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First year reflections with soccer’s Matt Hobson
November 24, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer After being projected to finish first this season, the men’s soccer season has come to a close after failing to advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II soccer championships. SFU boasted an impressive record this season, finishing second in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC), with a record of 11–5–1. First-place finishers, Northwest Nazarene, automatically clenched a playoff spot by clenching the division. While the three points separating SFU from Northwest Nazarene, kept the Red Leafs from holding a ticket to the playoffs. Unlike women’s soccer, there isn’t any GNAC championship that…
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The Study quietly shut its doors permanently
November 24, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer The restaurant industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health limited the amount of customers each restaurant could serve by up to 50% capacity. The Study, SFU’s former on-campus pub managed by the…
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Masks4EastVan notes the importance of wearing masks
November 14, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Masks4EastVan is an initiative started by two SFU students. Jane Shi is a fine arts graduate student and Vivian Ly is an undergraduate student. Both identifying as queer people of colour, they began this initiative…
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We haven’t forgotten about Peng Shuai and Brittney Griner
November 13, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and sexual assault Fifty years after Title IX, a groundbreaking law in the US that “banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs,” the growth of women’s sports is undeniable.…
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Pole dancing reminded me of what my body could do
November 9, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor I’ve wanted to try pole dancing for years. When I was 14, I watched a video of a pole dancer crushing a watermelon with her thighs alone and thought, “Man, I didn’t know they were…
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Sports made me feel full of life
November 8, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer When I was five-years-old, my parents registered me in soccer. I loved it, and I especially loved kicking the ball around with my twin brother and younger brother. I had the best year of my…
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Joe Sacco and Glen Coulthard discuss Paying The Land
November 7, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Joe Sacco’s new book Paying The Land illustrates and unfolds the stories of the Dane peoples that have lived in the Mackenzie River. Their land in the Northwest Territories has valuable resources and is a…
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Stop shaming women for liking sports
November 2, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor I was called a cougar this past weekend by a group of men at a hockey rink. Yes, a group of fully-grown men who clearly lack any semblance of human decency or respect for women.…
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Council receives presentation on Iranian solidarity
November 2, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer Editor’s Note: The article was updated on November 3, 2022 to reflect the correct full names and titles of Peter Hance and Ayooluwa Adigun. Open letter calls for increased support with Iranian community Narges Abedzadeh…
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Two SFU football games rescheduled back to Burnaby Mountain
October 31, 2022By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer It’s been a season full of schedule changes for the SFU football team. In August, four of their initially scheduled home games were moved to Blaine, Washington, due to COVID-19 border restrictions that prevented non-vaccinated…
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