Opinions
Come on Jake
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownAdd this to your list of stupid run-ins with traffic and security. On June 20th I came up to campus for one of my usual bi-weekly box clearings. I cycle up the hill and, of late, have been parking my bike behind the pub, chaining it to the south rail overlooking the construction zone below. Imagine my surprise, when upon leaving the pub after my business -- more...
$300, 000 Less in Tuition Fees
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownI would like to take this opportunity to praise President Stubbs and the Board Of Governors in their decision to award SFU's contract to the lowest bidding firm. This move shows that they are committed to cutting costs in our university and I encourage them to take more such actions in order to save money. We must remember that money saving actions such as more...
Think Again, Mr. Johal
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownI'd like to make a few comments about Michael Johal's letter (Peak, May 30). It seems to me that the Johal letter reaches the heart of the matter with the paragragh near the bottom of the first column that begins "Even assuming the .....". In this paragraph Johal acknowledges that justice cannot be unilaterally administered, because there is no way to more...
Autonomy Threatened
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownBarbara Copping Member of The Legislative Assembly Legislative Buildings V8V 1X4 Dear Barbara Copping: The Simon Fraser Student Society is vehemently opposed to the passing of Bill 22, particularly subsction 13.1, which states that college boards of governors can stop the collecting of fees if a student association: (a) does not comply with the Society more...
Do the Right Thing
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownIn the May 25th Forum meeting, student representatives voted strongly to support the former SFU janitorial staff, who have been unjustly treated by SFU's Board of Governors. The following motion was adopted by the Simon Fraser Student Society Forum: "THAT the Simon Fraser Student Society opposes the decision of the SFU Board of Governors which resulted in 60 more...
Response to Michael Johal
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownThis is in response to Michael Johal's letter in the May 30th issue of the Peak in which he casually belittled the "'right to life' of the 'unborn child' and referred to this important issue as one of several "groovey things" that included violence and bigotry. I am outraged by Mr. Johal's insulting, stereotypic portrayal of anti-abortionists. I am aware more...
Which Letter Did You Read?
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownWhen I first read Vern Huffman's rebuttal to my letter, I wondered if he had actually read the same letter that I wrote. The letter that I wrote did NOT question Dr. Prior's right to dissent. I did however, question her rationale to withold her taxes using the logic of supporting some sort of vague "peace" measures. I had hoped to prove that her (and all more...
Shafted
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownAn open letter to my shafted brothers and sisters at SFU. I am a janitor at the University of Windsor. Recently I have learned of your plight. As a janitor at a univerity I know what your job is like. Cleaning up puke spewed from some plebian , vulgar, low-bred, frosh geek. Getting taunts from students crossing picket lines. I have been there. However, more...
The Damned Administration
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownUniversity administrations are rarely user-friendly organizations, but the administration at SFU seems to have taken upon itself the task of becoming an icon of bureaucratic bungling and inefficiency. A case in point is the current system (and I use that word loosely) of processing student ID cards. I have had to obtain a new card on three different more...
Reply to Mr. Kim
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentAuthor unknownI'm writting in reply to Mr. Kim's recent letter. I resent the use of the deaths, wounds and hardships of Canadian troops in war zones to attempt to discourage the questioning and dissent such as that of Dr. Prior. Or anyone else for that matter. Recently, the mother of a Canadian soldier killed in the Balkans stated that she felt that she could't say more...
