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HUMOUR: Delta plans shutdown of Alex Fraser Bridge for Magic: The Gathering tournament
June 22, 2015Shortly after the cancellation of the widely criticised ‘Om the Bridge,’ another familiar politician, Delta mayor Lois Jackson, announced that the city will be shutting down a different Lower Mainland bridge for a trading card game tournament. “The City of Delta is committed to serving its people and hosting events representative of their interests,” announced Jackson in a press conference. “As such, we have opted to close the Alex Fraser Bridge on June 28 to facilitate a Magic: The Gathering tournament for Delta youth and man-children alike. Are you all ready for ‘Ice Storm the Bridge’? Because ‘Ice Storm the Bridge’ is ready for…
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Facilities Services addresses accessibility issues
June 22, 2015Following the January 26, 2015 incident where blind student Anthony Janolino fell down a set of concrete steps and sustained a concussion, SFU has begun accessibility improvements on campus. Janolino has since been in touch with SFU Facilities Services. They…
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An interview with SFU’s smartest athlete
June 22, 2015It turns out you really can have it all. SFU athlete Lorenzo Smith was recently selected for the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Track and Field Academic All-Conference team for demonstrating outstanding achievement in academics and athletics. In fact, Smith…
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Laugh Track: Cameron Macleod
June 15, 2015When it comes to comedy, Vancouverite Cameron Macleod has done it all. In addition to producing The Hero Show at the China Cloud Theatre every month, as well as participating in other Vancouver staples like Rapp Battlez and Weird Al…
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Tourism Burnaby and SFU unveil “Sport Burnaby”
June 15, 2015Tourism Burnaby has announced a new brand entitled Sport Burnaby, and SFU will be playing a significant part in it. Sport Burnaby has been established with the goal of attracting sports championships to the city, and will help organizers book…
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BC continues to push for open textbooks
June 15, 2015SFU students may no longer have to bust open their piggy banks to buy course materials for popular courses. Recently, the Minister of Advanced Education for the provincial government Andrew Wilkinson announced that BCcampus would add 50 new open textbooks…
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Cement the Freedom Square plaque or get rid of it
June 15, 2015Last week, thousands of new graduands walked across the Academic Quadrangle to Convocation Mall to receive their degrees from SFU. On their way, they passed through perhaps the most historically significant location at our university, which was made famous as…
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Himalayan Peak closes its doors after over 10 years
June 15, 2015After occupying its location in the Cornerstone building for just over a decade, the Himalayan Peak Indian Cuisine restaurant has served its very last “mountain cream butter chicken” and “seven chakra channa masala.” From February 2005 to May 2015, the…
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Transgenderism is a “social experiment” for a better society
June 15, 2015On June 3, Mike Huckabee, a US Presidential candidate, argued that transgenderism is a “social experiment.” Although Huckabee’s and my opinions on gender identity issues greatly differ, there’s merit in the essence of this statement. With headlines blown up by…
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Internet.org is awful, but there isn’t a lot we can do
June 15, 2015Wow! A whole lot of hate has been thrown at Mark Zuckerberg recently — both from media skeptics and other generally educated people. And while I’ve been painfully trying to play devil’s advocate toward some of the Facebook-related issues out…
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