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SFU saves student from exam stress by making exams 25 hours apart instead of 24
November 3, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor SFU proudly announced in a recent mass email that, to accommodate during these unprecedented times, the university’s administration decided on the Fall 2020 exam schedule after enrollment. This was to ensure that no student had multiple exams within the same 24 hours. What does this mean for the scum of this godforsaken concrete deathtrap? Not only will students have a whole day and an hour to feel that good old nauseating test anxiety, but SFU can give themselves a big, self-congratulatory pat on the metaphorical back for helping practically no one — and honestly, they’ve…
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Being an international student during the pandemic — to stay or to not stay?
October 31, 2020By My Huyen Le, Contributor On March 12, 2020, four group members and I spent Thursday night discussing our projects over shared tuna stacks at Cactus Club Cafe. That night was the last time we got to see each other…
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SFYou: Christa Ovenell talks death, education, and where they meet
October 23, 2020By Kelly Chia, Peak Associate Name: Christa Ovenell Pronouns: She/her/hers Departmental Affiliation: English Occupation: Apprentice funeral director and community educator Hometown: East Vancouver Fun Fact: When talking to her kids, it never takes Christa more than three minutes to mention…
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SFSS 2020 AGM: Moving towards equity and democracy
October 19, 2020By Balqees Jama, SFSS Board of Directors (At-Large Rep) Recent SFU Student Activism SFU has witnessed a wave of student activism over the last couple of years that was inspired in 2018 by an interconnected combination of movements on campus.…
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SFU student clubs are still trying to create community online
October 14, 2020By Winona Young, Peak Associate Following the trend of these unprecedented times, the SFSS launched its first online-exclusive Clubs Day on September 15–17. The event being moved to online follows SFU’s decision to make classes and planned gatherings remote in…
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SFU fails to properly consult Indigenous students (again) and peoples regarding new First Peoples’ Gathering House (again)
October 13, 2020By Harvin Bhathal, Features Editor On Orange Shirt Day, SFU held a ground awakening ceremony for the First Peoples Gathering House (FPGH), which will open in 2023. The FPGH will be a space on the Burnaby campus that is meant…
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I’m tired of SFU’s performative activism
October 9, 2020by Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief SFU has done it again: they have failed to consult Indigenous students on a building for Indigenous students. In a letter posted by the First Nations Student Association (FNSA), they stated they weren’t even invited to…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stop bombarding me with “Looking for class group chat” posts
October 6, 2020by Carter Hemion, Peak Associate Switching to online classes has been a big transition, but some things never change. The first weeks of every class are filled with the same barrage of notifications as ever: the dreaded “looking for a…
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MySSP does not work
October 3, 2020by anonymous If you’ve ever stepped foot on an SFU campus, chances are you’ve seen the countless posters by Health & Counselling promoting the mental health and well-being app, MySSP. The app is basically a virtual counselling service for SFU…
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SFU Criminology should cut ties with police
September 30, 2020by Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate Modern life (particularly news discourse) has become like the never-ending climax of a post-apocalyptic film. One persistent, dramatic arc is that of policing and all the adjacent discourse that surrounds #blacklivesmatter, police brutality, and Indigenous…
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