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SFU men’s basketball’s Bongani Moyo talks about his journey into the NCAA
February 9, 2019By: Shepard Kanyekanye Year: Senior Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe Major: Finance and Marketing Bongani Moyo, an active player on the SFU men’s basketball team, is currently in his fifth year and looking to graduate this spring. His basketball journey, although seemingly coming to an end here at SFU, is one that has come with its fair share of challenges as well as life lessons that anyone with a goal can use for inspiration. These lessons particularly came from Bongani’s basketball journey, where having no name, game footage, or respectable references — all things that today’s NCAA requires for teams to even…
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A guide to avoid hypersexualizing Black bodies
February 4, 2019By: Youeal Abera, Staff writer As a young Black man who lives in Vancouver, a city where African-Canadians constitute 1.2% of its population, I discovered what it means to be “visually different” at a very young age. When I hit…
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Board Shorts
February 4, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor Meeting minutes will now note which director is abstaining or voting against a motion At the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors’ meeting on February 1, the board passed the…
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The Fore-Playlist
February 3, 2019By: Winona Young, Andrea Renney, Kim Regala, Kitty Cheung, and Geron Malbas We would ideally have 69 tracks on this playlist, but for our Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Issue, we’re hooking you up with these hot tracks ASAP for…
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What a positive masculinity looks like
February 2, 2019By: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Gillette recently put out a commercial about their old slogan,“the best a man can get.” The ad talks about how there’s a lot of problems specific to men and traditional masculinity, and how they have…
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Queer female music artists you need to know
February 2, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Beatriz Fernandes, Yelin Gemma Lee, and Winona Young Rina Sawayama [caption id="attachment_108469" align="alignleft" width="200"] Image courtesy of Damien Fry[/caption] Must-know tracks: “Take Me As I Am” “Cherry” “10-20-40" She’s a former model, she’s a current fan of Kingdom…
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Long story short: I’m too exhausted to be a workaholic anymore
January 28, 2019By: Hailey Findlay In my first year of university, I developed my first addiction: coffee. It wasn’t so much that I liked the taste. What I really latched onto was more the wide-eyed, jittery energy. If I scheduled my cups just right,…
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SFU changes its emergency protocol in light of previous campus incidents
January 28, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor On January 23, Simon Fraser University Safety and Risks Services (SRS) announced that it has changed its emergency protocol and added new safety services for the SFU community. The new emergency protocol states that in urgent situations, SFU students,…
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I went clubbing to a Vancouver goth club and those goths know how to party
January 26, 2019By: Winona Young, Arts Editor The line is a sea of fetish wear, messy black eyeshadow and even messier hair — this seemed to be the unofficial dress code to get into Vancouver’s newest clubbing event, the Coffin Club at…
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Othniel Spence talks basketball, faith, and identity
January 26, 2019If it weren’t for a fractured left fifth metatarsal in his senior year of high school, Othniel Spence would likely not be playing basketball for SFU. He was being recruited by mid-major schools in the states, as well as schools…
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