Not offering ASL classes is an accessibility issue

by Molly Lorette, Peak Associate Personally, I think that it is absolutely atrocious that SFU does not offer courses to learn American Sign Language (ASL)....

Removing statues is essential in accurately recounting history and bringing justice for oppressed racial minorities

PHOTO: Eric Thomas / Getty Images by Serena Bains, Staff Writer A series of statues have been taken down and vandalized both worldwide and in Canada...

Students shouldn’t have to use their webcams in lectures

By Alex Masse, SFU Student So, I’m neurodivergent. I won’t get into my whole medical history, but it means I do things differently — especially...

A name change is not enough to hide SFU’s institutional whiteness

by Victor Yin, SFU Student Former SFU President Andrew Petter released a statement on his decision to change the name of SFU Athletics’ varsity teams...

Increasing tuition does nothing to support students

by Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer As initially determined at the Board of Governors meeting on March 19, SFU has approved a 2% tuition fee hike (4%...

More diversity is needed in university leadership

By: Miriam Abel, and WeiChun Kua, SFU Students During SFU’s July 6 Senate meeting, Vice-President, Academic and Provost pro tem Jonathan Driver made an inappropriate remark...

Zoom pets are the best pets

By: Gurpreet Kambo, Peak associate I’m not an animal person.  Yes, I know this makes me sound like a monster. I don’t like dogs. I don’t...

Sodium Podium IV

By: Juztin Bello, Madeleine Chan, Meera Eragda, Jessica Garcia, Danielle Li, Marco Ovies, Devana Petrovic, Paige Riding, Joy Tian The BMI scale? More like the BMBYE...

It’s best to finish WQB courses as early as possible

By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Writing, breadth, and quantitative (WQB) requirements are sometimes pushed to the end of a student’s degree due to scheduling conflicts and...

Think twice about taking a gap year during the COVID-19 pandemic

By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate I am going to just straight up say it at the start: unless you have a well-thought-out, rock-solid plan, it is...