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Political Corner: Trudeau’s stubbornness in the Wanzhou extradition case is an incredible failure of duty
July 28, 2020By: Connor Stephenson, Peak Associate Our prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has shown clear negligence in his responsibilities as our leader in the mishandling of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case. Despite a clear pattern of behaviour in Chinese retaliation to Canadian criminal intervention, and Trudeau’s own loose affiliation with judicial proceedings, the prime minister has insisted on upholding the rule of law in this case. This carelessness has led to unimaginable harm for two Canadians detained abroad. On December 1, 2018 the RCMP arrested Wanzhou, who is a Chinese national. Wanzhou has been accused of violating US sanctions…
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We need to prepare for the psychological fallout of COVID-19 before it hits
July 13, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor A global pandemic is not a good time for anyone. Even those of us of the introvert persuasion are now looking at our four walls and wondering when it will be safe to have unrestricted…
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Post-COVID-19 SFU will be a truly alien world
July 6, 2020Update (5/6/2020): A previous version of this story included rumours of Club Ilia's permanent closure that have since been confirmed as false. By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor SFU is famous in the Sci-Fi world for being the setting of several…
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Just because we can’t see our professors, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t hear from them
June 21, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer If you’re currently taking courses, chances are that you’ve experienced some of the newfound struggles that accompany remote learning. In particular, I’m referring to failures in student-instructor communication. Effective communication is the only way courses are…
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Students don’t have time for extra assigned readings
June 20, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer While weekly readings are a valuable resource that provide context, perspectives, and research material to students, they are also very time-consuming. Professors sometimes neglect to acknowledge that students take multiple classes in a semester — all…
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Students shouldn’t have to sacrifice security for credits
June 14, 2020Update (15/06/2020): This article has been updated to clarify Zoom's encryption and law enforcement cooperation policies. By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Ever since classes scrambled to put their materials online, students have been attending courses via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Zoom, or…
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What Grinds Our Gears: I’m out-pacing my computer with these datasets
June 14, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate As I am writing this, my laptop is labouriously trying to load some data files for a class. And it is taking forever. Seriously? I am not a Big Data person or some hot shot…
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The People’s Co-op Bookstore is a Commercial Drive gem that needs to be protected
June 8, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Let me start by declaring that I love independent bookstores. They have always felt more personal than going into big-box stores like Indigo. Usually, there are only one or two people working —…
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There is no safe reopening without robust health order enforcement
June 7, 2020By: Manisha Sharma, SFU Student As BC slowly reopens, many are keen to get back to the lives we had before the pandemic forced us into quarantine. Like coming out of hibernation, people are leaving their homes and are eager to…
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Remote learning is not an open invitation to cheat
May 29, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer As of March, in-person classes have been adapted into online courses. This has brought numerous changes to students’ learning experiences, such as asynchronous lectures and remote finals. The switch has also exposed a potential abuse of…
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