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SFU student politics has failed us

Opinions February 21, 2021

by Justin Smith, SFU Student Despite changes the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to SFU, some things have remained consistent: nonsensical Canvas pages, wallet-crushing tuition, and bullshit student politics. For a university that advertises itself as “one of Canada’s most community-engaged research universities,” this isn’t the best our school can do for us. As a former president of a department student union (DSU) and current disgruntled fifth year student, I have realized that the institutions designed to represent us instead stifle and suppress student involvement. Even prior to the pandemic, student morale was at a low. The Simon Fraser Student…

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SFSS election candidate accuses other candidates of breaking campaign rules

News March 27, 2020

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor A candidate running for At-Large Representative in the 2020 SFSS elections publicly accused multiple other candidates of breaking campaign rules.  In a Facebook post, Geetanjli Sharma accused a number of candidates of running…

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