Why I will never be a card-carrier

When I returned home for a couple weeks at the end of summer, I distinctly remember a conversation my parents and I shared over...

Confessions of an uninformed voter

We all know that one guy who seems to know nothing about politics; he’s also that guy who didn’t know that the Bloc Quebecois...

Woohoo, Boohoo

Boohoo: The Rhinoceros Party In an already-cluttered sea of stupid and untrustworthy Canadian political parties, for the love of God, do not place your trust...

Anti-choicers, leave our hashtags alone

Isn’t it annoying when people stick their noses in your business? How about a nose in your uterus? Anti-choicers (‘pro-lifers’) have decidedly come to the...

Ethnic clubs still discourage SFU’s sense of unity

Back in 2008, when I was Peak Opinions Editor, I wrote a popular article entitled “Enough with the ethnic clubs.” It denounced the still-common...

PowerPoint-based lectures are creating a generation of uncritical thinkers

Andrew Smith recently published an editorial in The Guardian accusing PowerPoint of killing critical thought and engagement in classrooms. While I always advocated for...

S-Turing up social media controversy

If you haven’t heard of “America’s most hated man” by now, his name is Martin Shkreli and he is the chief executive of Turing...

The benefits to having fewer opinions

Hi, Peak reader. As one of the Ghosts of Opinions Section Past (my tenure was from February–April 2005; I replaced a guy who got...

At 50, The Peak is as immature and ambitious as ever

Birthdays have always seemed a little strange to me. There’s very little you have to do other than a) survive and b) show up...

Is Chitter the new SFU Confessions?

As a busy student, one must explore various avenues that can aid in taking the edge off of university life. If all else fails,...