Angelina Tran
Relying on GenAI to write is a shortcut that sacrifices authenticity
May 22, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Staff Writer As a university student, the past few years have been odd. When I began my university career, the concept of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) felt like a futuristic thing that someone like me, who doesn’t like using technology much, wouldn’t have to deal with for decades. In the past year or so, there was a shift in how the syllabus began to be presented to us. Suddenly, professors were warning us against plagiarism through AI use. Some universities even began to enforce strict GenAI rules. At SFU, the policies surrounding the use of GenAI are…
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Can news platforms build trust in a fractured world?
May 12, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer We find ourselves in a world where news media thrives on crises. Headlines are designed to scare, intimidate, divide, and most of all, keep us clicking. Across the world and he political spectrum, people are…
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Chinese and Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations
January 30, 2025By: Kayle Cole, SFU Student, and Jessica Liu, SFU Student The spiritualism of Vietnamese celebrations — Kayle Cole My Lunar New Year celebrations start when my mother calls her Vietnamese fortune teller to ask questions about everybody in the family.…
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Community Days at SFU
January 13, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer, Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s note: The Peak acknowledges that Chloë Arneson, who was interviewed, was a News Writer for The Peak in 2023. However, the writer and editor of this piece…
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Buy your orange shirt from Indigenous creators
October 1, 2024By: Abigail Streifel, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of residential schools. As we head into late September, we’re hearing more and more about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The statutory holiday, which falls on September 30 and coincides…
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How a beloved Palestinian restaurant planted its roots in Vancouver
September 13, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I strolled around the vibrant neighbourhood of Hastings-Sunrise while on my way to meet Tamam and Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, co-owners of Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine. Squeezed among tax offices and banks…
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New plan protects Blueberry River First Nations land and upholds Treaty rights
June 19, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer, and Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief On May 30, the BC government and Blueberry River First Nations announced a three-year pilot plan to support Indigenous land restoration and protect Treaty rights. The Gundy High Value 1 Plan…
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An SFU background extra tell-all
June 13, 2024By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief SFU students have been observing a strange phenomenon across campuses — more and more common areas filled with students just hanging out. At first, The Peak assumed it was some conspiracy. But the tips have been…
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Creative Corner: Learning to sew let me reclaim my sense of style
May 12, 2024By: Sahej Kaur Bhalla, SFU Student Imagine going to the mall and seeing an amazing outfit on one of the mannequins, but when you go to try it on, there is something slightly off about the way it fits. You…
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