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Student groups should always make events accessible for students with physical and cognitive disabilities
March 23, 2019Written by: Martha D, SFU Student There are people with disabilities and varying needs in every community. Making space that everyone can access equally is showing appreciation and respect for all of those community-members that frequently end up ignored. Too often, accessibility is either entirely brushed aside or added as an afterthought for club and campus events. In my own experiences, I have noticed how frequently access needs are only acknowledged if someone, usually a disabled student, brings the topic up. This doesn’t support the disabled and neurodivergent student body in feeling included in general campus life. Some ways to…
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Board Shorts
October 15, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Finances regarding AMS Welcome Back BBQ settled The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) approved a total of $13,388 to pay for the unsold tickets of the initial release of the Alma Mater Society…
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Long story short: The best SFU experience goes beyond the lecture hall
September 28, 2018By: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer I vividly remember navigating campus on the first day of my undergraduate career — running from class to class, frantic to find out which building I was expected to be in . . . Truth…
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Join the Club: SFU Shockwave
September 3, 2018Written and photographed by Jennifer Low, Peak Associate If you happen to be walking along False Creek near Science World at the right time, you might just catch a glimpse of SFU’s Dragon Boat team, SFU Shockwave, out on the…
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Board Shorts
July 8, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor, with notes from Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Board discusses various dates to hold Fall Kickoff concert The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) discussed potential dates to hold their annual Fall Kickoff concert, and…
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Board Shorts
October 30, 2017Board plans event for club executives The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) approved an upcoming event for student club executives at the SFSS Board of Directors meeting on October 27. The event will be held in the Maggie Benston Centre…
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Socializing 101
September 11, 2017Clubs Days is this week and you know what that means: time to get involved on campus! Joining a club is the easiest way to make friends that will last longer than a semester. Clubs Days allows you to walk…
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Ways to improve your club’s Halloween mixer, based on science
October 25, 2015Recent findings by the world’s top social scientists have concluded that the best way to have a “spooktacular” and “creeperific” Halloween party is to carefully engineer a series of absurd experiences and pair them with an unsettling, traumatizing environment. You…
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Community involvement at SFU is invaluable
September 2, 2014Congratulations on making it in, or making it back to SFU! As an SFU student, you have amazing extra-curricular options available to you, and your time here will be greatly improved if you capitalize on the many opportunities to get…
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