Lorne Davies, SFU’s first athletic director and inaugural football coach, passed away last night in St. Paul’s hospital from illness related to his heart and kidneys. “Lorne meant everything to SFU athletics — it was his life’s work,” said Milton Richards, SFU’s senior director of
Woodward’s To raise awareness of First Nations culture and history, “Validating 500 Years of First Nation History” came to the Talking Stick Festival held at SFU’s Goldcorp Center for the Arts on February 22. The unique, experimental-learning theatre piece was created by Métis artist Suzanne
On March 28, SFU students’ local haunt, the Mountain Shadow Pub, will close its heavy wooden double doors for the last time. A frequent favourite of SFU students and the North Burnaby community since its establishment on June 23, 1984, the pub — fondly referred
Would you donate your organs? Should you be able to choose where they go after you die? These tough questions and others were discussed at a talk given earlier this month by BC Transplant at SFU, coordinated by the SFU Health Ethics Club. Held in
Have you ever experienced discrimination because of your race or ethnicity? If so, you are not alone, as was made clear at an event on campus this week called “Pardon Me For Being ________.” On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the Black Awareness Student Initiative Network (BASIN)
Concerned members of the SFU Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) presented their petition against the international student health and dental plan, Guard.me, to the SFU administration on the morning of Feb. 25. After collecting approximately 600 signatures from international students and community members, the group
Snowballs fight midterm blues at U of T Two University of Toronto students initiated a snowball fight event to help lighten the spirits of their fellow students during midterm season. The event was primarily promoted on Facebook and brought a crowd of approximately 400 students
It is April 3, 1968. Inside a homely hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee, renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. paces about anxiously as he struggles to write his next speech. He orders room service in order to escape his writers’ block, and a
In celebration of Chinese New Year, FlyOver Canada is presenting Flight of the Dragon, a flight simulation ride that takes participants soaring over China in addition to the regular program of flying over Canada. The 4D ride simulates the flight experience by having viewers strapped
George Balanchine is known as one of the most influential ballet choreographers of the 20th century, and his contemporary works range from experimental to exquisitely romantic. As one of the leading presenters of Balanchine’s work, Miami City Ballet was invited by Ballet BC to present