Nathaniel Tok
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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SFU researcher completes student identification study
September 12, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok Graduate student Yoda Yohansen has discovered the key to identifying which year students are in. The study on the typical habits and traits of SFU students aims to make it easier to stereotype students by what year…
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World News Beats
September 1, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Florida shooting leaves three dead An armed individual killed two people before turning the handgun on himself at a video game event in Jacksonville, Florida. 11 others were injured, nine of them by gunfire.…
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POLITICAL CORNER: The power of diplomacy
August 3, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate In today’s world, it’s easy to get discouraged by what we see in politics. From extreme partisanship to the destructive, useless rhetoric and empty promises, it sometimes feels like politicians behave more like children…
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SFU gives me hope
August 1, 2018By: Alex Bloom, K.A.U., Gabrielle McLaren, and Nathaniel Tok Editor’s note: If you were lurking around on the internet a long, long time ago, you might have come across a site called “Gives me hope,” filled with cute little reader-submitted…
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Majors in a minute: Health Sciences
July 31, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok Calling all confused students who like biology but not really! Is MBB too mainstream for you? Are you not sure if you want to be the BP or the K in BPK? Come on down to…
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SFU researchers investigate the biological effects of doping and the medical implications of racism
July 26, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU BPK professor looking at ways to prevent cheating in sports SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology (BPK) professor David Clarke and his team are creating new ways to catch athletes who are doping. …
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Game of Thrones leaks hint at unexpected endings
July 24, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok Entering its final season, Game of Thrones is entering its final season. Fans all over the world are anxious to find out what happens to their favourite characters like Hotpie and Ser Pounce . . .…
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Research Roundup
July 19, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Customer satisfaction affected by use of pronouns SFU Business professor Brent McFerran believes that customer service training is teaching staff the wrong way to address customers. McFerran’s study, published in the Journal of Marketing…
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SFU startup uses data to analyze and predict World Cup results
July 17, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Jamie Tatsubana is an SFU SIAT alumnus who created FootyStats, a soccer analytics website startup which uses data to help fans and fantasy soccer players analyze games and predict results. The website was founded…
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