Nathaniel Tok
What SFU Needs: Vending machines that cater to any situation
October 6, 2019If you've walked down the main hallway of the Applied Science Building or Academic Quadrangle, you may have seen those old and sad vending machines selling pop, chips, and various other junk food snacks. But is that the best we can do? Students need more than just a fatty, sugary rush to get them through the slog of classes. What We Lack Diverse vending machines that dispense the following: 1) Food options that taste of more than salt and sadness 2) Healthy food choices — fresh fruit anyone? 3) Drinks like tea without added sweeteners, or at least ones that…
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SFU student fails
July 12, 2019By: Kitty Cheung (Staff Writer), Mishaa Khan, Vivien Ying Qi Li, Jennifer Low (Features Editor), Nathaniel Tok I fell into the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) Pond… and it’s kind of my fault Over my time here at SFU, it’s become something of…
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Survival guide: Talking about Game of Thrones
May 20, 2019"What did you think about Game of Thrones last night?” Freeze. Take a deep breath and look contemplative before you spiral into panic because you've never watched this show. After eight straight years of being tormented by this question, you…
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Four places you CAN’T visit on vacation and four you CAN
May 17, 2019Illustration by: RESLUS Remember when summer used to be fun? Seriously, I cannot remember the last time I took summer off, and I’m sure you can’t either. Instead of crying together, I made a list of amazing vacations adjusted to…
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Long Distance Communication – Parent Translate
March 14, 2019Ever wanted get your parents off your back about what you “should be doing”? Introducing... Parent Translate! It’s Google Translate except it translates your lame excuses to credible, intelligent-sounding rationalizations so that your parents will think your university experience follows…
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A warning letter from the future
January 28, 2019What would you warn yourself about from the end of the semester? Dear four-month-younger Nathaniel, Hi there, bud! It’s been four awesome months at school. The buses reach the station just in time for you to catch the SkyTrain, your…
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Crowdfunding for alternative medicine treatments may harm cancer patients
January 21, 2019In early January, an SFU health sciences professor and a University of Alberta health law and policy professor published a paper on the negative effects crowdfunding has on cancer treatment. Jeremy Snyder from SFU and Timothy Caulfield from UAlberta published…
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Staying In: Special Edition (Extra Credits and The Get Down)
January 11, 2019Extra Credits Best for: Gamers, History buffs, Poli-sci majors Learning history should be fun, and you can make sure of that with the YouTube Channel Extra Credits. The channel releases a wide range of weekly educational video series from economics…
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Researchers study how to better treat mental health problems for seniors and youth
November 8, 2018Video games can help seniors maintain health SFU education and gerontology researcher David Kaufman has found that playing video games is good for the mental health of the elderly. Kaufman’s research, which surveyed 1,200 seniors, indicates that video games…
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World News Beats
November 5, 2018China unveils massive sea bridge Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, connecting Hong Kong and Macau to Zhuhai in southern China. The bridge, spanning over 54 kilometers and featuring an undersea tunnel, took…
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