Matthew Duckworth

Stop and smell the SFU roses

  My personal experience in university, for the most part, was of a place where enthusiasm was infectious, spreading wildly throughout hallways and corridors, providing undergrads with a sense of multiple possibilities for the future. The idea that your degree can take you anywhere is a mantra lived and breathed by many, especially when we question the thousands paid in tuition each semester. Losing the sense of security that my undergraduate studies provided me feels similar to losing a lover (albeit one whose expensive dates I will not miss). At SFU I met some of the most brilliant minds, built…

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