Mark Burnham

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Mariya Chekanovych: National Champ

Clay J. Gray March 18, 2013

Mariya Chekanovych not only won SFU's first NCAA championship, she won a second Photos by Mark Burnham Meet SFU’s first NCAA Division II national champion, Mariya Chekanovych. This freshman phenom recently swam her way into the history books by winning the 100and 200-meter breaststroke to become the first NCAA champion attending a school outside of Canada. As a first-year, Mariya has an opportunity to repeat every year she is in school, a dream she doesn’t shy away from, saying, “I feel excited after winning a title, now it doesn’t seem so unrealistic to have the goal of winning a title…

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Grape Expectations

Ljudmila Petrovic March 18, 2013

Your guide to wine tasting Photos by Mark Burnham Illustration By Eleanor Qu “Life is too short to drink bad wine,” Cesar Perrin tells me as he pours me a wine from his family’s Chateau de Beaucastel. The winery has…

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Khan conquers and U-Pass passes

Alison Roach March 15, 2013

Photo by Mark Burnham Video by Julian Giordano Last Thursday night, SFSS election nominees and a few friends gathered at the Highland Pub to count (and drink) down the hours to midnight, when the results of the SFSS 2013 elections…

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Applying for jobs in cyberspace is futile

Tara Nykyforiak March 10, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham Digitized processes deal students and new graduates a losing hand If you’ve ever possessed a job within the contemporary work in dustry, you can relate to the frus trations involved with the online application process. It…

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SFSS candidates battled it out in three debates

Alison Roach and Amara Janssens March 10, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham ERO debate gets catty, candidate no-shows, and a temporary disqualification Rounding out the SFSS election campaigning period, a series of all-candidate debates took place last week, at both the Burnaby and Surrey campuses. Three rounds of…

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Walking and cycling riskier than driving: study

Amara Janssens March 10, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham Pedestrians and cyclists have a higher rate of injury and fatality than drivers and passengers In a time when everyone is being asked to reduce their carbon footprint, British Columbians are often urged to use modes…

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Students: disengaged

Estefania Duran March 10, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham A university that doesn't prioritize student involvement will never be truly "engaged" It was little over a year ago that SFU changed its slogan from “Thinking of the world” to the more active “Engaging the world.”…

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Close encounters of the film kind

Ljudmila Petrovic March 10, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham At an early age, Matthew wanted to become an astronaut, but his eyesight wasn’t good enough. Growing up in northwestern Ontario, Matthew Cimone would spend many starry nights with his grandfather’s telescope, looking up at space.…

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LAST WORD: Final Frontier

Ljudmila Petrovic March 10, 2013

Space colonization just another opportunity for oppression Image by Mark Burnham In 2005, Michael Griffin, the NASA Administrator at the time, announced that the ultimate long-term goal of NASA’s spaceflight programs was space colonization. “The goal isn’t just scientific exploration...…

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SFU professor receives Influential Women in Business Award

Munatsi Mavhima March 5, 2013

Photos by Mark Burnham Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, a Simon Fraser University professor, has won the Influential Women in Business Award for 2013 presented by Business in Vancouver. According to Business in Vancouver’s website, honourees are chosen based on their…

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