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SFU smart jewellery start-up keeps wearers safe
June 18, 2018By: Amal Abdullah, Staff Writer SFU computing science and mathematics student Georgiy Sekretaryuk has co-founded a company that focuses on public safety. NERO, completely self-financed by Sekretaryuk, creates smart jewellery which, if tapped three times, sends the wearer’s GPS location in an emergency call to local authorities. While the product looks like an ordinary pendant, the outside of the gem has a touch sensor, and the inside has technology that connects it via Bluetooth to the wearer’s phone. The correlated phone app is connected to a server at NERO, which automatically sends a call to the RCMP…
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Hunt for the best: Burgers of Burnaby campus
June 17, 2018Written and photographed by: Gene Cole A&W What? The Double Teen Burger Price? $7.99 This fast food company is not exclusive to SFU, but it’s a beneficial starting point for this spread of reviews, because A&W doesn't make an inherently bad…
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World News Beat
June 15, 2018By: Trevor Steele, SFU Student Ethiopia accepts peace deal to end twenty year dispute with Eritrea Ethiopia’s recently elected government has announced that it will accept a 2002 ruling over disputed territories on its border with Eritrea, a decision…
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Album Reviews
June 15, 2018By: Neil MacAlister, Geron Malbas, and Courtney Miller Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 by Black Thought and 9th Wonder Black Thought is one of the greatest living rappers, hands down. His work as frontman for the Roots has been immaculate for…
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POLITICAL CORNER: Ontario picks a populist
June 14, 2018Written by Liam Wilson, Peak Associate On June 7, 2018, Ontario picked Doug Ford as their next premier. Yes, Doug Ford, the man who insisted his “fiscally responsible” party would balance the budget in a “responsible timeframe,” but has only…
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The clothes one wears does not correlate to their level of freedom
June 13, 2018Written by Amal Abdullah, Staff Writer About a year ago, a couple of friends and I put on a bake sale at one of the vendor tables in the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) to raise money for a religious non-profit organization.…
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Dear SFU students, you’re gonna be okay
June 12, 2018By: Grace Rose, Peak Associate When I started university back in 2013, attending class outside of my living room after being homeschooled for 10 years was a little daunting. Yet I learned a lot from my 4.5 years here at…
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Bringing colour and community to SFU Burnaby
June 12, 2018By: Amal Abdullah SFU Colour is a club dedicated to enhancing physical spaces with art and colour on Burnaby campus. Currently consisting of three club executives, it was launched as a club in January 2018, but has been running as…
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Weinstein’s arrest was seven months too late
June 12, 2018Written by Winona Young, Staff Writer On May 30 this year, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for charges of sexual assault and other criminal sex acts. Weinstein surrendered himself earlier that week to authorities, and is…
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Weekly assignments and unnecessary stress are counterproductive for students during midterms
June 11, 2018Written by Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate As midterm season approaches, students engage in the common struggle of managing their stress levels while keeping up with school, work, and extracurricular activities. SFU offers resources on managing stress related to school and…
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