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New SFU survey finds lectures do “absolutely nothing”
June 13, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Burnaby, BC, June 12 — This just in: a new SFU survey revealed 99% of students find lectures pointless. The survey, which was sent last week from the email address “[email protected],” asked students to evaluate the benefit of lectures on a five-point Likert scale. A subsequent email was sent to Beedie students to explain that a Likert scale is NOT a test, and they DIDN’T need to get together to compare answers. They begrudgingly agreed on the condition their lawyers could inspect the survey prior to their participation. K? In just a mere day, all…
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SFU’s vaccine declaration survey is ineffective at protecting students
September 20, 2021by Michelle Young, Copy Editor On August 26, president Joy Johnson released an announcement stating SFU is “working to implement mandatory self-disclosure of vaccination status for all those who access our campuses.” In the next sentence, she wrote there would be…
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Survey compensation is a must
March 23, 2021by Victor Tran, SFU Student Once in a while, students get emails asking them to complete surveys for SFU, external companies, and even other students. Even though these surveys can be completed in students’ free time, they still demand time-consuming…
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A gondola will mean improved accessibility to SFU
September 20, 2020by Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer If you don’t fall under the miniscule category of students who have their own vehicle, snow tires, and are able to afford and find parking on campus, chances are that you’ve probably been through the horrors…
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Guy who responds with forehead picture and no caption better communicator than SFU, survey reports
September 14, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor BURNABY, BC — A new survey expressed the SFU community’s overwhelming preference for communicating with a dude on their Snapchat friend list who “kinda sucks at making conversation” over those in charge of their university’s…
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Everyone should participate in the COVID-19 survey to ensure the best pandemic response
May 20, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Look, no one is more surprised than every math teacher who mercy-passed me through high school that I not only excelled in my department-mandated stats classes, but I actually enjoyed them, too. And one thing I…
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SFU survey suggests Vancouverites’ commitment to democracy is dropping
October 30, 2018Written by Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate While Metro Vancouverites value democracy, many of them have become disengaged with it, according to a recent public opinion survey. This survey was done in August 2018 by SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue,…
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SFU’s master plan: A look ahead to the next 50 years on Burnaby campus
August 7, 2018By: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate Over the coming years, SFU Campus Planning and Development, along with planning firm Urban Strategies, will be designing a new vision for Burnaby campus, and they are looking for student input. The plan, titled…
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Board Shorts
July 23, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Board prepares for advocacy survey to gain student input on provincial lobbying initiatives Vice-president external relations Jasdeep Gill presented to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors the preparation that has…
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Board Shorts
April 30, 2018Motion passed to upload General Membership Student Survey 2017–8 results online After publicizing the 2016–7 General Membership Survey earlier this year, a motion was brought forward at the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board meeting to do the same…
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