Leah Bjornson
PQ in Review
January 13, 2014Twerking twenty-year olds, crack-smoking politicians, retiring teenyboppers — 2013 brought a barrage of sensational headlines. But, unsurprisingly, the most important and influential news stories of this past year came from right here in the centre of the pop culture universe: Burnaby Mountain. And Peak Quarterly was there to cover them all, the most prominent of which we are showcasing in PQ in Review. Greatest political intrigue | Illicit Election The SFSS had its annual elections last March resulting in notably big wins for current president, Humza Khan, and external relations officer, Chardaye Bueckert. The two won by margins of…
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Build SFU selects SUB site
January 6, 2014After months of deliberation and consultation with students, Build SFU has chosen the Crossroads site as the location of the new Student Union Building. The SFSS Board of Directors recommended the Crossroads location to the Joint Steering Committee on Dec.…
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Board reappoints Petter as SFU President
January 6, 2014On Nov. 28, the Board of Governors unanimously approved Andrew Petter’s reappointment as SFU’s President for a second five-year term, to begin on Sept. 1, 2015. The Committee to Review the President Prior to Reappointment surveyed student, faculty, staff, administration…
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Professor under fire after critiquing African economic data
November 26, 2013An SFU professor’s newly released book critiquing African statistical data has caused an uproar across Africa, resulting in his explusion from two international conferences this year. Morten Jerven, an international studies professor who has spent four years researching in Africa,…
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University Briefs
November 25, 2013UBC student attacked in attempted robbery An 18 year-old UBC student is recovering after a failed early morning robbery attempt that left him with several injuries. The attempted robbery occurred just after 4:00 a.m. on Nov. 19. The student was…
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Point/Counterpoint
November 25, 2013SFU students respond to whether educated North Americans should be able to suggest change in third world countries. This comes into light after SFU professor Morten Jerven’s book on research in African statistics, Poor Numbers, caused him to be blacklisted…
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Moment of zen
November 25, 2013At the SFSS Board meeting last week, President Humza brought to the Board’s attention that the SFU Outdoors Club encountered some troubles on their most recent excursion. While snowshoeing, the group allegedly discovered late in the night that two of…
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Board Shorts
November 18, 2013Build SFU Undergraduate Student Bursary As part of the proposal to create a new student union building and stadium at SFU Burnaby, the SFSS will be implementing a bursary program to help undergraduate students who have demonstrated financial need. Starting…
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Architects propose uses for SUB space
November 18, 2013On Friday, Nov. 8, SUB architects held a public presentation to update the SFU community on their current vision for the project. The architects have narrowed down the sites to Main Street and Crossroads, as the Treehouse site was not…
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Music to your ears
November 18, 2013A new study by an SFU PhD student has found that women suffering from chronic pain have increased sensitivity to specific frequencies and therefore might respond differently to sounds and music — a discovery which opens up new options for…
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