By Julie Ovenell-Carter
Photography by Greg Ehlers

President Michael Stevenson will mount the stage in Convocation Mall one last time this spring to shake the hands of Simon Fraser University’s most recent graduates – some 2,600 of them.

THE PUNK COLLECTION

By Eric Swanick

The Vancouver Punk Collection began with a call to DOA’s Joey Keithley. After initially expressing surprise, Keithley did donate several CDs and posters.

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PAIN WITHOUT END? NOT NECESSARILY

By Sharon Proctor
Illustration by Anne Horst

SFU Surrey’s Diane Gromala uses virtual reality and biofeedback to help sufferers of chronic pain.
Imagine being crushed by a massive weight – or having your head squeezed in a vise, or your leg being on fire, or a knife splitting you open, or a red-hot poker searing your insides. Now imagine the pain lasting for months, years, forever.

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CHANGING FACES
Incoming president Andrew Petter.

By Diane Luckow

A past dean of the University of Victoria law school and a former B.C. attorney general, Petter prevailed over national and international candidates to become SFU’s ninth president and vice-chancellor.

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