Gudrun Wai-Gunnarsson
Four things that clubs can do to make joining easier
September 21, 2019By: Feven Ephraim, SFU Student For many who attend SFU, student life on campus seems nearly nonexistent. One often repeated reason for this is that most students commute to campus and therefore don’t really want to stay longer than they need to. Students who want to be active on campus are told to join clubs, proactively engage with student unions, or volunteer with the school. But this advice ignores the legitimate reasons students may have for not joining — many of which are barriers produced by student groups themselves. The onus is thus on student groups to make volunteering and…
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Canada’s Engaged in Construction University
July 19, 2019Text by: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Welcome to sFU, Canada’s Engaged in Construction University! Study with us on our beautiful Burnaby Mountain campus where the picturesque landscape is perfectly framed by stacks of steel scaffolding. Here, your education will be…
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Winona Forever release their new album with a mosh pit and crowd surfers at the Russian Hall
July 9, 2019By: Winona Forever, Head Staff Writer The crowd for the Winona Forever was a sea of lanky twenty-somethings, tousled hair, high-waisted denim, and people more hip than you. Winona Forever is a Vancouver founded band that recently moved to Montreal,…
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Controversial Charles Comfort mural will no longer be displayed at SFU
June 24, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor In 2004, SFU acquired a 19-metre-long, $600,000 colonial artwork painted by Charles Comfort, receiving it from the Toronto Dominion (TD Canada Trust) bank’s Vancouver headquarters. The painting, called the British Columbia Pageant, immediately sparked protest…
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It’s time to purge points cards from our lives
June 22, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor These days, it seems as though I have more random junk in my wallet than actual money, credit cards included. Stacks of old receipts from three years ago, politely accepted business cards, and library cards…
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SFU Galleries’ newest exhibition calls for an active conversation about unspoken Sikh histories
June 10, 2019By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate In 1984, the Indian government carried out a military attack to target the Sikh community. Religious leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers were attacked at Harmandir Sahib, otherwise known as the Golden Temple, in the…
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What Grinds Our Gears: There’s no excuse for people who still don’t know how to recycle
June 1, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate I’m a strong believer in taking steps to save the environment. Not everybody is so proactive and I get that — we all have different life circumstances and beliefs. However, I do believe that if…
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Centennial College is addressing the lack of menstrual products in washrooms — it’s time for SFU to step up as well
May 25, 2019By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate Mother Nature is wonderful. Except when she shows up on the day you have a four-hour long lecture, with only a 10-minute break to run to the bathroom and pray that the line isn’t too long.…
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Accessibility could be improved at The Study Public House
May 17, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor The Study opened at the end of last semester, after months of anticipation from a student body eager for the return of their campus pub. Ever since The Highland Pub closed, students have had to trek…
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