Samaah Jaffer
Young, wild, and married
June 1, 2015I started the first year of my undergraduate career in 2012, spreading my wings at this great university, and by Summer 2013, I was engaged — not just by SFU, but to an actual person. While still undecided on whether I should add a minor to my joint-major, I had somehow figured out who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Nearly 10 months have flown by since our wedding, and I would be lying if I said it’s been all sunshine and roses. Getting married young has been far from easy. The first challenge hit me…
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Satellite Signals
May 31, 2015Woodward's “Shaping Vancouver,” a panel discussion held on May 27, explored the meaning of neighbourhood character. The panelist included a local author, politician, businessman, community worker, and an architect. They addressed questions such as “What features give areas their distinctive…
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Satellite Signals
July 6, 2014Woodward's On July 4, SFU’s Woodward’s campus hosted CreativeMornings/Vancouver, an international breakfast lecture series for the creative community. The event featured Charles van Sandwyk, an award-winning author of the limited edition book, A Selection of Neighbourly Birds. He advised attendees…
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University Briefs
July 5, 2014UBC requests liquor license for concerts UBC has requested an amendment concerning their liquor license in order to provide alcohol at concerts in Thunderbird Arena. This request was approved on June 27 by the Metro Vancouver board of directors. UBC…
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June 15, 2014Woodward's On June 7, the first citizen festival called 100 in 1 Day was hosted at SFU Woodward’s. The event focused on raising awareness of social issues through acts of social change and was intended to motivate various leaders…
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SFU photographer hosts wildlife workshop
June 13, 2014Recent SFU graduate and international award-winning photographer, Connor Stefanison, gave a free workshop on wildlife photography as part of the City of Burnaby’s Environment Week earlier this month. The workshop was held on June 5 at the Piper Spit boardwalk…
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June 9, 2014Professors create romantic ballet video game An english and film studies professor from U of A recently collaborated with a computer science master’s candidate to recreate a classic romantic ballet in the form of a video game. The game, titled…
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Build SFU presents SUB architectural designs
May 26, 2014Build SFU held a community update at the Think Tank last Wednesday, where architects Perkins+Will presented proposed exterior designs and floor plans for the future student union building (SUB). The design selected will be built according to the “Terrace” concept…
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Province shifts funding from liberal arts to trades training
May 12, 2014Last month, SFU President Andrew Petter addressed the Vancouver Board of Trade regarding the value of traditional university education — specifically, liberal arts degrees — in today’s ever-changing global economy. The BC Liberals have recently begun “re-engineering” the education system…
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April 7, 2014Police break up student protest in Montreal Thousands gathered in the streets of Montreal last Thursday, April 3 to protest austerity in Quebec’s economic policies. The demonstration had been declared illegal by Service de police de la…
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