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September 28, 2009
Features
Learning to FOiPOP during Right to Know Week
By Mark Weiler
September 28 to October 2 is International Right to Know Week. It is a time to celebrate freedom of information legislation that in the blink of an eye ...
Water, water everywhere, now let's all have a drink
By Maia Britt Odegaard
Homer’s not the only one who got this saying wrong; I see people every day eagerly wasting water like it’s going out of style. Sure, you think to ...
Buying a Solution
By Dennis Yeun
One thing about studying in the faculty of the arts and social sciences in university, or maybe just any area of post-secondary education in general, is that ...
Humour
Tips on not hating Two-and-a-Half Men
By Colin Sharp
September is one of my favourite months of the year. There are lots of reasons to like September. I love returning to school and breathing in the fresh ...
Arts
Out with Dad
By Maxwell Lamb
Counting Crows in 1996. First concert with my father. He advises me that the show has gone over the hill when the freaky women start dancing, “Any second now, ...
Five Days of Knee Slapping
By Leigh Eldridge
The Vancouver International Improv Festival runs from September 29 to October 3. For more details, please visit InstantTheatre.com/Fest.
...From Traffic and Into Your Ears
By Adam Nowek
Two Hours Traffic will be performing at the Biltmore Cabaret on October 1 to promote their new album, Territories. For more information, please ...
Ill-informed
By Cam Smith
Almost precisely a decade ago Matt Damon, in The Talented Mr. Ripley, disappeared into the chameleon-like skin of a sociopathic serial killer who was intent ...
Stuff hipsters sort of like
1. Regional Assembly of Text
The Regional Assembly of Text is the most adorable little stationary and gift store located on Main ...
News
Thirteen more schools want out of the CFS
By Sam Reynolds
The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) could soon be short another 13 members, if all goes according to the plans of petition organizers across ...
Library starting multicultural digitization project
By David Dyck
The SFU library is gearing up to take on a large-scale digitization project, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the federal Department of Canadian Heritage ...
Changes to IEC policies will affect future commissions
By Kendra Wong, News Editor
Last Monday, the Simon Fraser Student Society appointed the new independent electoral commission for this semester’s by-elections for student ...
Political science department in leadership “emergency”
By David Proctor, Associate News Editor
SFU’s troubled department of political science received a shock last week when the faculty learned that Eric Hershberg, the planned future department ...
Post-secondary news shorts
By David Proctor, Associate News Editor
High schools “failing” future postsecondary students
OTTAWA — A Statistics Canada report about persistence in post-secondary ...
Sustainability conversion could force schools to redirect money from students to buildings
By Kendra Wong, News Editor
The B.C. government originally introduced the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act in 2008 as part of the provincial Climate Action Plan to reduce ...
International Day of Peace showcases student musicians
By James Lim
In a collective effort to generate campus awareness about the International Day of Peace, several student groups gathered in the Convocation Mall at the ...
Sports
New era begins for SFU athletics
By Chad Klassen
The announcement of SFU’s acceptance into the NCAA came in July, but the looming uncertainty about next season was answered with great enthusiasm as ...
Women's Soccer: Ladies getting back on the mend
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
Having competed the first half of what has been a gruelling season accompanied by road trips and tough matchups with top-five teams in the NAIA, the ...
Men's Soccer: Clan ready to battle with Spartans
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
The Clan continue to stake their claim towards a NAIA national championship by securing their third and fourth wins in a row, annihilating whatever ...
Football: Dinos turn back clock on Clan
By Chad Klassen
It was over before you could even blink. The much-anticipated Hardy Cup rematch turned into a depressing case of déjà vu for the SFU Clan (2-2) in their ...
Hockey: New additions have bolstered Clan roster
By Kamil Karamali
In a league such as the British Columbia Intercollegiate League (BCIHL), teams must not only improve their style of play to keep up with their ...
Athlete of the Week: Weigl a force from the right . . . and the left
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
SFU women’s basketball forward Laurelle Weigl was recently named to play for the Canadian national women’s team for the upcoming FIBA Americas championship ...
Olympics: Klassen on the hunt for more gold
By Ramesh Ranjan, Promotions Coordinator
When Cindy Klassen started her career in ice hockey she hoped to become a gold medalist. She did just that, but playing in a different event: long track ...
Opinions
Heathcliff's Notes: Jane Austen is my homegirl
By Sarah Arboleda, Columnist
Before anyone starts to think that I’m just trashing old lauded literature to be edgy or hip, do allow me to devote this week’s column to the Goddess of ...
The revisionist history department
By Jonathon Van Maren
Why has the history of Western Civilization been whittled down to an “intellectual” rant howling about the historic mistreatment of minorities? I have ...
Editor's Voice: A “hipster” strikes back
By Adam Cristobal, Arts Editor
Over the past little while, I have heard quite a bit of praise for the last instalment of Zorn Pink’s “Instant Classic,” [The Great Hipsteritis ...
Campus View: Showcasing campus community
By Fraser Nelson, Photo Editor
Community can be defined as a group of people united through the pursuit of a common goal. Whether this goal is to pass an exam, score a goal, or to figure ...
TIFF protesters show ignorance, discrimination
By Sam Reynolds
In celebration of its 100th anniversary, this month’s Toronto International Film Festival highlighted the city of Tel Aviv, and has drawn a boycott by a ...
Hey profs: Man up, and make us work
By Erika Zell, Copy Assistant
I love a good GPA-boosting class as much as the next guy, but these types of courses border very, very closely with one of my biggest pet peeves ...
Four minutes of astute observations
By Jonathan Dick
September 15, 12:21 p.m. 21 degrees
I’m standing at the transit exchange, waiting for the 143, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I ...
The Board is still a problem
By Matthew Steinbach
Last week, David Dyck wrote a piece defending the SFSS [Give the SFSS a break, September 21], and his argument hinged on the idea that the SFSS provides ...