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Update: SFU Residences in the heart of Vancouver
October 31, 2016The new SFU building, Charles Chang Innovation Centre, sits on the corner of Hastings and Hamilton (308 West Hastings Street). Situated at the heart of SFU's downtown campus, located between the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts and Harbour Centre, and within walking distance to the Segal Graduate School of Business. “It’s a vibrant and neat place to be [. . .] with a nice urban community,” said Tracey Mason-Innes, director of Residence and Housing at SFU. The facility was a three-year collaborative operation between SFU’s residence and housing, facility and operations, and the Beedie School of Business. “The collaboration…
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Promises and performance: How the Trudeau government stacks up
October 31, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been a full year since seven million Canadians, charged to action by bright-eyed optimism, voted for real change, social progress, and a really great haircut. On October 19, 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada was elected to not…
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Jaya Rampuri set for a bright future
October 31, 2016For most students, your first semester at university is a time of adjustment. Almost everything is different from high school, from the size of the classes to the expectations of schoolwork; it’s a serious step up. Now add the commitment…
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Men’s basketball is “laying groundwork” for the future
October 29, 2016“I want this program to be a program that makes the playoffs every year,” head coach Steve Hanson said. “Until we’re a top six team, I won’t stop.” It’s a great vision from the first-year bench boss. In six years…
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Mental illness is hard to see and even harder to talk about
October 28, 2016It’s Wednesday evening. I’m sitting in bed and have just made myself a chocolate chip brownie mug cake because it was a rough day and I need comfort food. The warm cup rests on my lap, right in front of…
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Don’t restrict me to “scary” Halloween costumes
October 24, 2016Like many other holidays, Halloween has evolved from what it once was, barely holding onto its past roots. Once the night for everyone to dress up in their most monstrous attire, evolving gradually from its beginnings as a Celtic festival,…
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SFU Contagion
October 24, 2016The following are excerpts from one fearless investigative journalist, who risked their personal well-being to bring the truth to public attention. Their research began with ominous rumours about one Vancouver post-secondary institution, Simon Fraser University, and the outlandish behaviour of…
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The scariest people in sports
October 24, 2016Every once in a while, an athlete comes along who frankly scares the shit out of you. The type of athlete that makes you feel lucky to just be a spectator, watching from the sidelines. In the spirit of Halloween,…
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“Killer clown” sightings in BC terrorize local population
October 24, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hose afraid of clowns may want to stay inside this Halloween season. Sightings of people dressed as clowns have become a phenomenon recently, with reports in many cities of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The unprecedented trend…
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The voice in the box
October 21, 2016[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost people know not to mess around with Ouija boards, but no one ever said anything about a ghost box. While we are all rational students of academia and most likely to err on the side of reason and science,…
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