opinions
Students should get the grades they deserve
March 7, 2021by Brianna Condilenios, Peak Associate Students aren’t strangers to that sharp pang of disappointment when they receive a low grade on an assignment. This pain cuts even deeper when they know they deserve a better grade. I’m talking about the assignments and exams that students prepare for weeks in advance and have, by all reasonable accounts, met the criteria that was originally set forward. Putting such careful effort into stellar work and being met with a mediocre grade is extremely disheartening. Universities have this shallow desire for prestige that they try to uphold by being ridiculously selective — and SFU…
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SFU’s Fall return should be accessible to all students
March 7, 2021by Emma Jean, Staff Writer On February 22, each student enrolled at SFU received an email that seemed incredibly premature given current circumstances. It was about the status of Fall 2021’s course delivery. After months of gossip and speculation, every…
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Opinions in Dialogue: “BIPOC,” progressive or problematic?
March 7, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Onosholema Ogoigbe, and Idara Udonya BIPOC, an acronym used to encompass Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, has gained increased usage over the past year. A revision of POC (people of colour), the term aims to acknowledge…
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International Women’s Day needs to represent more than just cis women
March 6, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Every year on March 8 for International Women’s Day, social media platforms are flooded with variants of “go girl” posts, celebrating “strong, powerful, independent women.” While women have every right to celebrate the progression of…
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A lack of inter-provincial travel restrictions in BC is exhausting
March 3, 2021by Marisa Rizzo, SFU Student Since the initial COVID-19 shutdown, the federal government has encouraged us not to engage in non-essential travel outside of Canada, and to limit travel between provinces. However, in BC, recent reports from Whistler show that…
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University is the time to make mistakes
March 2, 2021by Brianna Condilenios, Peak Associate When we arrive at university, we can feel full of starry-eyed, first-year anticipation. We are then thrust into the cosmic world of clubs to join, classes to take, people to meet, and volunteer opportunities to…
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Sexual violence prevention education needs to be mandatory at SFU
March 1, 2021by Anonymous Content warning: mention of sexual assault SFU has a long-standing history of failing their students. But some of their most egregious failures have been the multiple mishandlings of sexual assault cases on campus. Much more can…
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Joining a student union has many benefits
March 1, 2021by Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Starting at SFU was both thrilling and daunting to me. I was excited to make new friends, but wondered how the hell I was supposed to do that in lecture halls with hundreds…
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goSFU needs to be updated
February 22, 2021by Alex Masse, Staff Writer Before the pandemic, goSFU had its fair share of dislike from the student body. At the time of writing, “goSFU not working” is the third autofill suggestion for “goSFU” on Google. It’s not surprising. I,…
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STEM students need to prioritize academic interaction
February 22, 2021by Jacob Mattie, SFU Student In the 1990s, Dr. Mary M. Tai, a researcher working in diabetes care at New York University, published a paper highlighting a new method to obtain the area under a graph — useful for many…
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