Brighter Side
Brighter side: Joy and a heron
March 4, 2025By: Elijah Dunham-Jasich, SFU Student I find most of my Burnaby campus joy in myopic fashion. The AQ’s single-paned windows and their accompanying “be heat aware” posters bring me joy. It’s here where the optimism of an architectural vision long-gone meets the cost-cutting necessities of this moment. I chuckle. I don’t find joy in sitting for hours in heat-(in)efficient bodily discomfort (my hands sweat, and I take notes with a pen and a notebook). However, breaks from this allow me to walk outside and breathe in cold air — a joy in relation to the prior discomfort. Multiple cold breaths…
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Bright-er Side: Campus Community Shuttle
February 6, 2025By: Abigail Streifel, SFU Student If you need a free, accessible, and quick way to get across campus, the Campus Community Shuttle is perfect for you. Starting at 8:00 a.m. every weekday, the shuttle takes students across the Burnaby campus…
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Brighter Side: Quiet library floors
January 30, 2025By: Samia Chowdhury, SFU Student For me, being on the Burnaby campus inevitably means seeking out the quietest floors of the library. The satisfaction of finding a perfect, secluded desk with panels on three sides, nestled among rows of heavily…
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Brighter side: As time goes by
January 22, 2025By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor As a girl, I feared the merciless spectre of age. I was taught it would tarnish me — crow’s feet, smile lines, stiff limbs and fingers all blemishes in contribution to decay. But when I…
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Brighter Side: Print newspapers
September 18, 2024By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief As classes begin and SFU fills up with students again, we’re back to printing this fall! While The Peak has been producing digital newspapers this summer, I’m looking forward to seeing our covers on stands. What…
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Bright-er side: Disabled queer solidarity
August 2, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor I’ve had many low points in my life, and during most of them I felt an unwavering sense of support from fellow disabled queers. From acts like offering free produce in a community group, to…
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Bright-er Side: The atmospheric experience of the SkyTrain
July 16, 2024By: Samuel Akhibi, SFU Student Cars and buses pale in comparison to the excitement of taking the SkyTrain. Cars and buses are limited to ground-level views within a congested traffic system. The SkyTrain, on the other hand, offers comfy and…
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The Bright-er Side: Local travel
July 8, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor With work, school, and a variety of other commitments, who has the time to take a month-long trip to Europe? Even finding a week to chill on a tropical beach can be difficult,…
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The Bright-er Side: summer semesters
June 17, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer This summer I decided to take courses on the main Burnaby campus for the first time in my SFU career, and so far, I’ve really enjoyed it. Scaling Burnaby Mountain watching the Burnaby skyline meet…
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Brighter side: Coins, fountains, and wishes
March 19, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Throwing coins into fountains, to the best of my knowledge, has no wish-granting powers. Trust me; I’ve thrown many coins into many fountains and I’ve yet to notice any tendency for these wishes to come true.…
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