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Online petition tries to save David the mailroom man’s job

EIC March 18, 2018

A student from Simon Fraser University has started a petition on Change.org for David Kor, the mailroom man from Shell House who is currently at risk of losing his job. SFU is moving the mailroom from Shell House to the Residence and Housing Office, and as a result, Kor would no longer be needed to serve students in this position. In place of a mailman providing students with their parcels, the staff at the Residence and Housing Office’s front desk would assume the duty of handing students their mail. The petition page describes the current situation in which Kor is…

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To res or not to res part two

EIC June 12, 2017

It might be a convenient location, but it’s not a place where you want to stay too long. I lived in SFU residence for three years of my undergraduate degree, and the best decision I made was to move off…

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To res or not to res part one

Peak Web June 12, 2017

By: Victor Gouchee Living in residence at university is a tough decision; you move away from your parents, experience freedom for the first time, make new friends, maybe party a little too much, and, eventually, find yourself (maybe). The examples of…

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The student housing crisis that isn’t going away

EIC September 5, 2016

Priced out of options Moving is awful. So is not knowing where you’re going to live for the upcoming semester. Everything about student accommodation in Vancouver nowadays is just terrible. Now, imagine you were being evicted from your affordable housing…

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Humans of SFU: Residence edition

EIC June 27, 2016

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ll over the world, and right here at SFU, this Humans-of-Somewhere style of storytelling has appeared, and made big waves in the way we look at people around us. Last week we went around talking to, and photographing, some of…

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SFU and ResLife have failed women on campus

EIC June 17, 2016

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]rovided you don’t live under a rock, you have most likely heard of the three rape allegations against one male SFU student that have recently come to light. According to news reports, the alleged rapist was permitted to live on…

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University continues assessment of residences affected by mould

EIC January 26, 2015

The university has begun relocating residents of the Louis Riel residence building after concerns regarding mould in residence were raised once again at the SFSS Council meeting late last year. The living condition of Louis Riel building has been persistent…

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Transgender professor named women’s literary organization’s Critic-in-Residence

EIC January 12, 2015

SFU Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) professor Lucas Crawford has just been named the Canadian Women in the Literary Arts’ Critic-in-Residence for 2015. The honour of being selected as the Critic-in-Residence has been awarded to one researcher each year…

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Student groups investigate mould issues in Louis Riel

EIC November 24, 2014

Concerns have been brought to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Advocacy Committee over the fact that students in residence are living with mould; this has been a persistent problem at the university over the past several years. The problems…

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Concerns arise over empty RHA board

EIC September 15, 2014

Concerns have arisen regarding the current state of the Residence Hall Association (RHA) electoral process and the upcoming bi-elections this fall. Following the RHA elections last spring, only one candidate was ratified to the RHA board of directors: Brett Payne,…

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