Gabrielle McLaren
SFSS logo used to promote event without the society’s knowledge
June 22, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor On June 21, students noticed posters going up around the Burnaby Campus advertising “Get-a-Grip 2018: A ground-breaking youth conference.” This year’s theme “LGBT: Let God Be True” concerned students as the posters had been put up by the Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF), a club recognised by the SFSS. According to the poster, one of the event’s facilitators is Kari Simpson, Executive Director of Culture Guard, a group which has received heat in the past for its treatment of the LGBTQ+ community and its opposition to BC’s more inclusive sexual education curriculum. …
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Cards against SFU
June 6, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Black cards The hottest item in the Bookstore this season is ________ To increase their ratings, the SFSS President has started handing out ____ in the AQ After being neutered, McFogg the Dogg only craved ________ To…
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15 times that SFU turned into a movie set
June 4, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features editor Spending so much time on campus can blind you to just how nice of a place it actually is. SFU Surrey is beautiful and bright when the sun is out, Harbour Centre is in a…
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Hungry poems for sobering histories
May 30, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Though the premise of a poetry collection on Ukrainian-Canadian women sounds straightforward, Laisha Rosnau taps into a long, ugly, and complicated history that includes concentration camps, global waves of immigration, westward expansion, government abuse, urbanization, shifting conservatism,…
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Muslim holidays and what they mean to SFU students
May 17, 2018By: Amal Javed Abdullah (Staff Writer), Hamza Malik (SFU Student), Ali Najaf(SFU Student), and Zach Siddiqui (Copy editor), compiled by Gabrielle McLaren (Features editor) Dates to remember for 2018 – Zach Siddiqui Ramadan: May 15—June 14. Due to the dates…
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Coping with anxiety: Jennifer Parkhouse has an app for that
May 16, 2018Fast facts Name: Jennifer Parkhouse Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Department affiliation: Masters of Science in Statistics, in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Business name: CBT Anxiety Aid Hometown: North Vancouver, BC Hobbies: Jennifer enjoys horseback riding, dog training, soccer,…
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Arts events to look forward to this summer
May 14, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Melissa Campos, Gabrielle McLaren, Natasha Tar, and Eva Zhu Welcome to summer, the time of slacking off and generally being lazy. This may be your plan, but if you are thinking of venturing outside of your house in…
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Meet the team of scientists who believe that they can bring back McFogg the Dog
April 4, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Dr. Fredrick Brennan shows us the eclectic content of his backpack, which he believes contains everything that he needs on his 12-day expedition to track down McFogg the Dog in the wilderness of Burnaby Mountain. From state-of-the-art…
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Generation Screwed SFU hosts audit on SFSS spending
March 27, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor On Thursday, March 15, the SFU chapter of Generation Screwed hosted an audit examining SFSS spending, titled “The Sad State of the SFSS: Students have had enough.” The event promised to gather experienced student…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
March 27, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, and Grace Rose Stuff We Like: Stories of nuanced marginalized peoples If these last few weeks have taught us anything, it’s that stories featuring all different kinds of people are not only needed, but greatly desired by…
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