A Society Peeling Apart?

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Notes from the latest SFSS board meeting

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News

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Amneet Mann / News Editor Srijani Datta / Assistant News Editor

September 10, 2018 news@the-peak.ca

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Arts

Winona Young / Arts Editor

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SFSS glossary

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ABANDONMENT (of a position):

According to by-law 17, a member of the board or the student council (see Glossary) is deemed to have abandoned their position if they are absent from two consecutive meetings without being authorized to do so by the board or council. Their position becomes vacant and must be filled in a by-election.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM):

A meeting that must be held before October 31 every fall term for all members of the SFSS. All members are eligible to vote at the AGM on business proposed by the board (for example: amendments to the SFSS’s constitution or to any by-laws). This is where the annual report of the board, the vice-president finance’s report, and the auditor’s report will be received. For more information, see by-law 11. The next AGM will be on September 24 at 1 p.m. at the Leslie & Gordon Diamond Family Auditorium.

Auditors Person who can access all documents and property from the society, board, employees, and members to audit the SFSS’ fiscal year and report their findings at the AGM. Think of them as the society’s outsider financial watchdog. They are appointed at every AGM.

BY-ELECTION:

An election called by the board to fill a vacant position. These can only be held once a year, in the fall (unless enough positions are vacant to affect quorum). They are also run according to their own set of election procedures.

COUNCIL (also known as ‘Student Council’ or ‘SFSS Council’):

Council is a group of students who meet at least once per semester.

According to by-law 8, they are “the primary medium for discussion of: a) Issues of importance to members in different faculties, departments, or schools at the University. b) Advocacy and other such matters of general interest to members of the Society.” You can think of the council as the SFSS’s ears and eyes within the student body, who help them figure out what their membership wants and needs. The councillors you’ll find in student council are representatives from constituency groups, faculty/ departmental student union representatives, and honourary members of the council (including SFSS directors) who may speak and attend meetings but who cannot vote and whose presence does not go towards quorum.

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CONSTITUENCY GROUP:

According to the SFSS’s website: “Elected, student-run bodies that represent undergraduate students that share an experience of oppression, systematic discrimination and/or barriers.” They are each represented at the student council by a councillor. Examples include the First Nations Student Association, Students United for Disability Support, or the Women’s Centre Collective.

DEPARTMENT STUDENT UNION: As detailed in by-law 10, groups who “represent undergraduate students within the University Departments.” They must meet regularly and have a written constitution and by-laws approved by the council.

FACULTY STUDENT UNION: According to

by-law 9 this is: a group of students whose goal it is to represent undergraduate students within a faculty. They are overseen by the board of directors.

MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE SOCIETY/OF THE SFSS: According to by-law 1, “a

person who satisfies the requirements of by-law 2 and has paid all fees, fines and penalties levied in accordance with these By-Laws or the Society’s regulations.”

RESIGNATION: According to by-law 17, a resignation is

one way that a position on the board or the council can become vacant. A member of the board or the council is also considered to have resigned if they cease to be a member in good standing of the SFSS.

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING: Similar to AGMs, but they are only held if a petition signed by at least 5% of the board’s membership is presented to the president or if two thirds of the board or the council agree to it.

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Arts

JUST BECAUSE THEY SWIPED RIGHT DOESN’T MAKE IT RIGHT. Sexual violence and misconduct can never be part of student life.

It will not be tolerated.

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Sports

Andrew Ringer / Sports Editor

September 10, 2018 sports@the-peak.ca

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Sports

Andrew Ringer / Sports Editor

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The main objective of the club is to “bring together a community with the shared interest of gaming, and provide that community with opportunities to make new friends as well as career and networking opportunities.”

Devon Zhao, president of the SFU eSports Association

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Aaron Richardson / Humour Editor

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It’s not me, it’s you I fell in love with your dog . . . not you

Written by Jennifer Low Illustrated by Carolyn Yip

Listen, we need to talk. I’ve kind of been feeling this way for a while and I didn’t know how to tell you, but enough is enough. I don’t think things are working out . . . with us. It’s not me — it’s you.

Let me just start off by saying that your Tinder profile was a picture of your dog. I fell in love with your dog . . . not you. In fact, of all the misleading things on your profile, of which there were definitely many, that picture of Rover was the cruelest.

Honestly, I should have known from our first date that you would be terrible to me. I think you paid more attention to that meatball on your plate than when I was opening up to you about how horrible my ex had been to me and the rest of my difficult past. When I was talking about the turmoil of my eighth-grade science project, I think you might have even yawned . . . although maybe you were just miming eating your stupid meatball. It hurt me so much, especially in retrospect, because throughout this relationship I have always listened to your problems and supported your interests.

In every relationship, there’s something that your partner does that annoys you. Some people are annoyed when their significant other plays video games, or works out at the gym too much, or studies more often than hanging out with them, but you? You collect pinecones. I barely even know how to react to that.

Honestly, I can’t even count all the parks to which I willingly drove you so you could go and collect samples.

At first I thought it was cute how outdoorsy you were and how much you cared about the environment. But I barely saw you all autumn because you were too busy, and every time we did talk, all you did was talk about your pinecone collection. I tried to be supportive; I even went with you to that pinecone convention where there were only three people in attendance . . . including us.

When I discovered my passion for writing, you weren’t in the least bit supportive. When I completed my first manuscript, you never even read it. I know you don’t like to read, but I thought doing it for me would be the exception. Speaking of that manuscript, the whole time I was writing it, you refused to give me space. As soon as I got busy, you suddenly became so needy and insisted on texting me in five-minute intervals. Messages like: “What are you doing now?” and “Now?” flooded my inbox.

Maybe it was when I started to ignore them that you met someone else.

You could have at least had the decency to tell me about them in person. I still can’t believe I had to find out via your Snapchat Streak. At first, I thought it was an accident and that you would suddenly come clean to me, but it happened on seven separate occasions . . . featuring seven different people. My mother always hated you, and honestly, she was definitely right.

By the way, the other day when you saw me outside your house, I was only there to visit Rover. He is the only reason I still watch your Instagram story.

We’re done.

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