K'naan disappoints at World Peace Day 2010

My fingers are frozen from the cold air. I'm dressed up in (pretty spiffy if I say so myself) dancing clothes, ticket clutched in my fist.I am, like over three hundred of my fellow students at SFU, attending a charity concert for World Peace Day 2010, eagerly awaiting a...

Prince Charles Partners with SFU despite "Sexual Harassment" Ring

Prince Charles shakes hands with President Michael Stevenson at the Simon Fraser University Wosk Center for Dialogue, despite Stevenson's failure to dialogue about SFU's well-publicized history of allegedly...

Prince Charles Partners with SFU despite "Sexual Harassment Ring"

Photo:  Prince Charles shakes hands with SFU President Michael Stevenson during his November visit to CanadaDespite the 'social responsibility' theme of their Canadian tour, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Dutchess of Cornwall, made an official visit to Simon...

Vancouver’s Annual Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon boating first appeared in Vancouver two decades ago at Expo’86 as a demonstration sport. However, dragon boating originated long before Expo’86 in China over 2000 years ago.  This racing sport consists of 20 paddlers, a steerer and a drummer in a long...

SFU Burnaby VS SFU Surrey!

Earlier this month, my friend and I got into a heated debate about which SFU campus we should take our Financial Accounting class in. “Hey Kelvin, where do you think you are going to take your BUS 251 course?  I am going to enroll in the Surrey Campus, its unique...

Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus: The Best Experience Ever!

The transition from high school to university can be a very nerve-racking experience for quite a few students.  For a lot of young people, it represents an entrance point into adult life, and an...

Was Locating SFU Surrey Above Central City Mall a Good Idea?

In 2002, Simon Fraser University decided to make a branch campus in Surrey. Currently, the campus is located in Central City Mall, Surrey Central, right above the mall. The location of the campus made it...

Embracing Uncertainty: The SFU Improv Club

When one goes to SFimprov, they can expect a number of things: fun people, crazy antics, an engaging environment, and of course, a great time. These are the key elements SFU's recently formed improv club has been...

SFU SFSS Elections

Election season has arrived and there are many students unaware of the representatives, the slate they represent or even what the election is for. Being a first year student at Simon Fraser Surrey Campus I did not...

Choice in Operating Systems: Why not?

SFU Surrey is an extremely modern campus focused on technology, with students specializing in a variety of fields including Mechatronics, Interactive Arts, and Computing Science. With such a strong technological student base it would be expected that our campus would provide...

Interesting commutes to university

One of the main attractions of attending classes at Simon Fraser University (Surrey Campus) is its location at the heart of Surrey city. Its close proximity to the junction of bus stations and Skytrain stations is a major plus for students, the majority of whom live outside...

Will SFU Students Ever Have a Spring Break?

                It’s finally the middle of March ‘09 and for some, it’s also time for spring break. On March 17th, many students across...

The not so healthy vending machine...

          Many institutes today are switching their vending machines to only include a healthy selection. With the growing concern of obesity in North America, this naturally appears to be an excellent idea. A healthy future is...

SFU Surrey students need more parking stalls.

Does the following image look familiar to you? Well, if you are the owner of a vehicle, I am certain that you have obtained several of these throughout your driving history. I, personally, have been...

Webbing Your Votes For The Election

Those that live in a democratic nation are given the right to vote for an elected official to represent them and their views to a larger government body that is formed through these same votes. This has been an age-long tradition since the invention of democracy. However,...

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