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SPOOF: The Mascot of the Year
January 9, 2017It’s midday on Burnaby Mountain and the air is thin and frosty. With the exam period over and the new semester still weeks away, few of the university’s nearly 30,000 students remain on campus, with most students in residence having gone home for the holidays. The quiet is only broken by the occasional howls and pants of SFU’s beloved mascot, McFogg the Dog. Inhabiting the offices of SFU’s athletics department, McFogg remains on campus throughout the dead of winter, waiting to serve the school once again when varsity sports return after the holiday break. By all measures, 2016 was McFogg’s…
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Your guide to an awesome 2017
January 1, 2017[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f there is any reason to be excited about 2017, it’s that 2016 is finally over. Now that it's all said and done, 2016 was a pretty messed up year for all of us. But with the new year comes…
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Snowy SFU a sight to behold at night
December 6, 2016With the first major snowfall in the greater Vancouver area in nearly three years happening on Monday, it was the first snow day for many of the undergraduate students at Simon Fraser University, as classes were cancelled. While Burnaby Mountain…
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The need for a comprehensive sexual assault policy at SFU
November 28, 2016SFU’s sexual violence policy consultation After failing three survivors of sexual assault in the past year alone, it’s fair to say SFU has a lot to learn about sexual violence policy. Following reports of the University of British Columbia and…
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#YesWeChen prevails, Larissa voted in as SFSS president
November 21, 2016The SFU undergraduate student body has spoken — well, some of it, anyways — and has elected Larissa Chen to become the official president of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS). With just over five percent of the student body…
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The drug problem Vancouver isn’t dealing with
November 13, 2016The growing problem When you think of frequent drug users, you don't think of students, friends, family — but the reality is, assumptions about drug users in Vancouver is causing the fentanyl crisis to reach its high. In June, drug…
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Drake vs. Kid Cudi
November 7, 2016Drake should win the beef You were the man on the moon Now you just go through your phases Life of the angry and famous Still never been on hiatus You stay xann'd and perk'd up So when reality set…
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Former SFSS president publishes his side of “forced resignation” story
October 26, 2016Perhaps the biggest shock that the SFSS board of directors faced this year was when then-President Deepak Sharma resigned just over a month into his tenure as the President of the SFSS and Chair of the Board of Directors. It…
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Haunted campus: A look at legends in and around SFU
October 24, 2016The frat house One of the most haunted locations in Burnaby has an SFU connection. Fairacres — or as it’s better known now, the Burnaby Art Gallery — was built in the early 1900s and has changed owners several times…
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Student union warns one in 2,000 chance of fire at tank farm
October 17, 2016“We celebrated our 50th anniversary last year, of SFU, and I feel that if this expansion goes ahead, SFU’s not going to be around, or at least it won’t be the same place, when they go to celebrate their 100th…
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