The sink-or-swim life of a TA

By: Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate  Teaching assistants, or TAs, are some of the lynchpins of SFU’s educational infrastructure. They lead busy, difficult lives: outside of...

The Peak’s pet contest: grand winners

It’s no surprise that universities are welcoming cat and dog therapies on their campus and that dogspotting groups are flourishing on Facebook. Pet ownership...

The truth behind SFU’s “morgue”

By: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer  If you are an SFU student, you have probably heard the rumors regarding a secret morgue hidden within the depths of...

What’d I miss?: Electoral Reform in B.C.

By: Michelle Gomez, Staff writer  Have you noticed the ballots and pamphlets in your mailbox? B.C.’s upcoming 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform will decide whether...

Hamish and Jo’s adventures in France: Still no schoolwork, but a new continent!

By: Hamish Clinton and Jozsef Varga  Much has changed since our last update. For starters, we have not cut our hair in several months. In...

Long story short: When life gives you strangers, make puns

By: Melanie Hiepler  Making friends takes effort — that’s one of the first life lessons I learned on exchange a few summers ago. I was...

Paranormal Activity : SFU students tell us their real life scary stories

By: Alex Bloom, Maxwell Gallick, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Zach Siddiqui, Lauren Wallace, and Winona Young It was too cold to play outside, and...

Join the club: Sign away with SFU ASL

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor  I don’t think a lot of clubs on campus can credit Switched at Birth for their genesis, but SFU ASL...

What grads do: The fascinating culture and economy of sneakers

By: Youeal Abera Michelle La, a master’s student studying anthropology at SFU with a focus on economic anthropology, is one of the most intriguing academics...

My study spot

By: Michelle Chiang, Michelle Gomez, Jennifer Low, Natasha Tar, Nathaniel Tok   My favourite study spot is a quaint café and bakery called The Coffee Bun....