Joel Mackenzie
New SFU social networking site connects users anonymously
September 23, 2013Brian Park, an SFU software engineering student, spent his summer designing and programming SkaleFree, a free social networking website made specifically for SFU students. The site, www.skalefree.net, is designed to give students the ability to meet with other students with common interests for purposes ranging from forming study groups, to selling textbooks, to simple friendship. “A big part of university really is about social networking and the social experience,” said Park. “We just felt, even though there were a lot of different ways you can meet people at SFU . . . the way you can meet people is still…
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Student unearths ancient priestess tomb
September 16, 2013Matthew Go, a 20-year-old undergraduate student at SFU, was part of a group of researchers that discovered the remains of a Moche priestess chamber tomb while excavating in Peru this summer. The fourth-year archaeology student was the only Canadian taking…
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Open, close
September 16, 2013When someone close tells me they’re a terrible liar, I can’t help but wonder if they’re a really good liar and if I would trust-fall into their arms on a supporting girder under the Lion’s Gate bridge. if…
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Campus maintenance issues blamed on lack of funding
September 16, 2013The decline of the physical state of the SFU Burnaby campus was widely publicized in local media last week, and there is one cause of the problem that both students of the SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) and SFU administration…
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Project prepares for student feedback on new SUB location
September 9, 2013This month, BuildSFU is offering students a chance to have a say in the functionality and location of a new Student Union Building (SUB) on the Burnaby campus. The group is offering a survey, open houses, and focus groups for…
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U-Pass to transfer to Compass Card in 2014
September 2, 2013With TransLink starting beta testing on its widely publicized Compass Card system, SFU students can expect to see their U-Pass transferred onto Compass sometime next year. TransLink is currently in the process of implementing the new system as a digitized…
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Recent SFU grad ahead of the pack
June 24, 2013On May 25, Helen Crofts, an SFU cross country and track runner, was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Female Co-Athlete of the Year, a title shared with Seattle Pacific University’s Ali Worthen, and the GNAC Female Scholar Athlete…
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SFU bagpiper tours France
June 17, 2013SFU bagpipe player Kevin McLean played across Northern France early this month, on a week long trip honoring several Canadian battles and our fallen soldiers. The expedition had McLean performing on former First and Second World War battlefields and memorable…
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SFU researchers could relieve pine beetle problem
June 3, 2013White spruce genomic maps may have huge effect on BC forestry By Joel Mackenzie Photos by Flickr A group of Canadian scientists, including Steve Jones and Inanc Birol from SFU, have developed genome maps for the white spruce tree, a…
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The debate on the morality of unpaid internships
May 20, 2013Companies like Vancouver-based HootSuite under fire for the practice By Joel Mackenzie Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee The ballad of the unpaid intern is far from new, but is one that is starting to be sung a little louder. Unpaid internships…
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