SIX UBC campus assaults believed to be connected

Vancouver — The RCMP are now investigating six reported sexual assaults that occurred on UBC’s campus over the past over the past seven months....

For healthier shellfish, add lime

With oceans quickly acidifying due to carbon dioxide emissions, aquaculture farmers face a serious threat to the health of calcifying sea organisms like crabs,...

SFU: home to Canada’s only civilian hypobaric chamber

SFU is offering certified divers and pilots the opportunity to experience first-hand the effects of nitrogen narcosis and hypoxia, in Canada’s only civilian research...

University Briefs

University of Winnipeg opens Muslim prayer room The University of Winnipeg has recently opened a place for Muslim students to pray. The Masjid, a Muslim...

BC students relaunch No Means No

Wednesday Oct. 16, BC student unions across the province relaunched No Means No, a campaign that aims to end rape on post-secondary campuses. The No...

Former SFSS board members come forward after incident

Last week, The Peak reported SFSS environmental representative Monique Ataei’s allegations of a physical altercation with member services officer Moe Kopahi on Oct. 11...

GSS leads deferred maintenance tour

“I call this part of the tour ‘Shrum: the good, the bad, and the ugly,’” laughed Julia Lane, coordinating and external relations officer for...

Society warns against sexy teen Halloween costumes

The Children of the Street Society is warning against the growing trend of young girls dressing in “sexy” Halloween outfits, saying the practice is...

Conflict arises over new SFU-based sites

Shortly after the launch of Skalefree — an SFU-specific social networking site — a similar site called Shrumlist has been released, with the same...

We Day 2013 brings thousands to Rogers Arena

On October 18, 2013, the standard green, white and blue of Rogers Arena was replaced by the bright neon t-shirts of approximately 20,000 educators...