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Dear SFU: Please make safety a priority this winter season
November 30, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor While our campus boasts beautiful mountain views and great sunset-watching spots, it stands no chance against the snowstorms we see every couple of years in BC. Winter can be incredibly dangerous in this province, no matter where you are. Few people want to, or even can, commute up a mountain in a blizzard. Many students without commuter horror stories can remember an accident or near-miss on Burnaby Mountain during the winter months. SFU needs to keep safety a priority for students this upcoming season. Burnaby Mountain has an elevation of 370 metres. That might not…
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Indigenous studies should be integrated into SFU’s degree requirements
October 3, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer SFU claims to offer a “well-rounded student experience,” but this can’t be true if students lack a genuine understanding of the trauma and oppression Indigenous peoples faced throughout Canadian history. There was a heavy focus…
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Bright-er Side: Getting to experience the Burnaby Campus for the first time since remote learning
September 23, 2022By: eveluchka, SFU Student Thanks to COVID-19, I’m a third year student and this semester is the first time I’ve had a class at the Burnaby campus. It’s not been what I expected. For two years, I was told I…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Watching TV in class
July 22, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer I get it, class can be — and often is — super boring. And I’ll admit that I’ve taken the occasional opportunity to check out Instagram to see which of my friends are on their…
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The Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) welcomes all members with open arms
July 15, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer You hear it said time and time again. Joining a club at any level — high school, university, adulthood — can be a life changing experience. This is true for both domestic and international students…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Two+ midterms
July 7, 2022By: Jerrica Zabala, SFU Student Course selection week! The best time of the semester — when we’re all absolutely drowning in school work. I gloss over prospective course syllabi and suddenly find myself in the shits; I’ve just found out the…
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SFU servers beg to be understood
May 27, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Dear SFU student body, We’re not bad servers. Really. But I understand that for a healthy student-server relationship (like the one we don’t have), you need an apology. Or at the very least, an explanation.…
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SFU presents new mental health companion: the puppy microwave
May 27, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Dear SFU students, You know what time of year it is. Your two weeks of freedom after the Spring semester have somehow trickled away. Piles of reading and homework seem to have unfortunately made their…
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SFU’s parking lots, ranked
May 16, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Peak Associate and Parking Expert Central Parkade 42069/10. This lot will never let me down. My ride or die. My homie. My bae. Live, love, laugh, Central Parkade. I can always find a spot and it’s right in…
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Imperfect fits for students who would rather be anywhere but class
May 16, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Summer has arrived, and so has the semester! Isn’t that just lovely? I, too, enjoy spending my summer sitting on the leather seats of the 145 in shorts (and peeling my thighs off my seat when…
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