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Zoom took me hostage (again)
November 25, 2021By: Carter Hemion, Humour Editor October 4 10:27 a.m.: Oh fuck. My transcript stopped working two minutes ago and the text is glitched. I feel like I’m seeing Zoom through those drunk goggles they made us wear in seventh grade health class. My boss has been talking for ten minutes straight, but I just cannot deal with Zoom. Did they just say “goodbye!” or “go die!”? 10: 34 a.m.: Neither of us can get out. When their Zoom glitched at the beginning, I started a new meeting, but now I can’t end it. I should have known it was doomed…
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Zoom is distorting your self-image
September 20, 2021by Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer As COVID-19 numbers began to rise in March 2020, school, work, and social events suddenly went remote, converging on one app: Zoom. After nearly 18 months of Zoom, some users are beginning to notice an…
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What will you miss about remote learning?
June 16, 2021building my schedule By Maya Beninteso While there are some aspects of remote learning I don’t like, there are a few perks I will miss. For one, I appreciate the flexibility of online classes and learning from the comfort of…
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Perfect Fit: Setting the atmosphere of your Zoom meeting
June 6, 2021By: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer Getting ready for your Zoom call is not just about your outfit, but the overall image your webcam portrays of you. There is a certain ambiance within your little Zoom box, and it can impact…
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Zoom isn’t angry, just disappointed
May 11, 2021By: Amrit Randhawa, SFU Student Conspiracy theories greatly endanger contemporary universities. Professors rightly assert rationality’s importance: no labs produced COVID-19 as a bioweapon, no ice walls border Earth's edge, and Zoom definitely understands everything we do. Indeed, Zoom has gained…
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SFU’s pandemic promises have not been actualized
March 26, 2021by Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer It’s been just over a year since we put campus life on hold and transferred our school lives online. It’s also been just over a year since SFU promised to maintain a certain standard for…
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The “Leave Meeting” button: The red forbidden fruit
March 23, 2021By: Nathan Tok / Peak Associate English 404W class. Week 2. When I first hath heard of Topics in Medieval Literature, I was told tales of its lethality, and its lethargy, of its length without end. My superiors uttered to…
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The lamentation of a co-op student’s failed speaker gig
March 1, 2021By: Subaig Bindra, SFU Student My co-op coordinator invited me to address a group of students on their orientation. I barely had any clue about what to say, only writing some lines a few minutes before the Zoom call. Me (nervous…
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Student has life-altering epiphany in the complete silence of a Zoom breakout group
September 13, 2020By: Zedd Strangelove, SFU Student Quarantine was in full swing, and due to my own poor choices, my classes were, too. The beginning of online lectures were rough enough with my HBO subscription providing me a 34-minute attention span. Three…
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A Zoom love story: How I fell in love within the confines of a 4x5cm box
September 10, 2020By Molly Lorette, Peak Associate Oh how the utter bliss from classes seems to have faded since the transition online! No, I'm not talking about the increased difficulty in communication, nor am I talking about the increased workloads and expectations…
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