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Ash Currie walking in the Bizarre category at the 2023 Supernatural kiki ball in Vancouver wearing an ethereal red and white mushroom costume. They’re holding a smaller red and white mushroom in their hand.
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SFYou: Costume designer Ash Currie

Peak Web August 15, 2025

By: C Icart, Co-Editor-in-Chief Ash Currie is a master’s student in the department of political science. When they’re not acing their coursework, they can be found getting their 10s at a local ball. Their costumes are elaborate and unique, and their passion for creating is infectious: they’ve embodied an ethereal red and white mushroom and a larger-than-life inflatable octopus inspired by Lady Gaga. I sat down with them to learn more about their work and the vibrant queer subculture that is Ballroom. What is Ballroom?  Currie importantly points out that “​​you shouldn’t talk about Ballroom without going into the history…

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SFUtile Facts

Peak Web April 5, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor and Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Questions What did staff find in the SFU Reflecting Pond when they cleaned it out in 2008? What was SFU’s first mascot? According to Wikipedia, what was the 22nd busiest…

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Photo depicting a professor and a student playing UNO against each other. The student is putting down a Wild Draw Four card. There are five other students behind them looking shocked. The professor holding significantly more cards than the student seems very focused.
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Mattel CEO to fly to SFU to settle UNO card debate

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: C Icart, President of the Superior Players Against Sore Losers Society Four SFU students have found themselves in a peculiar situation — they need to win a game of UNO against their professor to pass their class. This unorthodox…

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Black man wearing a white t-shirt making the stop gesture with his hand.
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Behaviours I refuse to take part in

Peak Web March 18, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor YouTube keeps recommending I watch this video essay about how hobbies are the new commodity/fashion trend, but I cannot be asked. It’s probably an excellent commentary video, but I’m too busy engaging in my favourite…

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Woman sitting in front of her laptop looking upset. She’s surrounded by used tissues.
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Fondness for my Chromebook (After Siaara Freeman)

Peak Web March 4, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Oh, Chromebook. I heard you’ve restarted unexpectedly . . . again And that’s OK. I’m not annoyed!  I love restoring all my previous apps It’s one of the many things I love about you  I…

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Woman in black workout clothes, squatting in her living room. She is surrounded by plants and she looks very focused.
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CONFESSIONALS: I work out from home so no one can see me fall

Peak Web February 26, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Health and fitness trends come and go. If you’re old enough, you start to see them repeating. Look me in the eye right now and tell me that Naughty Girl Fitness is not just a…

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A Black person with an afro is trying to prevent a white person from touching their hair. The white person is saying “OMG! How do you get your hair to do that!”
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The benefits of being Black in a mostly non-Black community

Peak Web February 18, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Kendrick performed at the Super Bowl last week, and while I didn’t watch the performance (I refuse to watch men crash into each other for fun), that didn’t mean I was exempt from seeing all…

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An illustration of a girl, stars and astrological signs strewn in her hair.
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Horoscopes February 17–23

Peak Web February 17, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Aries March 21–April 19  “It’s private, but no.”  The stars think you should spend more time telling nosy people to mind their business, and then still answer their questions.  Taurus April 20–May 20 “Um, Shabana.…

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Couple standing in a kitchen eating strawberries. They are surrounded by different breakfast foods and are looking at each other lovingly.
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The rumours are true, I have flirted with a man before

Peak Web February 13, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor I’m 25, and honestly, it’s great. Love being 25. Like yesterday, I wanted a chocolate bar, so I just bought myself a chocolate bar. Didn’t have to ask my mom, didn’t have to pass GO,…

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Envelope with a red seal on a table surrounded by lingerie.
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Peakie gets sexy

Peak Web February 13, 2025

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  Do you have the TLC people’s phone number (the network, not the girl group)? I was practicing the Megan Thee Stallion headboard challenge by myself so I’d be ready…

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