Study spaces
Senate announces pilot project to turn empty tutorial classrooms into study rooms
February 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer In a new pilot project starting in April, SFU is planning on making tutorial rooms available as study areas during exams. The initiative was announced during the February 3 Senate meeting, after student Senator Colin Fowler asked if SFU could provide additional spaces for students. Currently, designated areas were frequently overcrowded, which influenced the initiative. “For many, including those with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders, such as myself, this often means a difficult choice between struggling to find a place to study on campus, or staying home and getting little to nothing done.”…
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Ranking Outdoor Study Spaces
June 7, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer #1: Outside of Maggie Benston Centre (MBC) Food Court Available seating and table space - 3.5/5 notebooks Access to gendered washrooms - 4/5 notebooks Access to gender-inclusive washrooms - 4/5 notebooks Traffic and construction noise -…
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Ranking Indoor Study Spaces
May 27, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer #1: WAC Bennett Library, sixth floor Available seating and table space - 4/5 notebooks Access to gendered washrooms - 4/5 notebooks Access to gender inclusive washrooms - 3/5 notebooks Traffic and construction noise - 5/5…
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SFU doesn’t need more parking lots
July 23, 2012By Cedric Chen In the recent debate regarding the new Student Union Building, it was suggested that it should reserve a space for building new parking lots. This may have been a good idea back in the 1990s and maybe…
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