Michelle Gomez
Seven-Minute Majors: Find out what SFU students like about their majors (part one)
September 17, 2018By: Tessa Earnshaw, Michelle Gomez (Staff Writer), Amneet Mann (News Editor), Gabrielle McLaren (Features Editor) and Nathaniel Tok Engineering This major is going to help you become the nerd you always knew you could be. If you’re anything like me, you have zero tech background as you consider joining engineering. Contrary to common perceptions of engineering students, you don’t need an intimate relationship with your operating system to do well in engineering. You just need to be open-minded towards experiencing the beauty of math, and before you know it, you’ll be saying things like “beauty of math” and building filters and…
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Homesickness? We’ve all been there.
September 9, 2018By: Tessa Earnshaw, Michelle Gomez, Gabrielle McLaren, and Winona Young When my parents helped me move into residence, I didn’t want them to leave. I talked to them every day, but that only made me miss them more. Going home…
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SFU eSports thrives despite not being formally recognized by Simon Fraser University
September 7, 2018By: Michelle Gomez The relatively young industry of eSports has recently seen tremendous, rapid growth that is unparalleled by most sports. Large gaming events fill stadiums with people and generate millions of dollars in prize pool money. Fans stream tournaments…
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Album Reviews: Best of Summer Hip Hop Edition
September 4, 2018By: Michelle Gomez Astroworld by Travis Scott Houston, we have a banger! Texas-born rapper comes in hot with his third studio album — if you haven’t heard it yet, stop everything you are doing and listen. Named after a Houston amusement park that…
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At the PNE Amphitheatre
July 6, 2018Written by: Michelle Gomez Ambiance: B+ I’m at the PNE Amphitheatre for a two-day rap and hip-hop concert called Breakout Festival. While most of us can agree that there is nothing better than an outdoor concert on a warm summer…
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From studying politics to living it: my study abroad experience
January 22, 2018By: Michelle Gomez My undergrad at SFU was pretty average, until I studied abroad in a country that was culturally and politically unravelling. Over the last four months, that’s exactly what’s been happening in the region of Catalonia, which has…
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