Dear editors of the Peak, Re: SFSS Candidate Endorsements You recently published an article endorsing certain candidates to the SFSS Board of Directors. While I agree that you should be able to endorse candidates simply on the basis of free speech, I believe that given the source of your funding and the lack of competition on campus, you have a responsibility to produce objective and informative endorsements – or don’t endorse anyone at all. Getting together in a room and taking a straw poll of your editorial board is nowhere near the standard students deserve. I don’t doubt that you…
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Last week’s meeting featured a special “in-camera” session, meaning it was closed to the public.
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The SFSS fails to schedule their board meeting for the second week in a row.
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[caption id="attachment_1857" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Brandon Hillier[/caption] SFU’s student paper is facing criticism for publishing an opinions-related election article in the newspaper’s opinions section. The article, which appeared in the March 23 issue of The Peak, was titled “The…
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[caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo courtesy of Wikipedia[/caption] Are you a forward-thinking SFU student ready to bring change and sustainability to your university? Or are you a fast-talking scam artist looking to take advantage of the unsuspecting? Find out by…
Continue reading[caption id="attachment_1774" align="alignnone" width="970"] Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] *Please note that the followings represents the views of some of The Peak staff and do not reflect the views of the Peak Publications Society. The Peak’s editorial staff submitted votes…
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With the transit referendum engulfing the Greater Vancouver area and the upcoming federal election happening later this year, it’s refreshing to finally have politics worth paying attention to: the 2015 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) elections. You may be thinking,…
Continue readingWith election season underway for the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), things are heating up as promising newcomer Shaylene Pratt has already hit her first political roadblock: being locked in the boiler room of the Maggie Benston Building by current…
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