C Icart

Two aliens driving a car.
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Peakie is back to help you with all your problems

Peak Web September 29, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie, I’m a section editor for a super fantastic publication. You may have heard of it. The name rhymes with The Leek. Anyway, I’m running out of ideas for when no one wants to write for my section! I’ve considered getting my hands on whatever they put in singing birthday cards, so whenever people flip to my section (which is the best and funniest section), Céline Dion’s version of “All by Myself” starts playing. What do you think? Would that be the best song choice? Musically,  ‘Bout…

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Someone standing in a large pile of colourful puzzle pieces. Only their head is sticking out.
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CONFESSIONALS: I can’t stop puzzling

Peak Web September 21, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor There was a time, not too long ago, when I was oblivious to the joys of puzzling. I spent my free time watching TV, running, and hanging out with friends. I was so lost. Until…

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An illustration of a girl with long flowing hair. Astrological signs and stars shine around her.
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Horoscopes September 18 – 24

Peak Web September 19, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor I spent the past couple days watching Selling the OC trying to acquire wealth through osmosis. What out of context quote from the Selling universe will predict your week? Aries: “When in doubt, hide behind…

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The Peak’s tips to survive the semester

Peak Web September 19, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor; Hailey Miller, Staff Writer; Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer  Whether you’re entering your last semester at SFU or starting your first-ever year of university, the beginning of the school year is always a daunting time. Making…

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Degrees are valuable, regardless of their economic opportunities

Peak Web September 19, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor What do you want out of your degree? Have you considered that not everyone’s answer may be the same? Starting my third degree in social sciences has prompted nosy questions and unsolicited comments all over…

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Air Canada planes on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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BREAKING NEWS: Air Canada reveals flight delay can be shortened if all passengers chip in to duct tape broken wings back together

Peak Web September 11, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Sunday afternoon, two Air Canada planes crashed into each other at YVR Airport. While that may sound bad, an Air Canada spokesperson has asked everyone to “stop being so dramatic.” The collision between an Air…

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Photo of a woman from her abdomen to her thighs. She is wearing beige underwear and holding a menstrual cup filled with small white flowers.
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A love letter to my menstrual disc

Peak Web September 10, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Sooooo, we just met, but I just KNOW we’re soulmates. No, for real! What can I say? I’m an Aries; I’m passionate! So initially, I was sort of seeing pads and tampons, but they are…

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What Grinds Our Gears: The pineapple on pizza debate

Opinions July 28, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor In the year of our Lord, 2023, I came across a Hinge profile that specified the user’s opinion on pineapple on pizza . . . Hawaiian pizza has been around since 1962, the pineapple on…

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Two little boys fight on a green field. One of them is wearing a Twitter hat, and the other is wearing a Meta shirt.
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Moooooom, Mark is trying to overshadow me again!

Peak Web July 25, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Somewhere in the world, a vocal misogynist takes a break from tweeting about spaceships to call his mommy.  No, Mom, I’m not going to do the breathing exercises you sent me the other day; I’m…

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A group of people wearing masks and protesting, holding up a sign that says protect trans youth and pride flags.
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Anti-queer rhetoric is not an opinion, it’s violence

Peak Web July 19, 2023

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Content warning: mentions of gender-based violence and queerphobia. Whenever I see anyone ranting about “gender ideology,” “wokeism,” or using miscellaneous words in parentheses to mock pronouns, all I hear is, “I hate you. I hate…

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