Social Distancing
Bright-er Side: Social distancing helped me find myself
June 13, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor Before COVID-19 and social distancing, I was filled with social anxiety constantly. I always thought that everyone around me was silently judging me and that I had to try to be as “normal” as possible. I would cycle through the same three outfits (that consisted of jeans and a T-shirt) so I would not stand out. I would walk around SFU’s halls with my headphones in and head down to avoid drawing attention to myself. I would even make sure to wear shoes with a soft sole so I wouldn’t make too much noise walking…
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Businesses should be open later during the pandemic
March 8, 2021by Jacob Mattie, SFU Student To promote staying home and social distancing, many businesses are now open for a fraction of the time they were pre-pandemic. From restaurants and retail to SFU Burnaby’s very own Renaissance Coffee, hours of operation…
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Tales of pandemic defiance
October 3, 2020Please get out of my personal bubble, I just want a coffee By: Espresso Myself With COVID-19 restrictions starting to lift, I was happy to be able to return to my favourite local coffee shop. While I wasn’t quite comfortable…
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BC’s COVID-19 health policies are being informed by SFU professor’s research
May 18, 2020Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate SFU mathematics professor and infectious disease modeller Dr. Caroline Colijn is using mathematical modelling to project trends in the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research has allowed provincial health officers to better determine the next steps…
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Vancouver residents protest COVID-19 regulations with #EndtheLockdown
May 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer “Make Orwell Fiction Again,” read a tweet under the #EndtheLockdown hashtag on Twitter, a trend created by individuals protesting the current government orders regarding COVID-19. In the Vancouver area beginning in April 2020, participants…
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Remote learning doesn’t have to be doom and gloom this semester
May 10, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Ever taken a distance education course? It can be annoying. Too much of the course is self taught through reading of journal articles and textbooks, there’s not enough interaction with the teaching staff, and no lecture…
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SFU must be willing to make structural changes for remote learning to be successful
May 9, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Over the past several months, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact around the globe, and our SFU community is no exception. One of the most obvious ways that SFU students have been affected is…
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The Dead Poets Reading Series offers an alternative to your traditional in-person poetry reading
April 20, 2020by Isabella Wang, Mahtab Kundan, and Claudya Leclerc If you look anywhere on the news, very likely, the top stories these days are about COVID-19 — how the government and World Health Organization are both working to raise effective methods of…
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