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Free Periods Canada fights against period poverty
February 21, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer When Zeba Khan came across an online video detailing the obstacles that people who experience periods have to face, she aimed to provide a solution. The former University of British Columbia student started a club on campus alongside other founding members, Niki Oveisi and Imad Ahmad. Together, they built a team to facilitate the collection and distribution of menstrual products to multiple bridge houses and shelters. “It made me frustrated to see that something many of us experience as a biological process, that there are not easily accessible ways to manage periods,” said Khan. “Seeing…
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New exhibit opens at SFU Burnaby library
February 19, 2024By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The SFU Special Collections and Rare Books (SCRB) department within the SFU Library is home to thousands of manuscripts, books, papers, and photographs from throughout history. The newest exhibit in the department, Archival Oddities, features…
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SFU graduates to engage in new field school on Sts’ailes territory
February 6, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Graduate students from the faculty of environment will have the opportunity to live in the Sts’ailes community for four weeks as part of an upcoming field school experience. During the field school, graduates will have…
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Poetry for Peace is SFU Slam Poetry’s project for Palestine and beyond
January 15, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine, SFU Slam Poetry organized a powerful event titled Poetry for Peace on December 1. The event aimed to provide a platform…
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How SFU presented that tentative agreement
November 15, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Burnaby, BC — to many, this foggy evening at SFU would be a regular night. But to the SFU bargaining team, who told us in secret that SFU actually stood for, “Sufficient, Fair, Understanding,” prior to…
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Top Ten: Things I love about SFU
November 15, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer I don’t know about you, but when I was rejected from UVic, CapU, and the ever-famous UBC, I was ecstatic. I knew that this meant I’d be attending SFU. This prestigious, research-based university prides itself…
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Club Profile: Pursuit of Happiness
October 24, 2023By: Vee Babbar, Peak Associate and Member of SFUPOH Peek-a-boo, SFU! Halloween is just around the corner, so let us bring out our festive flair and make some memories. As everyone knows, midterm season can be full of fear and…
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Blaming TSSU for the strike overlooks SFU’s position of power
October 23, 2023Written by: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor When the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) initiated a full work stoppage and began picketing SFU campuses to demand a fair contract, it lasted nearly a month. Uncertainty loomed for everyone in…
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Toronto Raptors give an inspiring show at SFU in open practice
October 21, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer and Saije Rusimovici, staff writer The thumps of a basketball bounce against the hardwood floor. Vibrant shades of red streak through the crowd. Hands grab onto the rim of the metal hoop and the crowd…
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A closer look at SFU’s Indigenous art displays
October 3, 2023By: Olivia Visser, Copy Editor Lhuḵw’lhuḵw’áyten (Burnaby Mountain) has been home to hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people for thousands of years. Today, the mountain is known to many as the location of SFU’s main campus — a decision that was made…
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