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Justin Traviss is taking political science from the classroom to city hall
October 8, 2018By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Name: Justin Traviss Pronouns: He/him/his Hometown: Port Coquitlam, B.C. Major: Political science Fun fact: He loves Dungeons and Dragons Port Coquitlam is one of those Vancouver-adjacent cities you don’t think about much if you’re not from there. But it has its charm — just like its residents, particularly those of us who attend SFU. As a PoCo-raised boy myself, it was a pleasure to chat with Justin Traviss, a fourth-year political science student aiming to be elected as one of Port Coquitlam’s six city councillors on October 20. Perched at a patio table at…
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Seven-Minute Majors: Find out what SFU students like about their majors (Part Two)
September 28, 2018By: Melanie Hiepler, Nicky Magas, Aaron Richardson (Humour Editor), Nicky Magas, Zach Siddiqui (Copy Editor), Henry Tran (Peak Associate), and Hillary Ta Behavioural neurosciences Behavioural neuroscience (BNS) is a unique combination of psychology and biomedical physiology courses. You learn about human…
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What Grinds Our Gears: SFU Mail
September 20, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor I appreciate the attempts to keep SFU platforms up-to-date and relevant, and SFU Mail is really cool in some ways, but I really don’t know why we needed it. With SFU Connect, I wasn’t…
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Board Shorts
August 17, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor The board approved a recommendation to impeach president Jas Randhawa to be made at the upcoming annual general meeting, and discussed related matters. The board approved $1528.07 for an SFSS move-in barbecue…
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Board Shorts
August 16, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor The board approved an agreement with the Alma Mater Society (AMS) of UBC regarding the Welcome Back BBQ Many details of the SFSS-AMS partner event were elucidated through this agreement. SFU students are…
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Board Shorts: a recap of the SFSS presidential impeachment discussion
August 15, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor At the SFSS’s August 14 emergency board of directors meeting, the board approved a motion to place a resolution to impeach SFSS president Jas Randhawa onto the agenda of an upcoming annual general…
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Losing Fall Kickoff, and jumping on board with UBC’s welcome-back, is a mistake
July 23, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Seeing how far one snag in event planning has snowballed, I wonder . . . when chaos theory pioneer Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect,” what was his real inspiration? Did his alma…
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Board Shorts
July 8, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor, with notes from Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Board discusses various dates to hold Fall Kickoff concert The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) discussed potential dates to hold their annual Fall Kickoff concert, and…
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Track-by-Track: Watching the Sky by Sheppard
June 8, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Courtney Miller, Zach Siddiqui, Natasha Tar "Watching the Sky" Alex Bloom: I feel like I’m listening to the soundtrack of some inspiring, feel-good Pixar film about an animal. Courtney Miller: I’m not a big believer in intro songs…
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Muslim holidays and what they mean to SFU students
May 17, 2018By: Amal Javed Abdullah (Staff Writer), Hamza Malik (SFU Student), Ali Najaf(SFU Student), and Zach Siddiqui (Copy editor), compiled by Gabrielle McLaren (Features editor) Dates to remember for 2018 – Zach Siddiqui Ramadan: May 15—June 14. Due to the dates…
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