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Students sitting in a dark lecture hall. There are only two masked students and most of the rest are coughing or sniffling. Germs are visible around them as though a UV light is being shone on them.

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Suspicious coughing in the classroom

Peak Web March 5, 2025

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer People like to boast about ditching class, and honestly, why not? Why would you spend two to three hours of your life — that is 180 minutes — stuck in a room with people you don’t know and will never remember again after four months of forced academic camaraderie? But now, what if they start coughing? Maybe add a sneeze here and there? The academic struggle-buddy next to me right now is coughing and wheezing so much it reminds me why I was awarded the “you visit often” title on WebMD’s COVID-19 symptoms page. …

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B.C. government launches campaign addressing sexual misconduct in post-secondary institutions

Peak Web September 19, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor A new campaign launched by the provincial government aims to address sexual violence and misconduct in post-secondary institutions. The campaign is based largely on social media and via posters which focus on male…

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Have your cake and make money too

EIC October 17, 2016

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s soon as you're old enough to be asked what you want to do with your life, you get caught in the never ending tug-of war: should I study what I love, or study what will help me make bank?…

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What I wish I knew on my first day at SFU

EIC September 12, 2016

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]recently completed my undergraduate degree and people aren’t joking when they say that achieving milestones makes you weirdly sentimental. Since summer semester ended, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my past four years at SFU. When…

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