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Resources for low-income students
August 4, 2020By: Devona Petrovic, Staff Writer Government Aid: Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) The Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) is available to post-secondary students and recent graduates who are permanent residents or Canadian citizens, and have been financially impacted by COVID-19 circumstances. One eligibility period is four weeks, for which eligible students will receive a $1,250 payment. Students can only apply for one period at a time and must reapply when the next period becomes available. More information on eligibility, as well as directions for applying can be found on the Government of…
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Hobbies: How I got into songwriting
July 28, 2020By: Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief Ever since my parents forced me to take piano lessons when I was seven, music has always been such a big part of my life, . 10 years later, I ended up hating piano lessons, but…
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Starry Nights keeps the wonder of the cosmos alive
July 28, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer You may have noticed a shiny, domed building on SFU’s Burnaby campus while walking to and from the upper bus loop. Sadly, that area’s been cluttered with construction debris the past year, and I couldn’t…
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Staying organized during remote learning
July 23, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Figure out when you’re most productive I know that every article about working or studying from home insists that waking up early is the embodiment of productivity. However, not everyone will be able to wake up…
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Mixing things up with mixology: my journey into cocktail making
July 20, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts and Culture Editor During the height of social distancing restrictions, my partner had his birthday. In celebration, one of his friends made a contactless dropoff of a whiskey sour in a mason jar. He split this with…
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An amateur spin on DIY
July 14, 2020By: Alex Masse, SFU Student When I say I’m a creative, that means a lot of things. I write articles, I write a lot of prose and poetry, and I’m also a musician. So when an opportunity to be creative…
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How I became less apprehensive about alcohol on my own time
July 14, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer I had my first drink at 19. Not my first legal drink, no, my first drink ever. This may seem odd to the majority of regularly drinking university students. How could you not have tasted…
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What I learned about navigating relationships during COVID-19
July 7, 2020By: Winona Young, Peak Associate I’m not sure if therapy can count as a special interest, but if I see any article or event that involves self-improvement or healing as the focus, my reaction is usually of dorkish excitement. So…
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My experiences with dating during COVID-19
July 7, 2020By: A hopeless romantic So, this is the first time I’m single in almost three years and of course it’s during a world pandemic, which makes things kind of difficult. You can’t exactly go to your local coffee shop and…
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Long Story Short: It’s OK to struggle with adjusting to a new academic environment
July 1, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer For most of high school, I was relatively strong academically. I mean, I never failed any classes and seemed to get by pretty easily, but I also was definitely not a top student. However, that doesn’t…
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