A Look Back at 2013

That’s right, 2013 is finally over — and after 365 days of international espionage, prime time twerking, and endless Rob Ford updates, most of...

Build SFU selects SUB site

After months of deliberation and consultation with students, Build SFU has chosen the Crossroads site as the location of the new Student Union Building. The...

Safety in surveillance

In June 2013, former American National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposed a series of government-led, top-secret surveillance programs that collected data and supposedly...

The best albums of 2013

10. Haim – Days Are Gone In terms of plain and simple fun this year, no record beats Days Are Gone. From its opening synths,...

Professor under fire after critiquing African economic data

An SFU professor’s newly released book critiquing African statistical data has caused an uproar across Africa, resulting in his explusion from two international conferences...

Leaving a Digital Trail

What if I told you that digital privacy doesn’t exist? That every website we search, every keystroke we make, every text message we believe...

SFU entrepreneurs get cozy

SFU student entrepreneur Eleanor Li and alumna Rachel Cheng are currently drinking to success — and it’s pretty steamy. The two have won SFU...

Anchorman 2: That escalated quickly

The highly anticipated Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is scheduled for release later this year. In a conference call with The Peak and several...

We must change our energy

Although fossil fuels have brought us tremendous value in the last two centuries, burning oil, gas and coal has created a serious emergency. Here,...

A moment of silence

In November 28, 1998, Rita Hester, a trans woman, was murdered in Allston, Massachusetts. Fifteen years later the crime remains unsolved, but her death...