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Football’s footprints: the carbon cost of playing in the NCAA
November 16, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief SFU Athletics’ new branding makes it loud and clear: SFU is the one and only Canadian university in the NCAA. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the university’s jump into this brave new athletic world, which has sent Clan players to compete against opponents in far off locations such as Hawaii or Texas. While the expenses of playing in the NCAA amongst American rivals are well-known, all this travelling also implies a sizeable carbon footprint. Using two online carbon footprint calculators and armed with two football schedules — one being ours and the other being…
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SFU football aims for second win in five years as 2019 opener looms
September 7, 2019By: Dylan Webb When it comes to the SFU football team and their recent struggles, it’s hard not to think of Shania Twain. Anytime talk of Clan football crops up, as it inevitably does when you spend enough time in…
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Our (sometimes troubling) history with the NCAA
October 2, 2017On September 24, the SFU Clan football team had a historic loss in their homecoming game, losing by 76 points. They’re pushing almost three years since their last win, leading many to languish SFU’s decision to participate in the National…
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Professor petitions SFU Clan to abandon team name
September 5, 2017A Simon Fraser University professor has launched a petition calling on the university to change the name of its sports team because of the apparent similarity to the name of an American hate group. The petition asserts that the athletics…
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SFU athletes clinch best season yet in collegiate sports
July 3, 2017By: Aliocha Perriard-Abdoh Simon Fraser University athletes are setting the bar high for themselves next season, having just come off their most successful year ever in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division. The university secured a 15th place finish…
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Tyler McLean named All-American
March 29, 2016At the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, Tyler McLean battled back from an opening loss to finish in fourth place in the 165 pound weight class. On top of that, he was named an All-American, becoming only the second male…
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A brief look at non-varsity athletics
March 7, 2016In the academic world, there are few rivals more bitter than the one that exists between athletes and non-athletic students. There exists a great debate of whether or not universities should fund athletics as heavily as they do, or if…
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SFU football alumni impress at the CFL national combine
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2251" align="alignnone" width="1365"] Defensive back Matt Isherwood made a total of 62 tackles and caught three interceptions last season. Image credit: Austin Cozicar /The Peak[/caption] The two-day CFL national combine came to an end on Sunday, March 29 with…
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Clan softball earn twin doubleheader victories over Crusaders
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignnone" width="980"] Image courtesy of SFU Athletics[/caption] On a brisk Thursday evening at SFU’s Beedie Field, the Clan women’s softball team won back-to-back games over Northwest Nazarene Crusaders in their Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) doubleheader — a…
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Clan track and field starts outdoor season with a bang
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_990" align="alignnone" width="2400"] Image Credit: Hamed Yaghoubi Shahir /The Peak[/caption] The Clan opened the outdoor track and field season at the UBC Open with a strong showing. A total of five athletes earned automatic invitations to the Great Northwest…
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