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We have to pay better attention to who and what has access to our data
January 19, 2020By: Connor Stephenson, SFU Student Few of us, if any, read user agreements prior to entering personal information or allowing applications to track our location. This is incredibly convenient for data corporations. The legal requirements for your explicit consent are camouflaged in microscopic print that seems to go on for pages and pages. As such, we are basically signing away our privacy rights, all to access the latest trend in smartphone applications. A recent New York Times op-ed outlined how location tracking services embedded in smartphone apps are being archived and disseminated by data corporations. The thought of this occurring without…
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Arguments can’t be “pro-life” if concern for life ends at birth
November 10, 2019By: Meera Eragoda, SFU Student It all started during Clubs Days when I was wandering the booths. As I approached one, a member who was explaining the club to a passerby turned to include me in her explanation: “We’re SFU’s pro-life…
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Month of Welcome is about more than just free stuff
September 30, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Month of Welcome is an exciting time for students. With an abundance of resources, freebies, and activities being thrown their way, it’s one of the only times students can freely enjoy university without drowning in assignments,…
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It’s not worth complaining about not getting to use the new SUB
September 28, 2019By: Gene Cole, Peak Associate The new Student Union Building (SUB) has been in construction for the entire time I’ve been a student at SFU, breaking ground in 2016 and continuing development ever since. Its delays have essentially become a…
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Hong Kong students need to have a safe platform to express their views
September 1, 2019By: Tommy, SFU Alum Where can we, Hongkongers, speak? In early August, a group of Hong Kong students created a “Lennon Wall” of solidarity on the message board outside of the Bennett Library. They hoped to provide a platform for others…
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Keep an eye out for art you may not expect along the 95 B-Line
August 31, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief My roommate was born and raised in Vancouver, so I asked her if she knew the story behind the stuffed animal tree one day as our bus drove by it. The tree, dripping with stuffed animals,…
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Universities need to rethink their finances in the interest of equity
August 30, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Back in July the Vancouver Sun published a list of the top 10 highest paid public executives in B.C., along with a detailed breakdown of their compensation packages. Of the ten, four were university executives,…
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