Rachel Braeuer
Learning outcomes may pave the way to the NCAA
June 10, 2013By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee Unless you’re on Senate, chances are you haven’t heard about learning outcomes, the latest way SFU is assuring students it can improve our educational experience. It’s interesting that this new assessment model has been kept so relatively hush-hush, since a learning outcome is essentially a secondary assessment tool on top of regular marking schemes professors and TAs will be adjudicating students’ performances with. What is a Learning Outcome? According to the Report on Learning Outcomes and Assessment Working Group last updated on December 2012, a learning outcome is “an area of knowledge,…
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Yeti Yogurt is an elusive treat on a hot day
June 10, 2013There's a new reason to stay on the mountain this summer, and it involves froyo By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee If the only reason you can stand to be in Metrotown is for the soft serve frozen yogurt,…
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Convocating doesn’t seem worth its hefty price tag
June 10, 2013With all the hidden fees, you'd think we could at least get financial sponsorship from Capital One By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Ben Buckley A post-secondary education may be the ticket to higher earning potential, but not before your institution…
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SFU hosts talk on North American decolonization
June 10, 2013Idle No More BC organizer talks about the movement and the push for decolonization By Rachel Braeuer, Michael McDonell, and Daniel Petrovic Photos by Stephen Hui This past week, SFU was host to a talk with Steven Standing Wolfpaw Kakinoosit,…
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Paying for it
May 27, 2013Is crowdfunding the way of the future? By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Ariel Mitchell If there’s a tape of a shady politician smoking crack, I want to see it. As a writing plebe, when people like Rob Ford try to…
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The dark truth
May 21, 2013By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee With two weeks of decent weather behind us, we can expect to know the hem length and type of sandals someone wore based on the patchwork quilt of skin the sun will have…
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Having lots of free time sucks
May 13, 2013If idle hands are the devil's playground, I'm see-sawing with Satan right now and hating it By Rachel Braeuer Photos by Ben Buckley Sixteen hour work days, seven days a week for two months with a week or two of…
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Fringe Fest
May 10, 2013A rough guide to BC's alternative political parties Written by Rachel Braeuer Illustrations by Eleanor Qu Got the elections blues, SFU? Feel like you’re just picking between the lesser of four equally dull evils? Worry not fair citizens! We found…
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Minding your Ds, Gs, Fs, Ns, Ps, Qs, and Rs
April 7, 2013Dropping derogatory vocab should be compulsory after age 20 By Rachel Braeuer I say a lot of dumb shit. I put my foot in my mouth all the time, and I speak aggressively before finding out the whole story. While…
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First Nations youth deserve more attention than two pandas
March 31, 2013As the fastest growing demographic in Canada, politicians should be paying more attention By Rachel Braeuer Photos courtesy of Zhiigiwan Kwe Whetung The emphasis placed on one of the three biggest stories in the news last Monday really told a…
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