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Clan look for new football coach as Chapdelaine resigns

EIC December 18, 2014

Wednesday evening, SFU announced that Clan football head coach Jacques Chapdelaine has resigned “to pursue other career options.” Chapdelaine, a Clan alumnus himself, was brought in this past February to replace former head coach Dave Johnson, who was dismissed in November last year. Prior to coaching at SFU, Chapdelaine was an offensive coordinator with the BC Lions and had spent time on various coaching staffs in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Recent speculation has predicted him making another appearance in the CFL as the new offensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders — although neither Chapdelaine nor the Roughriders have confirmed…

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Zine Scene

EIC November 24, 2014

Two weeks ago, SFU Woodward’s hosted one of Canada’s greatest annual independent cultural events: Canzine. Organized by Broken Pencil magazine, Canzine West (along with Canzine Toronto and Canzine Central in Winnipeg) is a full-day event dedicated to zine culture, independent…

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Rawi Hage is SFU’s new Writer in Residence

EIC November 24, 2014

Award-winning author Rawi Hage is the new Writer in Residence in the English department at SFU. He recently finished a year-long residency with the Vancouver Public Library (VPL), which he says “was great because [he] was dealing with the public.…

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Volleyball team wins last game of season in Alaska

EIC November 24, 2014

Last Saturday, four volleyball team members played their last game for SFU, capping off their time with the Clan properly with a 3-0 sweep. Brooklyn Gould-Bradbury, Kelsey Robinson, Madeline Hait, and Amanda Renkema all played their final Simon Fraser game…

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SFU achieves royal victory

EIC November 24, 2014

When the Clan met their non-conference provincial rivals, the Douglas College Royals, on Tuesday night, it was not expected to be a close game — nor was it. The score sheet displays a 90-point victory for SFU, 147-57. However, the…

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Dance team to perform at the Grey Cup

EIC November 24, 2014

You may not have heard of them, but SFU’s dance team is already making waves. They are poised to represent SFU at the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) 102nd Grey Cup hosted in Vancouver on Sunday, November 30. Despite the fact…

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Art disciplines should incorporate more intelligent opinions

Peak Web November 24, 2014

The physical sciences and the arts and social sciences are often dichotomized as fundamentally distinct branches of study with inherently different methods of inquiry. The physical sciences are in the domain of empiricism and objectivity, whilst the arts and social…

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Meet the Clan: Kelsey Robinson

EIC November 24, 2014

School can be a grind in and of itself, aside from whatever job, sport, or extracurricular activities you may have. We all complain about the workload — or at least make self-deprecating jokes about how our time management skills have…

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Gorillas and terriers and bears, oh my!
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The costumed campus

EIC November 17, 2014

“I think the mascot is dead.” That’s all the opposition’s radio announcer could say about what he had just witnessed. It was a timeout in the first half of a Clan basketball game in the spring of 1996, and the…

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Clan football sends off seniors in final game

EIC November 17, 2014

When eight points are scored on an opening drive, it’s considered a great offensive start. However, those points usually go to a single team; this wasn’t the case last Saturday. The Clan looked to be headed for a promising start…

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