Leah Bjornson
Perusing the benefits of reality TV
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignnone" width="940"] Image Credits: Brandon Hillier[/caption] Some people spend their free time writing music and jamming with their friends. Others volunteer overseas, building homes and saving orphans while travelling the world. Me, I like to watch reality TV. And that’s okay. When people find out that I have a guilty pleasure — especially one that does not appear to have any discernible value — they always ask why. Why do you, a full-time student with many extracurricular commitments, waste your precious free time engaged in such a dull pastime? Editorials online explain how people watch reality TV because…
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This week in comics
September 29, 2014The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb) Donkey Parking Lot (Alison Roach + Leah Bjornson) Peers (Leslie Lu)
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SFSS announces line-up for Fall Kickoff concert
August 18, 2014This afternoon, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced the line-up for the 2014 Fall Kickoff concert, with five artists set to perform in Convocation Mall on Friday, September 19. Unlike the previous two concerts held by the SFSS, the…
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Board Shorts
August 14, 2014External chair for fall 2014 semester The SFSS voted against having an external chair for the fall 2014 term. Despite having already increased the honorarium for the position by $675 for the fall, board decided to discontinue the position. As…
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Board Shorts
July 31, 2014Fraternities and Sororities The board continued their discussion on SFU Greek life organizations and related clubs on July 29. Representatives from Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Pi, and other SFU-associated fraternities and sororities were present to advocate for their groups…
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Justice is Blind
July 28, 2014By: Leah Bjornson On July 11, SFU student Anthony Janolino tripped over a discarded hose in the Shrum Science Centre. Now, he’s making it his mission to bring on-campus accessibility issues into the spotlight. This isn’t the first time that…
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Board Shorts
July 27, 2014Napping space reconsidered Build SFU general manager Marc Fontaine asked the board of directors to reconsider the inclusion of a napping room in the Build SFU space programme. Fontaine explained that the decision passed last week — to replace one…
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Satellite signals
July 26, 2014Woodward's Local restaurant workers took a break from the grind of mixing, cooking, and washing to don a pair of boxing gloves and duke it out for the title of Restaurant Rumble Champion. Woodward’s partnered with Aprons for Gloves to…
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Satellite Signals
July 20, 2014Vancouver From July 15 to 20, SFU co-hosted Mathematics Education at the Edge, which brought together participants from 48 countries to discuss the future of mathematics education research. Some of the topics included the relationship between gestures, language, and diagrams…
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Concert number crunch
July 11, 2014The SFSS has approved a budget of almost $80,000 for a 2014 Fall Kickoff event, causing us to reflect on the financial outcomes of concerts past. Here is a brief breakdown of the numbers from the SFSS’ 2013 Fall Kickoff…
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