SFU is Going to Hell in a Handbasket

University drops crosses on coat of arms
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 | 1:59 PM ET
CBC News

Simon Fraser University is getting rid of the two crosses on its coat of arms, saying they sent the wrong message to international students.

The Burnaby-based university is replacing the crosses at the top of the coat of arms with images of open books.

A spokesman for Simon Fraser University says the two crosses on the 40-year-old coat of arms creates 'confusion.'

Warren Gill, SFU's vice-president of university relations, said the crosses created the wrong impression.

"For some people, particularly internationally, the crosses were seen to identify us as a private religious institution as opposed to a secular public one, and a lot of our international folks were getting that back.

"If our name was the University of Burnaby, it probably wouldn't have conveyed the same thing, but named for a person it caused some confusion internationally."

Gill said the new coat of arms will still have the Fraser shield, in honour of explorer Simon Fraser.

He also said the old symbol will remain on the university's buildings.

The current coat of arms was approved in 1965.

The new design has been in the works for 18 months, said Gill, and is expected to be approved by the Canadian Heraldic Authority by May.

I'm so sick and tired of all the BULL SHIT that SFU whips up. You are wiping away what little history that SFU has build up in 40 years just so you can get a few more international students? Why do we need international students who are so stupid that they think SFU is a Christian institution, just because we have two crosses on our crest? Why do we need international students who are that ignorant of the impact of Christianity on western civilization to see past the pair of crosses as religious symbols? Why do we need even more international student who are too wussy to ASK the recruiter about our crest?

SW:Kotor beaten

W00t, I've completed Knights of the Old Republic as the Light side. I have to say, I really enjoyed this game, especially the story. I definitely know how to tweak my character now for my second run through it as the Dark side.

I thing I didn't like though is how useless a lot of the characters are. Blaster become absolutely useless once the game leaves Taris so you will ignore all the non-Jedi characters (with the exception of Zaalbar--that thing is a TANK). This also makes all the armour useless as Jedi robes are so much better for Jedi's. Even so, all the upper class armour gives pitiful dexterity bonuses that it doesn't make sense to use them even if you non-Jedi.

I also had gathered up such a HUGE bunded of items that it got pretty ridiculous--99+ first aid kits for example. Nevertheless, I never would've beaten the game if it wasn't for all the stims I've collected throughout the game. It was only during this last battle that I figured out I can pause the action, go into the item menu, and use an item INSTANTLY!!! OMG I would've NEVER beaten Malak without know this. Hahaha, the whole battle went something like Force Wave/Critical Strike, use a stim/Force Shield/Force Immunity, Force Wave/Critical Strike, use a stim/Force Shield/Force Immunity... ops my character got stunned, use a a med kit :). All the other boss battles were similar, except my Wishdom was high enough with the Star Forge Robes that I can put Bastila on Stasis and whack away at her. Damn Malak's DC is just too high for Stasis.

With the exception that there is too much (slow) walking in certain parts of the game (ahem... Manann Underwater Station and Tatoonie desert), Kotor is great game.

4.330 Semester w00t!!!

Haha yes you DO have a sexy limp; sorry for not going to class but your lectures were just too boring :).

Man 2006 has been a pretty sweet year for me. I got a cool co-op job, survived ACMA, won a whole bunch of contests (Xbox 360, SFU Co-op), and most likely passed 3 SOAs. Hurrrah for me!!!

To a great 2007 and Merry Christmas to everyone :).

Star Trek Legacy

What a shitty game. Why is it so hard to get a decent Star Trek game?!?

It is a stupid simplistic game wrapped up in some pretty graphics; that is it. the gameplay is boring and I have no idea why we don't get to see INSIDE the ships during the cutscenes. Instead, we hear Scott Bakula's ugly voice while the camera pans around the Enterprise... oh I meant the Akira class rip-off. Why did they cripple the skimish mode? Why didn't they allow me to set up the ENEMY fleet for scenarios? Why is sub-system targetting so farked up? Why is there only one shield quadrant and why do shields magically goes back to full power when the hull is at critical? WHY IS THIS GAME SO SUCKY!?!??!!!

EDIT:
So now I've finished the campaign and beat the game. Wow. What a sucky story, not to mention that it makes little sense. Nor the fact that the game is surprising short. And of course, I experienced some of the suckiest gameplay. The campaign can be summed up in something like this: transfer power to weapons, use WSAD to move ship to enemy, warp if desired, then hold left mouse button to fire phasers once target is in range. You can pretty much fire continously since you've transfered all power to the weapons. Oh fire some photons too when there is a red reticle. Lastly, that shoot the planetary debris mission SUCKED ass!

And oh the Borg has no shields!!! Photons eat through their ships like what the rain does to snow in Vancouver.

Ups... and Downs

Ups:
1) I finally for my Xbox 360 in the mail!!! And I'm going to get TWO games instead of ONE because Forza has been delayed.
2) I won $50 bucks from SFU Coop Community!!!
3) I get a sick day!!!


Downs:
1) I had an extraction of my #1 and #16 molars. Owwie...
2) Another firm decided that they don't wanna make me an offer. Damn.

LOL - Sledgehammer + WD40 = BOOM!!!

Man I hope people like him don't live long enough to reproduce.

A weekend of movies

I feel so spoiled.

Instead of studying like all my other SFU buddies, I spent the whole weekend watching movies. As a matter of fact, I'm watching Battlestar Galactica on Dailymotion right now. And in the language of Galactica, it's facking awesome.

Let's do a run down of the film I watched/rewatched:
1) Spaceballs
Some parts of it is cute, borderline funny, though definitely not out right hilarious. Dark Helmet is probably the star of the film. What bugs me though is how Vespan's dress manages to keep her breasts covered, despite always having one shoulder strap down on her arm :).

2) The Returner
Deliver these line in Engrish: "Our most powerful weapons are having no effect!" and "I am on my return." However, if you ignore dumb lines like these and the apparent illogical plot, it's actually a pretty cool gun flick. The one thing that the Japanese know how to do well is transforming X into Y and make it look cool. From Macross to a harrier/747 to a alien space ship in The Return, no one does transformers better than the Japanese.

3) Star Trek: First Contact
Clearly First Contact is the most balanced Trek film of all the Trek films. It has cool action and a good delivery of Roddenbery's vision for the future of humanity. Seeing the warp ship's nacelles extending, Data saying "Resistance is futile", or Worf saying "Assimilate this" before blowing up the deflector dish, just almost makes me want to cheer "Yeah eat that BORG!" I know people always like to make fun of the scene where Lily confronted Picard about his drive for revenge. Personally I thought that scene was great. I think people are just not used to seeing dark side of Picard, who is usually portrayed as the captain that is furthest to the "light" side of the spectrum. I guess I'm just not a true believer of an utopian future. I loved it when DS9 explored the darker sides of humanity and likewise in BSG.

In closing, here is a excerpt from the awesomeness that is BSG:
"Let me be straight with you here. The human race is about to be wiped out. We have 50,000 people left and that's it. Now, if we are even going to survive as a species, then we need to get the hell outta here and we need to start having babies."