Melissa Roach
It’s so easy to forget
June 29, 2015I’m going to take a moment to be a hypocrite and try to tell you how to do something that I’m really bad at: recalling names, facts, details, and other important stuff necessary to having your life together. I once had a teacher who on the first day of class would look each of her students in the eyes and, without breaking eye contact, would repeat their name loudly a dozen times. It was unorthodox and mildly terrifying, but it worked. If you’re even a little bit like me, you’re familiar with that pit-in-your-stomach, “Oh dear God no, I’ve forgotten…
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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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Compass card delayed due to technical difficulties
July 21, 2014Translink recently announced that the official rollout of the new compass card system is to be further delayed due to speed and reliability issues, with no firm date in sight. There are already 85,000 cards in circulation and the system…
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University Briefs
July 19, 2014Judge overturns decision in favour of soup thieves Three University of Saskatchewan cafeteria workers were fired in March, 2012 for reportedly pilfering soup on the job and smuggling gravy and expired fruit cups home with them. The majority of the…
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Satellite Signals
July 12, 2014Harbour Centre Communications student Caroline Brown and her team are researching youth political engagement for their CMNS 362: Qualitative Research Methods class, and invited participants out on Wednesday, July 9 to participate in a focus group. Brown explained that the…
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Court ruling sets precedent for aboriginal title
July 7, 2014The Supreme Court of Canada made a ruling on Thursday, June 26 on what is being considered a “game changer” in a landmark case for aboriginal rights. The court granted aboriginal title to the Tsilhqot’in nation over a large tract…
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Peace Labyrinth encourages spiritual exploration at SFU
June 30, 2014On the evening of the summer solstice this past Saturday, June 21, SFU’s Burnaby campus celebrated the opening of a new Peace Labyrinth with a free public ceremony that included activities such as spoken word performances, traditional words of wisdom,…
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Accepting my introversion
June 30, 2014One of the principal differences between introverts and extroverts lies in where they draw their energy from. Extroverts are energized by external sources making them, on the whole, social beings — but this doesn’t necessarily mean they are outgoing. Meanwhile,…
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Notes from this month’s board of governors meeting
June 29, 2014Community Trust Endowment Fund extension At the most recent SFU board of governors meeting, held June 26, the board unanimously carried a motion suggested by the Community Advisory Committee to extend the Community Trust Endowment Fund. The fund, according to…
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University Briefs
June 28, 2014UBC researchers conduct polls on driverless cars PhD candidate AJung Moon is hoping to gauge public opinion on driverless vehicles through online polls as part of the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CARIS) lab at UBC. The…
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