Tuition increase
Student selling soul on Facebook used textbook page — along with other irrelevant items
November 16, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer BURNABY, BC — Vadia Gondew, SFU student, failed co-op participant, and eternal debt-and-general-misery holder, is reportedly putting her soul up for sale on Facebook Marketplace, since no other resale site would accept the posting of such damaged goods. She made the post early last week on the “SFU Books ‘n Beedie Bitches” Facebook page and has already been “bumped” by 12 other interested SFU students — in the true style of business students making transactional connections in light of their inability to make true connections, for they too lack sufficient souls. “Used post-secondary student soul…
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What’s next for the SFSS after voting to condemn tuition increases
November 16, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer At the Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) Annual General Meeting (AGM), roughly 600 attendees voted in favour of condemning the university for tuition increases during the pandemic. Vice-President, Academic and Provost pro tem Jonathan…
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SFU proposes tuition increases for next two years
November 7, 2020Written by: Michelle Young, News Editor On November 6 2020, Vice-President, Academic & Provost pro tem Jonathan Driver and Vice-President, Finance & Administration Martin Pochurko announced in an email statement that “SFU’s Board of Governors approved a 2% increase for…
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Increasing tuition does nothing to support students
September 9, 2020by Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer As initially determined at the Board of Governors meeting on March 19, SFU has approved a 2% tuition fee hike (4% for international students, and upwards of 20% for specialized programs) for the 2020–21 Budget and…
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Student group Tuition Freeze Now presents at SFU Board of Governors meeting, boos board members out of room
March 25, 2019Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member The March 21 Board of Governors meeting was cut short following a passed motion to approve the new Budget and Financial plan, which includes tuition increases. Student advocacy group Tuition Freeze Now presented…
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