting held on April 20 saw the Board reviewing the Elections and Referenda Report submitted by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) reviewing the practices of the 2018 SFSS elections. …
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SFSS 2018–19 elections suffer from miscommunication and bullying allegations
March 8, 2018"Correction: a previous version of this article cited Amir Singh as a candidate for president for the SHIFT SFU slate. We have changed this name to Amar Singh." Despite the campaign period for the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board…
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Confessions of a schoolyard bully
February 15, 2016[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen you meet new people on campus, you always end up talking about your life before university. A lot of the people I’ve met at SFU have some kind of story where they encountered some form of bullying prior…
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Ask Mystic Gary: Bullies
July 23, 2012By Gary Lim Dear Mystic Gary, Over the last month, I’ve noticed some oddities in regard to my six-year-old. He’s been staying after school much later, and when he does finally come home, he’s missing his backpack or his clothes…
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