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| 12:01 am | 0 CommentBy David Dyck Board addresses concerns about facilities The board approved a letter drafted by URO Jeff McCann addressed to SFU VP-finance and administration Pat Hibbitts, which addressed several concerns that the society has about “access to invoices, information relating to project quotes, and timely feedback opportunities.” It suggested that facilities post more...
SFSS board shorts
| 12:04 am | 0 CommentBy David Dyck Negotiations approved for new food vendors The Atrium cafeteria will be seeing new food vendors coming in as renovations on the space continue. Two of the vendors that the board has approved for the renovated area are Opa!, a Greek food vendor, and Chartwells, for a Denny’s Fresh Express. “We think that the brand recognition and the amount of foot more...
SFSS staff member resigns
| 12:01 am | 1 CommentsBy David Dyck After 32 years, Hattie Aitken leaves the society After over 30 years of working with the Simon Fraser Student Society, policy and university relations coordinator Hattie Aitken has resigned from her position. “I have worked for the society for 32 years, and made the decision in the last few weeks that I would be leaving work. My last day of work is more...
McCann leaves controversial year behind
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By David Dyck Outgoing SFSS president speaks with The Peak about the lockout, the CFS settlement, and more At the beginning of this month, after completing his term as president of the Simon Fraser Student Society in one of the most controversial years in SFSS history, Jeff McCann has left the presidency to take the position of university relations officer in the more...
Halo webseries filmed on Burnaby campus?
| 10:59 am | 2 Comments
By David Dyck [gallery] Last week, overachieving students who were on campus a week early were confronted with Burnaby Mountain yet again being used as the set for a nerdy television show, this time likely a web series based on the adventures of Master Chief, a character from the popular videogame Halo. The Peak was unable to get any interviews with more...
First Nations studies granted departmental status
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By Graham Cook Upgrade means greater financial autonomy and increased enrolment for First Nations studies Following a recent SFU senate decision, the First Nations studies program has been given department status effective April 1, 2012, to be placed within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. According to its website, the department “offers courses in the more...
SFSS ends handbooks
| 4:22 pm | 1 CommentsBy David Dyck The SFSS board of directors last week decided to discontinue making and handing out yearly handbooks to undergraduate students. The handbooks include a weekly and monthly schedule, as well as a listing of services that the SFSS provides. The executive committee has tasked SFSS communications coordinator Stijn Daenens with making recommendations for more...
FASC recommends 30k for men’s centre
| 4:21 pm | 8 CommentsBy David Dyck Last Wednesday, the financial and administrative services committee for the Simon Fraser Student Society unanimously passed a recommendation that approximately $30,000 be put aside for the creation of a men’s centre. Treasurer Keenan Midgley initiated the project. He told The Peak that the proposed center is meant to be a space where men can discuss more...
SUB conscious
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By David Dyck and Kelly Thoreson A Student Union Building has been on the minds of undergraduates for years. How come we never hear about it? Eleven per cent of undergraduate students determined the fate of a $65-million project this year. The Build SFU referendum question, calling for a levy and appropriation of funds to construct a student union building at more...
