Browsing Month September, 2011
Arts Reviews September 26, 2011
| 3:47 pm | 0 CommentResistance 3 by Edward Mah Sony has always touted the Resistance franchise as a killer app in the PlayStation brand. Insomniac’s latest offering does push the series to new heights, but can’t quite compete with bigger and bolder modern shooters. The title picks up after the events of the second game with Joseph Capelli, a dishonoured former soldier. more...
Noise rock in the rectory
| 3:45 pm | 0 CommentBy Tristan Morris The first time I saw Sex Church was at the Astoria in June 2009 for Music Waste. In a sort of mix-matched line up of New Wave, punk and garage bands, Sex Church took stage with no costume or shtick and, rather quickly, began a 45-minute set that took no breaks and deafened the better half of the crowd. Over the course of those 45 minutes, more...
Greed: Is our lifestyle unsustainable?
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By Christopher Nichols The images of Somalis fleeing their famine-ravaged country have me conflicted. First and most obviously, I feel an immense sadness for the human suffering occurring on such a massive scale. I find it difficult to conceive being unmoved by such images. But perhaps more strikingly, I feel a lurch of disgust when I contrast these people’s state of more...
New fraternity attempted at SFU Burnaby
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By Graham Cook Following the March 7, 1966 report to the senate by the faculty council deeming fraternities unacceptable at Simon Fraser University, a student referendum was held on the matter later that month. The first students at the new university came out in droves to reject the motion to recognize fraternities. With the support of both the faculty council and more...
Is Envision SFU worth more than just laughs?
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Erika Zell As discussed in this week’s News section, Envision SFU is coming to a close. What is Envision SFU, you may ask? Good question. I’d love to tell you, but I’m not quite clear on that myself. Envision SFU is hard to define because it’s a project with no clear thesis, and it’s proving difficult to write about because there’s a real lack of more...
The SFSS just can’t afford CUPE’s demands
| 12:01 am | 9 CommentsBy Kyle Acierno I have always leaned left, politically speaking. During my career as a student politician I have organized events related to discrimination, student debt, and voting apathy. I am a known ally Out on Campus and the Women’s Centre and I have worked closely with the TSSU, GSS, and SFPIRG. These days, some members of these groups write slogans of more...
Bill Reid art gifted to SFU
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By Wendee Lang Iconic Haida artist and veritable Renaissance man Bill Reid created more than 1500 works of art over the course of his career, $10 million worth of which has been recently bequeathed to Simon Fraser University. The donation consists of 158 articles, numbering among them more than 40 pieces of Reid’s gold and silver jewelry, Mythic Messengers, a more...
Heartaches Anonymous
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy The Oracle MONTREAL (CUP) – Dear Oracle, My friend goaded me into placing a personals ad on Craigslist — so I did — and I surprisingly got lots of replies from people that all seem really cool. Here’s the kicker, though: I’ve never met any internet people in “real life” before. Is it weird? What do I do? How do I do more...
$7 million donation expands SFU Hellenic studies
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By Blake Frederick Simon Fraser University students interested in studying Greek culture will soon have increased course options thanks to a $7-million donation to the university. The donation was made by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which has had a strong partnership with SFU since jointly developing online Greek language courses in 2005. The donation includes more...
Kai Nagata speaks out against Canadian news broadcasting
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By Laura Mitchell “I quit TV news to make Canadian journalism better,” Nagata began at a public discussion last Thursday, led by a panel of industry professionals, on the current state of television news journalism. To many, 24-year-old Kai Nagata was living the dream as CTV’s Quebec City bureau chief. In July earlier this year, Nagata abruptly quit his job more...
