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The secret life of an SFU textbook

Humour May 23, 2021

By: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate  I was conceived one dark, rainy night in the dimly lit dorm room of a graduate student who can now be referred to as Dr. Sharon Weed. Over the next year, Dr. Weed would go through the ups and downs of what can only be described as writing a book.  Then, one fateful day, my first page was printed and I was born. By my 420th page, it was time to explore the world. I left my childhood home and arrived at Simon Fraser University. I remember immediately thinking, “That sure is a lot of grey.” …

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Fuck textbooks

EIC September 26, 2016

Why are textbooks so damn expensive? Textbooks, and their ridiculous price tags, are a complicated mess that takes some explaining. The main reason textbooks are so expensive is they aren’t in a free market: students don’t have options when purchasing…

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