Browsing Tag Dan Pinese
local: Candlelight vigil for Darfur to encourage youth involvement
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseCanadian Students for Darfur, an organisation started by Simon Fraser University students, is organising a candlelight vigil to raise awareness and promote possible solutions for the refugees of the ongoing situation in Darfur. On July 30, 2005, representatives from all major federal political parties and student groups will be speaking from 6-10 p.m. at more...
campus: CJSF to go queer
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseA full day of programming at CJSF 90.1 FM, Simon Fraser University's campus radio station, will be devoted to queer-related issues. On Saturday, August 6, 2005, programming will range from queer hip-hop artists to discussion geared at analysing fairy tales from a queer perspective. This annual event, entitled HomoPhono, according to Shayma Cambridge, more...
campus: SFSS releases AGM plans, agenda
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseThe Simon Fraser Student Society has released its plan and recommended bylaw changes for the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Plagued by past failures to meet and sustain quorum - the number of students needed to pass proposed bylaws - the SFSS is confident this year's plan will succeed. The PlanThis year's AGM will be held on September 28, 2005, and, more...
campus: Higher Grounds gets a face lift
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseRenovations to the Higher Grounds coffee shop took shape this past week. The renovations, which will be done for the upcoming fall semester, will improve the shop's previously hectic customer environment. According to Ana Kresina, Simon Fraser Student Society treasurer, the renovations have been a longstanding issue for past and present SFSS boards. "The more...
Into the room
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan Pinese"Relax. Your goal is to identify the shape that doesn't belong. You will be presented with an arrangement of shapes on a computer screen, and inside of these shapes will be an "L" or an "R," representing left and right. You are also given corresponding computer mice, one to your left and one to your right. Either circles or squares will be arranged in a more...
campus: Rwandan ambassador to speak at Harbour Centre
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseRwandan ambassador to Canada, Eugene Munyakayanza, will be speaking at Simon Fraser University as a part of his Western Canadian tour. The discussion will be aimed at furthering Rwandan redevelopment and reconstruction. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Simon Fraser Student Society and SFU International, will be held on July 14, 2005, at SFU's Habour more...
SFU Surrey: Security problems at Surrey Central prompt concerns
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseDue to the recent acts of violence that have occurred at the Surrey Central SkyTrain station and bus loop, Simon Fraser University's Surrey Campus has issued a safety warning in order to quell the concerns of faculty, staff, and students. Terry Lavender, communications manager at SFU Surrey, who issued the memo to staff, faculty, and students, wrote that SFU more...
campus: Students’ private information leaked
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseAn order form commonly used in the ordering procedure at Chartwells eateries on campus mistakenly contained 20 Simon Fraser University student names and their corresponding student numbers on its reverse side. The order form was brought to the attention of The Peak and the accidental disclosure of student information is being seen as a violation of students' more...
editor’s voice: Deep thwarted
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseWhat do Peter Parker and Clark Kent have in common? It's sort of a trick question. They have many things in common, but I am only looking for three: besides being alter egos of well-known superheroes, they also both work for newspapers, and both used their superhero alter egos for profit. In both cases, they had an inside scoop. Imagine coming into the more...
campus: SFU approves international student lounge
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Dan PineseThe construction of a new international student lounge has been approved by Simon Fraser University. The new lounge, which will occupy the now vacant space next to Simon C's convenience store in the Academic Quadrangle, will do away with past concerns currently held by some international students. Simon Fraser Student Society President and international more...
