Canadian Federation of Students

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Student society blues: corruption in student governments is too rampant to ignore

EIC November 4, 2016

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Connected slate thought they were in for summer lovin’ when they took over the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) office space this past May. But soon, it turned out that their first semester in office would be one filled with summertime sadness, as president Deepak Sharma resigned less than six weeks into his year mandate. This story was hot on the tails of the news that the Highland Pub would be closed all summer due to a deficit. Now cue the start of this Fall semester: athletes and students are told there will be no stadium built, despite the…

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University nap rooms are telling of an overburdened student population

EIC September 19, 2016

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] am way too tired to listen to some BS argument for why SFU needs a napping room. With universities looking at safe napping spaces as a real solution for student exhaustion, we’re left asking ourselves why the fuck are…

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