By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor, Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member Point: One of the biggest complaints I hear from classmates is that they don’t pay to have summer campers clogging hallways, screaming, and otherwise being bothersome. I’m not saying that having large numbers of kids on campus is perfect, but my sizzling-hot take on SFU summer camps is that they are more important than one might realize. OK, so maybe it’s not the hottest take ever made, but some people go to school or work full-time and also have children. Some of these parents may be your classmates, your TAs,…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member On May 30, Jennifer Chou, SFSS arts and social sciences representative, proposed that the SFSS create an internal accessibility standard policy. “The Accessibility Fund Committee has not had a chance to meet to discuss…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member After students sent in concerns about a pro-life club on campus, the SFSS Board of Directors is set to draft a policy to assert its pro-choice stance, potentially cutting funding and club status for…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member SOCA approved as a tier 2 constituency group On May 16 2019, during the first SFSS board meeting of the 2019-20 term SOCA gave a presentation to become a tier 2 constituency group. The…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe On May 30, during the second SFSS board meeting of the 2019–20 year, the board approved a motion to distribute SFSS president Giovanni HoSang’s June–August stipends between the SFSS’s vice-presidents (VPs). The motion came in response to…
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Byline: Kitty Cheung, Kelly Chia, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Nicole Magas, Onosholema Ogoigbe, Winona Young The NASTY future of the SUB’s napping room People are gonna jerk off in the new napping room. There! I said it! That reality is…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member #WeJustNeedToPee is a new poster campaign launched by Out on Campus that, as the posters read, seeks to “express a message of support and solidarity to our trans students, staff and visitors.” The campaign…
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By: Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member This week, SFU’s Department of Earth Science sponsored the first Pint of Science Festival in Vancouver. Pint of Science is a non-profit organization that brings some exceptional scientists to a local pub to talk…
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By: Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member Board photos for website to be professionally taken At the first SFSS meeting of the 2019–20 term, the board approved up to $690 for professional photographs to be taken of board members for the…
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By Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Editor Organized as a summer kickoff event to get members acquainted with one another and commemorate International Workers’ Day, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) held a Summer BBQ Welcome & SFU Labour Walking Tour…
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