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Watching sports should be affordable
January 23, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Like everything these days, the cost of living has skyrocketed. As well, the expense of sports has gotten out of hand — what do you mean it costs a couple of hundred dollars to check out a professional sports match? Currently, the average price of a Canucks game goes for well over $300 in Vancouver. Half-season passes and memberships for last season started around $300 per payment (with five required in the season), and went all the way up to $4,800 for a package of single club-section seats. The Canucks’ Student Rush program offered discounted…
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An interview with Karen Sawatzky, the student going up against the Vancouver housing market
July 11, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the midst of a worsening housing crisis in Vancouver, one SFU student’s novel approach to figuring out the causes has blown up in the news. Meet Karen Sawatzky: previously a journalist and technical writer, and now a master’s student…
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SFU doesn’t offer enough healthy choices for low- income students
June 20, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]lthough the suggested number of daily servings for fruits and vegetables varies by sex, age, and physical activity, many dieticians and nutritionists recommend that, in general, five to nine or more servings per day is essential for good health. Eating…
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SFU library’s overdue fees are too expensive for students
March 29, 2016[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or those of you who don’t know me very well, I like to read a lot. Like, a lot. I don’t brag when I claim that picking up a good novel is my equivalent to your solid Netflix all-nighter, or…
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Why I’m done with Starbucks
March 7, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]tarbucks, why you gotta play me like this? I thought we had something special. Now you’re throwing away what we had and are replacing it with something awful. The general principles of your Rewards system remain the same — register…
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