campus safety
Stop littering campus spaces
March 20, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff writer Look, we can all joke about the fact that the SFU campus may literally be one of the most damaged and maintenance-prone places, with boarded doors and safety tape galore. But, to some degree, the responsibility of keeping our community clean falls into our hands. When I came to university, I thought people would be more attentive to keeping spaces tidy as we developed more skills and knowledge. Yet, my expectations have been nothing but undermined with the ridiculous and flat-out gross things I’ve seen around campus. One example I can’t ever forget was during…
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2024 News Rewind
January 9, 2025By: Mason Mattu and Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writers Editor’s note: The ranking of these stories is roughly based on the number of articles written on each topic, whether these stories appeared on the cover of our weekly issues, and readership…
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19-year-old male with toy gun arrested at W.A.C. Bennett Library
October 8, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor Suspicions of a potential gun threat brought Burnaby RCMP to campus on October 8, though the object in question was later found to be a squirt gun and not a functioning firearm. The incident resulted…
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Second assault reported at SFU within two weeks
August 2, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member For the second time in two weeks, a safety alert was sent out by security on Burnaby campus warning students that an assault had been reported. According to an alert issued by Burnaby RCMP,…
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Board Shorts
October 28, 2018Written 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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