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Sounds of SFU

Arts July 23, 2019

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UnbeLEAFable plant life found at SFU

Features July 22, 2019

By: Anindita Gupta, Peak Associate With the SFU Burnaby campus buzzing with the sound of drilling and the whacking of hammers, it is difficult to appreciate the surrounding beauty. With the uncalled-for summer rains, it is even harder. But, on…

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Columbia StrEAT Festival’s top 10 must-visit food trucks

Arts July 21, 2019

By: Marco Ovies, Peak Associate The Columbia StrEAT Festival is happening again on July 27 from 4–10 p.m. It's the largest one-day food truck festival on the continent featuring over 100 different food trucks. In addition to that, there will…

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Hot dogs and teddy bears: Partyfest 2019 pushes musical boundaries

Arts July 13, 2019

By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor This Friday, July 19, for the second time ever, Red Gate Arts Society is putting on their Xanadu-themed birthday party turned local music festival — and it’ll be the first time it’s held at their…

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SFU student fails

Features July 12, 2019

By: Kitty Cheung (Staff Writer),  Mishaa Khan, Vivien Ying Qi Li, Jennifer Low (Features Editor), Nathaniel Tok I fell into the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) Pond… and it’s kind of my fault Over my time here at SFU, it’s become something of…

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Student Loneliness: You are not alone in feeling lonely

Features July 7, 2019

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer When SFU undergraduates Jennifer Yi, Keith Chan, Grace Kim, Renmart Buhay, and Matt Li entered Map the Systems, they had no idea that they would go on to place second in SFU’s finals. The global competition…

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Adulthood 101: Employee Rights to keep in mind in the workplace

Features July 4, 2019

By: Grace Lo, SFU Student Unless you find that you’re the long-lost heir to, say, a small European kingdom called Genovia, you’ll probably find yourself working a job at some point in your life. Whether you’re in co-op or working a…

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Long story short: I’m still figuring out my sexual identity, and that’s fine

Features July 3, 2019

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Despite having a wonderful group of friends and resources that help me accept myself, I have not had an easy time navigating my sexual identity. Throughout high school, I spent time trying to put different labels…

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Kwadacha by the River screening: consent, consultation, and colonialism

Arts July 1, 2019

By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Kendra Strauss, director of SFU’s labour studies program, described the W.A.C. Bennett Dam as one of many contemporary resource projects where “wealth [is] generated through dispossession.” In her introduction for the screening of Kwadacha by…

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Scroll their feed in their shoes: A talk with part-time influencers, and full-time SFU students

Features June 27, 2019

By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Editor's Note: Some information has been changed to protect the identities of the featured students. You’ve seen these girls either in your classrooms, or on your phone screen.  Meet YM and Rafaella Enderica — or rather,…

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