Schools Building Schools levy unfairly maligned

By Lauren McCarthy In last week’s issue of The Peak¸ regular contributor Cedric Chen wrote an opinions piece discussing an unnamed SFU club’s upcoming campaign...

Ideology discourse empty, distracting

By Kelly Thoreson   In last week’s opinions piece , author Joel Warren refers to the current SFSS board as “self-interested and ideologically-aligned”. This is not...

Of straw men and Straw Dogs

By Will Ross In my first column, I said I wouldn’t limit discussion of remakes to whether they are “better” or “worse”. This is partly...

Casual attitude about levies sucking students dry

By Cedric Chen I’m a forum representative. Last month, another student organization (referred to as “Organization X” after here) came to the SFSS Forum meeting,...

The SUB is a scam

By Joel Warren Eleven years ago, the SFSS held a referendum encouraging students to radically alter the SFSS governance structure. Previously, the board of directors...

SFU infrastructure needs your help

By Mike Soron   The offices, labs, and public spaces at SFU have seriously deteriorated because they are not maintained as needed. It saddens me to...

School spirit at SFU needs a doctor

By Jeff McCann Let me tell you a story about Dr. Milt Richards.  He was hired on November 1st as SFU’s new senior director of...

Human settlements in space: a primer

By Alexander Howlett To understand the recent moon colony discourse in the United States requires understanding the historical trajectory of the country’s space program, not...

Dan Savage undeserving of protester savagery

By Esther Tung “Please read this on the man you’re about to go and listen to,” said a young woman, as she held out a...

Alien parasites and perestroika

By Will Ross Few things are more fertile to distrust than paranoia, and few eras were less paranoid than the Cold War. In the face...