The top 50 Universities in 2008 are published on October 9 in THE and they are listed below:
Rank Rank
2008 2007 INSTITUTION NAME COUNTRY
1 1 HARVARD University United States
2 2= YALE University United States
3 2= University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4 2= University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5 7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States
6 5 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
7 9 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
8 7= University of CHICAGO United States
9 10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT) United States
10 11 COLUMBIA University United States
11 14 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
12 6 PRINCETON University United States
13= 13 DUKE University United States
13= 15 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
15 20= CORNELL University United States
16 16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17 19 STANFORD University United States
18 38= University of MICHIGAN United States
19 17 University of TOKYO Japan
20 12 MCGILL University Canada
21 20= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
22 24 KING’S College London United Kingdom
23 23 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24 42 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland
25 25 KYOTO University Japan
26 18 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
27 32 BROWN University [Read more]
Predictions for the 2008 Federal Election (40th) in the Greater Vancouver
Parties listed first are the predicted winners for the specific riding. Second are the runner-ups.
Abbotsford
Conservative Party of Canada (Ed Fast) with at least 60% votes
New Democrat Party with less than 15% votes
Liberal Party of Canada with less than 15% votes
Burnaby-Douglas
New Democrat Party (Bill Siksay)
Conservative Party of Canada (Ronald Leung) within 20%
Burnaby-New Westminster
New Democrat Party (Peter Julian)
Conservative Party of Canada (Sam Rakhra) within 10% votes
Liberal Party of Canada (Gerry Lenoski) within 15% votes
Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon
Conservative Party of Canada (Chuck Strahl) with at least 60% votes
New Democrat Party (Helen Kormendy) with less than 20% votes
Liberal Party of Canada (Myra Sweeney) with less than 15% votes
Delta-Richmond East
Conservative Party of Canada with at least 50%
Liberal Party of Canada
Fleetwood-Port Kells
Conservative Party of Canada (Nina Grewal) with at least 30% votes
Liberal Party of Canada (Brenda Locke) within 5% of CPC
New Democrat Party (Nao Fernando) within 5% of CPC
Langley
Conservative Party of Canada (Mark Warawa) with at least 50% votes
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The morning rush hour deposits more than 14,000 students at the University of B.C. alone with a bus arriving about every 42 seconds. Add in Simon Fraser University, the B.C. Institute of Technology and Vancouver Community College, all with multiple campuses, and you have a flood of youngsters with bulky backpacks joining the morning commute.
Source: The Vancouver Sun
Coast Mountain was only able to make minor adjustments yesterday, putting on some extra buses from Production Way to Simon Fraser University and from Metrotown to Capilano University.
Source: The Vancouver Sun
But there were still passups, particularly on the No. 143 from Coquitlam to SFU, on the No. 25 from Brentwood to UBC and on the No. 44 from downtown to UBC.
Source: The Vancouver Sun
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On August 16, 2008, Canada received it’s first gold medal in Women’s Freestyle 48 kg Weightlifting. The gold medal receipent was Carol Huynh.
Carol Huynh (卡萝尔 ·黄) is a Canadian westler born to Vietnamese parents. Huynh graduated from Simon Fraser University and was part of the Simon Fraser University Clans. Carol was also part of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
On the day of the competition, Carol beat Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan, Hyung-Joo Kim of South Korea, Tatyana Bakatyuk of Kazakhstan and Chiharu Icho of Japan at the Cau Gym.
Congratulations Canada on getting the very first gold medal. Although it doesn’t beat China’s 35 gold medals or the United States’ 19 gold medals, it’s still a start. We have officially beat Tajikistan in the number of medals after more than a week.
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A lot of students have been asking me about what to get for school. My answer is nothing. That’s right. Nothing.
- Clipboard - You can get for free from Orientation
- Paper - You can get for free from Orientation (incl in clipboard)
- Pens/Pencil - You can get for free on Career Day
- Pens/Pencil - You can get for free on Open House days
Faculty of All
- computer ($399+)
- notebook if you dont want a computer ($399+)
- cellphone so you can find friends on the 1.7 km2 land ($25 per month)
Faculty of Science / Applied Science
- Aurex Calculator ($7.50 at the bookstore)
Faculty of Applied Science (Engineering / Computer Science)
- Higher end computer so you can run your cpp programs ($899+)
Also some recommendations:
- Do not take more than 4 courses in your first semester
- Do not take MACM in your first semester
- Get a high GPA
- Pay your tuition before August 31 by credit card on go.sfu.ca
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