Hiaspire Magazine

TOP MUSIC ALBUMS 2010

Best “Ballz to the Wallz Rock” Tame Impala – Innerspeaker This is the Australian psych-rock band that actually deserves the amount of fame Wolfmother enjoyed back in their heyday (like…

Some Strings Attached…

Let’s get this big elephant in the room out of the way – as tempting as it is, I’m not going to make any ‘rim job’ related jokes. I’ve got…

10 Most Influential Athletes from SFU

SFU is known for its advanced athletic programs as it awards numerous athletic scholarships every year and recently became the first Canadian school to enter the NCAA. Over the years,…

Mechatronics

For me, Mechatronics was a dream that could become a reality. Engineering has many categories: mechanical, electrical, electronic, civil, and mining. All of these categories are characterized by having simple…

Featured Stories

0February 22, 2011
Steampunk 101

Portrait of a timeless genre Steampunk is a sub-genre of speculative fiction that is set in a world where steam power is widely used and mechanical technology has advanced to…
0February 22, 2011
Goodbye, Billy

Newspaper: November 4, 2122 Amazing Steam-E-Sam! Introducing the perfect child companion! Steam-E-Sam will protect and educate your child. Built-in morality settings for parents! Life lessons will be integrated into your…
0February 22, 2011
25% Complete

“Autobiography complete. Robot dance…initiate.” “What are you doing, weirdo?” “I just finished my autobiography.” “What? You’re twenty-five. Not much to autobiog.” “This is the first quarter. I’m writing it in…
0February 9, 2011
The SFU Pinball Occurrence

Another semester’s over, and another begins. The agony of going through course selection is tedious, yet we still have to go through it else we’d have no purpose in going…
0February 9, 2011
My recent independent gaming experiences

Recently, I’ve found some rather interesting upcoming independent games I’d like to share. The two I most want to talk about are Achron and Hazard: The Journey of Life. ACHRON…
0February 9, 2011
Lady Gaga Who?: SFU’s alternative soundtrack

People who think CJSF sucks evidently have no idea how corporate radio works. It used to be that DJs from independent stations would have the freedom to discover and play…
0February 5, 2011
Sounds like more than the average Film Fest

In mid-November 2010, SFU Surrey was the location of a new film festival, organized and headed up by one of SIAT’s very own instructors, Michael Filimowicz. Some of the Hiaspire…
0January 31, 2011
SFU community locked out of public board of governors meeting

January 27th, 2011 [Vancouver, BC]- Faculty, students, and staff from SFU rallied in downtown Vancouver today to protest a lack of transparency and communication surrounding Goldcorp’s $10 000 000 purchase of…
0October 18, 2010
Fanatic Marketing

Analyzing the suboptimal market dynamics of the video game industry The capitalist system claims to be based on the mutual interaction of the interests of corporations and customers, with law…
1October 18, 2010
Got 3M in Pocket Change? Our Federal Government Does.

The Federal Government of Canada sent out the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, to announce new funding to help promote Science and Engineering for young people in Canada. The…
0October 18, 2010
The Guilty Conscience of Dr. Frankenstein?

Ruminations on Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop When I first heard there was going to be a “Banksy movie.” I was only mildly intrigued. I had been fascinated by…
0October 18, 2010
What is FroshOne?

FroshOne is a two day event located right here in SFU Surrey geared towards new students, primarily from the TechOne program. Unlike other Frosh events on campus, it is one…