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SFU White Student Union is an opportunity for dialogue, not anger
November 30, 2015[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Tuesday November 24, a group called the SFU White Student Union surfaced on Facebook, bringing the issue of white privilege and ignorance to the forefront of discussion on campus. Unsurprising in the least, student responses to the page have been heated and volatile since the page’s activation, with many immediately calling for its removal. While the cries for the group’s banishment are justified, a majority of students are squandering an opportunity to open the gates of meaningful discussion on the grounds that they’d rather throw a fit on social media than talk productively with the other party. Am I…
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Students whine about being ‘broke,’ yet they spend so frivolously
November 16, 2015To sport Nike shoes, a Bench jacket, and fine denim while holding an iPhone 6 and a Starbucks coffee, but exclaiming in a pouting voice, “I’m so poor,” strikes me as considerably misguided. Is it just me, or do students…
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Student newspapers are underrated
October 19, 2015While student press has suffered the same shrinking industry that larger newspapers have been plagued by over the last decade, I’d argue that now is the most important time for student news to be in circulation — not for the…
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Transfer student survival guide: make connections
July 27, 2015You know those friends that you don’t really know but you have on Facebook because you met once at a party? Well, in August 2014, I convinced a ‘kind-of’ friend of mine to meet me for coffee, and that is…
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Support affordable student and family housing at SFU
March 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_1785" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] I used to live in SFU’s residence, and it wasn’t incredible. When I moved my bags into McTaggart-Cowan Hall, it was clear that not much had been maintained during the 30-something years…
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What’s next for the Build SFU projects?
February 2, 2015Earlier this month, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) did not receive permission from the students present at their Special General Meeting (SGM) to pursue a loan for Build SFU’s Student Union Building (SUB) and Stadium projects. The motion only…
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Notes from this month’s Board of Governors’ meeting
January 31, 2015SFU’s 50th Anniversary campaign As of December 31, 2014, SFU has raised $12,899,324 for their 50th Anniversary Campaign, which will mark SFU’s 50th birthday this September. The ultimate fundraising goal is $250 million. The organizing committee continues to plan myriad…
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Why you should vote to keep SFSS Food and Beverage Services open
January 20, 2015The upcoming Special General Meeting (SGM), to be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in the West Gym, lists on its agenda the possible removal of the SFSS Food and Beverage Services (FBS). Unbeknownst to many students, this would mean the…
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SFU administration responds to SFSS concerning international student fees
December 24, 2014The SFU administration has officially responded to a letter sent to them by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) on October 24 regarding the proposed 10 per cent increase in international undergraduate student tuition fees for the 2015/2016 fiscal year. The letter…
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Student poets spit verse at SFU’s inaugural Grand Poetry Slam
November 17, 2014The English Student Union (ESU) held their first annual Grand Poetry Slam on Thursday, November 13 at Highland Pub on SFU’s Burnaby campus. The upper level of the pub was filled at the event’s beginning, with a group of about…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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