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A day in the life of a TA
November 1, 2017Being an undergraduate student isn’t always easy and you can’t help but think about what your life might be like after graduation. In a mini existential crisis, I started to wonder what grad school would be like. That led me to shadow my philosophy 144 teaching assistant (TA), Dzintra Ullis, for a total of three days. She is currently in her second year of graduate school under the supervision of Dr. Kathleen Akins. Surprisingly, she didn't always imagine a career in philosophy; it started as an innocent elective course in metaphysics. Being an undergraduate, one bad decision can lead to…
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A day in the life of a game tester
August 3, 2017By: Kendra Nelson Have you ever wondered what it's really like to test games for a living? I decided to follow a quality assurance (QA) tester, Paul Nelson, for a day at his workplace Navigator Games — the studio that brought…
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SFU graduate says study what you love
September 8, 2014Speaking from personal experience, choosing a degree is hard. It’s perhaps one of the most stressful things you will ever do after high school. Honestly, even if it took longer than I planned, I don’t regret switching from a science-based…
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