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| 12:55 am | 0 CommentWestern University referendum hacked Referendum questions for Western University’s student council elections were hacked on Valentine’s Day by a prankster student who asked voters to choose a new haircut for Justin Bieber, and renamed the vote to the “university erection”. The university insists that no votes were changed but will be holding a more...
SFU axes Latin American studies major
| 12:54 am | 0 CommentBy David Dyck On February 6, SFU senate voted to dissolve the Latin American studies (LAS) major and joint major program. The rationale presented at the meeting stated: “We must do this because in recent years we have lost most of the faculty who teach in this program, making it impossible for us to offer the courses students require in order to complete the more...
BASS board of governors instituted
| 12:52 am | 0 Comment<strong>By <a href="http://www.the-peak.ca/tag/jennifer-bednard">Jennifer Bednard</a></strong> President addresses concerns that the new structure may be less democratic Students in the Business Administration Student Society will be seeing some changes to the process of appointing officials to the executive council. As of more...
Imaging tool maps muscles in 3D
| 12:47 am | 0 Comment<strong>By <a href="http://www.the-peak.ca/tag/alison-roach">Alison Roach</a></strong> The project makes it easier to look at contracted muscles by speeding up the imaging process James Wakeling, an associate professor of engineering and kinesiology at SFU, has developed a program with graduate student Manku Rana: a new, innovative, more...
SFSS builds “think tank” for SUB consultations
| 12:11 am | 0 CommentBy Ariane Madden The space will be used to introduce the student union building and gain support from the student body. As part of an ongoing bid to garner student support for a future student union building through consultations called Build SFU, the Simon Fraser Student Society has built a special “think tank” in Maggie Benston Centre in what used to be more...
BoG election results announced
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Graham Cook In last week’s election, Arry Dhillon and Andreas Pilarnos were elected to represent the student body on the SFU Board of Governors for a 12-month term beginning June 1. In his campaign, Pilarnos emphasized his past experience with the SFU Senate, the Research Ethics Board, and EnvisionSFU. Former two-time board representative Dhillon referred to a more...
Tanning is out?
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By Ljudmila Petrovic Local cancer groups fight to ban indoor tanning The Canadian Cancer Society’s B.C. and Yukon division is fighting to establish what they consider long-overdue legislation that will make it illegal for those less than eighteen years of age to use indoor tanning. Their “Tanning is Out” initiative addresses rising concerns in the province, more...
SFU entrepreneurs face off in competition
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By Michael Brophy Texts 4 Health winner develops technology to help practitioners communicate with patients using mobile phones The fourth annual Coast Capital Venture Prize Competition finals, which saw SFU business students competing for $5,000 in cash prizes, took place on February 11 at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business. The eleven teams were vying more...
SFU students help restore burned museum
| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy Sahira Memon Chase museum damaged as a result of arson An SFU archeological conservation class is traveling to Chase, B.C. to help restore and conserve precious artifacts that were charred and damaged in two fires at the Chase and District Museum and Archives. “We had the opportunity to do other projects but the 14 of us felt as though we would have a better more...
UVic anti-abortion club loses public space privileges
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By Brandon Rosario University of Victoria Students’ Society board votes to censure and suspend group’s booking privileges for public spaces Victoria (CUP) — After more than three months of committee deliberation, the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) has passed a motion disciplining UVic’s anti-abortion club, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), more...
