Othniel Spence
SFU faces criticism over new varsity team name
October 6, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer On September 6, over two years after SFU announced they were dropping “The Clan” due to its racist connotation with the “Ku Klux Klan,” SFU Athletics has chosen a new name. Moving forward, athletes will be known as the “Red Leafs” — a name chosen through consultation processes with the Varsity Team Name Working Group and the wider SFU community. According to a press release issued by SFU, part of the process included analyzing over 65 potential names, narrowing it down to two selections by the group. It was made up of “student-athletes, coaches, Athletic…
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SFU Athletics retires the “Clan” name
September 7, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer The Simon Fraser Clan name has officially been resigned. The decision came after pressure from students and alumni at SFU to change the name due its negative connotations, since "clan" was often associated with white-supermacy…
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Student organizers lead demand for changing SFU’s sports team name
July 8, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer SFU Athletics expressed their support for a name change of the athletics team name, the Simon Fraser Clan, last Thursday, July 2. The SFU Athletics website says that, “In response to student athletes' concerns…
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Othniel Spence talks basketball, faith, and identity
January 26, 2019If it weren’t for a fractured left fifth metatarsal in his senior year of high school, Othniel Spence would likely not be playing basketball for SFU. He was being recruited by mid-major schools in the states, as well as schools…
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SFU men’s basketball goes 0–2 on GNAC road trip
January 15, 2019The Clan’s struggles continued as they traveled to Washington and Idaho this past week to take on the Central Washington University Wildcats and Northwest Nazarene University Nighthawks. While they certainly played well enough to win the first game of the…
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