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The worst songs of 2016
January 4, 2017“Me Too” – Meghan Trainor Meghan Trainor’s “Me Too” is the most painful thing I heard in 2016 — and that’s being nice. The chorus is just “If I was you, I’d wanna be me too” repeated multiple times. Did Trainor sit down with her producers and think, “You know what would be a great idea? A song insulting my entire fan base!” This song is three minutes of her bragging about how great her “rich and famous” lifestyle is, and it perfectly shows how she’s fallen to the trappings of fame. “M.I.L.F $” – Fergie Fergie, stop trying to…
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The five best and worst Christmas albums
November 27, 2016Best Christmas by Michael Bublé – The man is a Canadian treasure and his voice is angelic. His Christmas album is the only thing you need all December. Christmas of Hope by various artists – This is the Christmas album…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
October 3, 2016By: Max James Hill, Courtney Miller, and Jessica Whitesel We Are the Halluci Nation by A Tribe Called Red A Tribe Called Red is impossible to ignore. Having steadily gained popularity since its inception in 2007, the band’s latest is…
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SFU’s course withdrawal system needs to be dropped
August 2, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his year has been a rough one for me, personally and academically. Between a cancer scare and my mental health feeling like it has been rapidly deteriorating, school has unfortunately not been the number one priority. This being my first…
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Why I’m not jumping on the Pokémon Go bandwagon
July 25, 2016[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the fondest memories of my childhood is marathoning all 10 (at the time) Pokémon movies in a 24-hour period. I wept when Entei sacrificed himself for Molly and cheered when Latios and Latias rocketed over the city of…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
July 15, 2016By: Courtney Miller and Jessica Pickering Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/0hYv4U3Nle5T982n3nZ2Fl “Go Off” – M.I.A. Courtney Miller: Intro is too cacophonous and disconnected, and vocals are too autotuned. It’s dynamic enough…
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Brexit is the product of personality politics
July 1, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a former resident of Britain, my mother spent most of June 24 on the phone with her friends and relatives who still live in England, consoling them on what they felt was a severe injustice to their nation. The…
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Album Reviews
June 27, 2016Band of Horses – Why Are You OK By Jessica Whitesel Indie group Band of Horses is back again with Why Are You OK, which left me asking if the band was OK. Their 2006 song “The Funeral” is one…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
June 17, 2016By: Courtney Miller, Jessica Pickering, and Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/2GBVlavtjExVKcSNNWDJhS “Good Grief” – Bastille Jessica Whitesel: Holy crap this is so damn pop-y. But not in a bad…
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SFU’s Health and Counselling Services need to provide better service
February 1, 2016[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y story with mental health officially begins in my senior year of high school, when I was diagnosed with anxiety. My doctor discovered that my intestines were literally empty — I had stopped eating — and were digesting themselves because…
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