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Dip into a real hell with Gadfly instead of imagining sham ones

Peak Web February 19, 2024

By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student A three-member punk rock band has been sending earthquakes throughout Vancouver’s metal scene, and they plan to release a new album this summer. Named after a book by Ethel L Voynich, Gadfly is an unlikely phenomenon that rose out of the smoke of resistance, spreading the ashes of doom metal, Persian metal, punk, and heavy rock onto the stage. Holding the Molotov, Homa Khoshnavas on lead vocals and guitar, along with Nigel Young on drums and vocals and Raine Menard on bass, have redefined the metal genre in the local scene.  While Young tended to…

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SFU needs to invest more in its language offerings

Opinions July 4, 2020

By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Over the years, SFU has been slowly picking away at its language program. The Spanish Language Certificate was suspended in 2017, and there is speculation that Arabic and Persian courses will be the next to go.…

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