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Board Shorts: a recap of the SFSS presidential impeachment discussion
August 15, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor At the SFSS’s August 14 emergency board of directors meeting, the board approved a motion to place a resolution to impeach SFSS president Jas Randhawa onto the agenda of an upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) or special general meeting (SGM). The proposed motion underwent “elaborate discussion with the entire board” prior to the meeting, according to vice-president student services Samer Rihani. “We’ve looked at all the options that we felt would be best going forward — for the team, for the student society, and for the students,” said Rihani, who submitted this motion.…
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Health and Dental plan for students to become more affordable, effective September 1
July 24, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor As of September 1, 2018, student health and dental plan pricing will be effectively reduced. The enhanced plan and the basic plan, which cost $267.75 and $207.90 respectively, will be reduced to…
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Losing Fall Kickoff, and jumping on board with UBC’s welcome-back, is a mistake
July 23, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Seeing how far one snag in event planning has snowballed, I wonder . . . when chaos theory pioneer Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect,” what was his real inspiration? Did his alma…
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Board Shorts
July 23, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Board prepares for advocacy survey to gain student input on provincial lobbying initiatives Vice-president external relations Jasdeep Gill presented to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors the preparation that has…
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Updated: SFSS announces cancellation of 2018 Fall Kickoff concert, replacement barbeque
July 18, 2018By: Amneet Mann, News Editor This story has been updated as of July 20 to reflect the comments of the vice-provost students and international Nancy Johnston on behalf of SFU, and AMS. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)…
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Minimart left in state of uncertainty regarding future on campus
July 16, 2018By: Amneet Mann, News Editor The owners of the Minimart located on the second floor of Maggie Benston Centre (MBC) report a state of uncertainty regarding the convenience store’s future on the SFU Burnaby campus. Gideon Wong, who has…
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Board Shorts
July 8, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor, with notes from Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Board discusses various dates to hold Fall Kickoff concert The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) discussed potential dates to hold their annual Fall Kickoff concert, and…
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Unsanctioned posters with SFSS logo taken down, but fate of Redeemed Christian Fellowship still unclear
July 3, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Last week, The Peak reported that the Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF), a club recognised by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), had used the society’s logo without permission to advertise an event that…
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Board Shorts
June 23, 2018Board negotiates SFSS involvement in Student Experience Initiative with SFU Vice-president university relations Jackson Freedman presented an update to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board regarding the SFSS’s ongoing negotiations with the university on the Student Experience Initiative (SEI).…
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SFSS logo used to promote event without the society’s knowledge
June 22, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor On June 21, students noticed posters going up around the Burnaby Campus advertising “Get-a-Grip 2018: A ground-breaking youth conference.” This year’s theme “LGBT: Let God Be True” concerned students as the posters had been…
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