Rotunda
What Grinds Our Gears: Wet SFU seats
June 16, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer SFU has completed multiple outdoor renovation projects over the last five years: updating the convocation mall, the top of the Rotunda, the applied science building, and the AQ gardens. You’ve spent millions of dollars to make bench-shaped art sculptures. So much money was spent redoing the tile, putting in new cement, stone, new lighting, and repairing the grass. Do you know what wasn’t installed anywhere? Fucking rain covers! What good is it to build, ship, and install these visually interesting and (generally) comfortable benches, when you can only use them when it’s dry out! You…
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Board Shorts (July 10, 2020)
July 21, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The Board discusses Student Union Building space allocation for SFSS groups VP Finance Corbett Gildersleve brought forward a motion for a different space allocation for organizations set to move into the Student Union Building…
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Board Shorts: March 4, 2020
March 17, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor Clarification on housing Rotunda groups in the SUB The Board passed a motion clarifying the terms of their agreement to house Rotunda groups in the Student Union Building (SUB). The motion mandates Executive…
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Board Shorts: February 26
March 3, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor MNP presentation on audit options The Board passed a motion to have a presentation from an independent auditing firm to inform the Board and the Council regarding potential audit options. The Board allocated…
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Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building
March 2, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor At their Wednesday, February 26 Board meeting, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to enter into formal agreements that offer the Rotunda groups space…
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Council catch-up: January 22
January 27, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Council agrees to a referendum to address the lack of Rotunda space allocations The SFSS Council passed a motion to hold a student referendum on housing Rotunda groups in the Student Union Building (SUB)…
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2010s at SFU: a decade in review
January 24, 2020Written by: Kim Regala, Staff Writer As we say goodbye to the previous decade and welcome a new one, let’s take a look back at some of the crucial events that have taken place at SFU over the last ten…
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Board Shorts: January 8 2020
January 22, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor Motion passed to fund SFU’s Got Talent event organized by Peak Frequency Kayli Jamieson and Tony Yu, co-presidents of SFU Peak Frequency, presented their intended budget for SFU’s Got Talent 2020 at Wednesday’s…
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SFSS Council condemns SFSS Board of Directors decision to not house Rotunda groups in SUB
January 6, 2020By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer On December 4, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council passed a motion 26–6, condemning the SFSS Board of Directors’ decision to not house Rotunda groups in the new Student Union Building (SUB). SFSS…
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The Peak recaps SFSS discussion on not housing Rotunda groups in SUB
November 11, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer At the SFSS Board meeting on November 1, president Giovanni HoSang’s proposal to house the Rotunda groups in the upcoming Student Union Building was defeated by a 7–5 vote of the Board of Directors, as…
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