Browsing Tag Megan Simmer
Characters on campus – Mat X
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Megan SimmerEven though I sent him a vaguely frightening e-mail (I think I actually used the phrase, 'You don't know me, but I know you), Mat X was brave enough to consent to be interviewed. The Peak and SFU are pretty lucky to have Mat, since he could have been distracted in some of the other exotic places that he has called home: France, New Orleans, California, more...
Characters on campus: Fred Alexander Sharpe
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Megan SimmerWho is Fred Alexander Sharpe? He's the Kramer-esque (or perhaps Jughead Jones-ish, if he had the little hat) Ph.D. candidate from the Dill lab who has been doing work on Humpback whales for the past few years. His first degree was in botany, from the University of Washington, and his next project might just be dumpster-diving, though he hasn't decided what more...
Characters on campus – George Bowering
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Megan SimmerThis week's "More Than Just a Pretty Face" is Professor George Bowering. Dr. Bowering has been teaching at Simon Fraser for 25 years now, and he's had the anniversary dinner and the tacky SFU memorabilia to prove it. Until recently, he carried a very distinctive briefcase, covered in stickers from various places and of assorted athletics teams; something more...
Characters on campus – Dave Gronlie from the IMC
| 12:00 am | 0 CommentBy Megan SimmerThis is the first of a series of interviews with some of the people around our campus community that everyone recognizes or has heard about, but may not necessarily know. I'm on the lookout for these intriguing people, and will doggedly pursue them, with tape recorder in hand, in order to get an interview. My first victim/interviewee is Dave Gronlie. You more...
