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An interview with SFSS President Hangue Kim
May 15, 2017It’s only the first week of the semester, but SFSS President Hangue Kim’s schedule is already packed. Between fulfilling his board duties, coaching at the Enactus national competition, and taking classes, Kim still found time to sit down with The Peak to discuss the year ahead. How are you feeling at the start of your term as SFSS president? “I’m feeling really great. We just finished our first week in office working with the new board and transitioning them into their new roles. “There’s been a shift, I think, with the new board. There’s a lot of energy and a…
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SFU students dominate Surrey Top 25 Under 25 awards
May 11, 2017SFU students and alumni swept the majority of the Surrey Board of Trade Top 25 Under 25 awards last month. Eighteen of the youth recognized for business or community-related projects in Surrey are recent graduates or current students of the…
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SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council releases calls to action
May 9, 2017The SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council (ARC) released its calls to action last week which will guide the university in allocating the $9 million set aside to fund reconciliation efforts on campus. In an executive summary, the council outlined its priorities…
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SFU plans big changes to campus food options
May 8, 2017Students will notice this semester that major changes are underway for food options on Burnaby campus. SFU has closed Triple O’s on the second floor of the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) and will be replacing it with an in-house restaurant called…
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SFSS shuts down Highland Pub, the Ladle for summer
May 4, 2017Students hoping for one last drink at the Highland Pub before its permanent closure on June 15 are out of luck. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) shut down the pub on April 28 with little warning to students. The…
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Faculty launch petition after SFU cancels Aboriginal transition program
May 3, 2017Members of the SFU community are speaking out after the university abruptly cancelled the Aboriginal University Transition Program (AUTP) last month. Vice-President (VP) academic Peter Keller said that the “difficult decision” to cut the program was the result of declining…
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NDP Leadership Race Gets Underway
March 26, 2017By: Benjamin Mussett As the federal Conservative leadership race grows increasingly contentious with name-calling and allegations of cheating, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership contest has begun in somewhat more affable terms. On March 12, the NDP held their…
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Gender disparities in engineering and computing science at SFU and its effects on female students
March 13, 2017The contrast in male and female representation in some SFU programs is starker than many students might have thought. For Melissa Mah, a fifth-year student in electronics engineering and co-president of SFU’s Women in Engineering, the disproportionate gender distribution in…
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The organic revolution: Vancouver’s search for cleaner, healthier skin
March 10, 2017Beauty is skin deep — and that's why the organic cosmetic revolution is on the rise. People are more conscious of the chemicals they are letting their skin absorb. The devil is in the details Have you ever tried to…
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Inpower: the online forum empowering women across Vancouver
March 10, 2017You haven’t seen what girls can do — and what they’re most passionate about — until you get 30,000 of them together in one online space. Dreaming of a more empowered tomorrow 21-year-old Rozan Talevian started this Vancouver-based online space,…
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