Bright-er Side
Bright-er Side: The magic of New Years
January 23, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate The clock strikes midnight, and suddenly you’re stuck in this moment. As the mixture of confetti and glitter dances around the sky with champagne bottles popping left and right, your life resets. The time when you eased the anxiety of exams by indulging in a chocolate bar instead of running at the gym doesn’t matter. The time you slept at 4:00 a.m. because you had to find out whether or not Queen Charlotte would get a happy ending, even though you had an 8:00 a.m. class the same day doesn’t matter. As you look around…
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Bright-er side: Facebook Marketplace
January 10, 2024By: Cynthia Piña, Peak Associate Did I just complain about having to pick things up due to chronic illness? Yes, but that’s when I’m asking and paying for delivery. With Facebook Marketplace, I know what I’m getting into, and plan…
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Bright-er Side: Cozy duvets and their covers
November 2, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor There is too much duvet discourse. As our Editor-in-Chief famously once said, “duvets don’t need clothes.” Sure, duvets are just large blankets, and maybe they don’t need clothes, however, it’s much better when they do…
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Bright-er Side: Bridges for animals
September 26, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor In the midst of raging wildfires, a pandemic, and increasing inflation, it often feels like the world around us is collapsing (and it kind of is). The effects of climate change are creating deteriorating conditions…
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The Bright-er Side: Romanticizing autumn
September 21, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer It’s that time of year when we’re bidding farewell to summer. The rain has slowly started to come back, leaves are turning dazzling colours of red and orange, and slowly but surely, we’re beginning to…
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Bright-er Side: My music playlist
August 1, 2023By: Gurneet Lohcham, SFU Student When you’re stuck and feel like you may need a break, what is the bright-er part of your life that makes you feel better? I can think of plenty for myself, but the most important…
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Bright-er Side: RCB Hall
July 14, 2023By: Alex Ileto, SFU Student Famous for topping the list of best spots on campus to have a mental breakdown, I firmly believe Robert C. Brown (RCB) Hall receives an undeserved reputation. Many students claim the halls are haunted, deserted,…
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The Bright-er Side: A transit ride
June 21, 2023By: Alex Ileto, SFU Student Every day I have to take transit is a day I dread. Something always tends to irk me, whether that be an angry bus driver who runs over the curb every once in a while, or…
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Bright-er Side: Public Pianos
November 22, 2021by Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Three months of in-person classes has been enough to remind us that while asynchronous learning was pretty bad, the asynchronous portion might have been the lesser of the evils. It’s nice to see actual people…
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The Bright-er Side: Moving out helped me appreciate my mother more
September 29, 2021by Lubaba Mahmud, Opinions Editor A couple years ago, when I was applying for university thousands of miles away from home, I was excited to move out and become independent. As much as I love my mother, I was a…
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