Kelly Chia

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Choose Your Own Adventure: the return-to-campus edition

Humour July 3, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer INTRO: So, this is it. You half-smile, half-cringe at the scaffolding as you take in the campus. Maybe it’s your first time entering Burnaby Mountain’s concrete abyss, or maybe it’s your thousandth. Either way, you are filled with a unique burst of excitement. It’s an odd feeling at eight in the morning.   START: Your introspection is interrupted by a sharp voice. “Hey! Listen!” he says, definitely not breaking any copyright laws. Out of the corner of your eye, you see . . . McFogg the Dog? You: A) Choose to ignore him. You really…

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Courses SFU should introduce

Humour June 29, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Not needing parental validation | 48 credits (B-Soc) Do you find yourself having to justify your degree and its “worth” to your parents? This short 16-semester-long course will be valuable as a FASS student. You’ll…

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Access for All advocates for SFU to provide a safer environment proposal in their return-to-campus plan

News June 27, 2021

Written by: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer SFU released its four-stage reopening plan on May 26, 2021. In stage four, the plan proposes a 80–100% density return to campus for in-person learning. In response, Serena Bains, vice-president university and academic affairs…

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What niche characterized your queer adolescence?

Humour June 25, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Have you ever realized you were queer and then realized the signs were definitely there when you were a teenager? This quiz will take you back to those endearingly embarrassing days.  Warning: doing this quiz…

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Dakota Ray Hebert and Kliph Nesteroff talk about humour as a way of healing

Arts June 19, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Content warning: Racial trauma, genocide The Vancouver Public Library featured Dakota Ray Hebert and Kliph Nesteroff in a discussion of Indigenous comedy history in North America. Hebert is a long-time Indigenous comic from Saskatoon, co-hosting…

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My journey with imposter syndrome

Features June 18, 2021

by Kelly Chia, Staff Writer "I don't know enough to be good at this job." "There are so many things wrong with this. They're all going to think I'm a fraud." "You should know better by now. How do you…

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SFU department of history hosts a conversation on Liu Xiaobo

News June 17, 2021

Written by: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On May 27, 2021, SFU hosted an event featuring professors Jeremy Brown and Perry Link in a conversation. They discussed Link’s forthcoming biography, co-authored by Wu Dazhi. It is about Liu Xiaobo, a figure…

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Planned obsolescence sucks

Opinions June 16, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Do you know how your phone has somewhere between two to three years before it starts slowing down? Or how you have to replace light bulbs every few months or so? That’s planned obsolescence in action,…

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“Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast” covers migrant worker issues in Canada

Arts June 13, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast delves into the issues migrant workers face in Canada. Written and narrated by Pedro Chamale, SFU alum and co-director of rice & beans theatre, the podcast offers first-and-second-hand accounts…

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Jade City: A story of family, honour, and duty

Arts June 5, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Let me preface this by saying Jade City is not the kind of book that I’d normally read: it brands itself as an “epic tale of family, honor, and those who live and die by…

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