Sam Reynolds
Jeff McCann leaves the presidency a winner
March 19, 2012By Sam Reynolds As orange leaves in autumn, the posters that currently adorn the walls of SFU show that the campus has moved into another election cycle. While talk of a possible student union building and other ballot measures up for referendum dominate campus political discourse these days, we should pause for a moment to remember one of the more notable student society presidents of yore — the political wunderkind Jeff McCann. It was not seven months ago when people were counting the days until they could declare McCann “was not [their] president”. The plan was impeachment; the venue was…
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SFU scientists study atomic fingerprint
March 19, 2012By Sam Reynolds CERN scientists make inroads on studying trapped antimatter In a groundbreaking experiment at Europe’s CERN laboratory, a Canadian-led team directed by an SFU researcher has trapped anti-matter particles of hydrogen for long enough to study them in…
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SFU researchers see security in holes
February 27, 2012By Sam Reynolds The colourful wings of the blue morpho butterfly inspire new anti-counterfeit technology Taking inspiration from nature, a Surrey-based company led by two SFU researchers has developed a technology that has the potential to revolutionize security for documents…
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Rio: no more flicks?
January 30, 2012By Sam Reynolds The projectors may not be out for long at East Vancouver’s only movie theatre. In a statement to the press, Solicitor General Shirley Bond said the province is investigating the possibility of changing the laws that prevent…
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