Cam Darting

Empty airplane cabin. You can see two rows of two seats and the clear skies out of the windows.
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A guide to winning the armrest on airplanes

Peak Web November 21, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate High school history class focused on all sorts of armed conflicts. It taught us about the French Revolution, the World Wars, and more. However, they failed to teach us about one ongoing war that impacts people daily: the war for the armrest on the airplane. Whether you get to rest your light and fragile arm on that hard plastic armrest can dictate your mood for not only the flight but the entire trip. You don’t wanna be sad walking around Hongdae looking for BTS because of a tired forearm, do you? Let me help you…

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Mountains covered in fog.
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Don’t play with Peakie

Peak Web October 17, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  We have officially begun the season where SFU Burnaby gets permanently enveloped in a deep fog. I’ve been told this is just the clouds, but are you sure…

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An illustration of a girl, stars and astrological signs strewn in her hair.
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Horoscopes July 30 – August 4

Peak Web August 8, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Aries March 21–April 19  I can smell the confidence oozing out of you as you read this. Aries my friend, you better work. It’s almost August and I know you have been doing jack shit…

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Two women competing for a goal in field hockey.
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Peakie gets sporty

Peak Web August 2, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  As you know, July is Disability Pride Month. So, obviously, we want to do something in solidarity with disabled people across the province. To observe this month, we’ve…

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Peakie is here to answer your queeries

Peak Web June 19, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  I have given birth to so many children you’d think I was Little John’s wife! No galvanized steel is needed for me, though; I prefer to work on…

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Queer person in a room surrounded by different Pride flags and Pride merch. They are typing on a screen that reads “Dear allies . . .”
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Move out of the way cisheteros, it’s not about you this month

Peak Web June 19, 2024

By: Cam Darting, SFU Student I think it’s time to move to a different city and start anew. Everyone around me is a fake ally. It’s been 4,320 minutes since May turned into June, and nobody has wished me a…

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What Grinds Our Gears: The job market

Peak Web June 19, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Why is the job market so terrible right now? From no jobs being available to them having too many requirements, it seems like this weird epidemic has no end. Most of us at SFU are…

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A laptop in a dark room. The screen has blue coding on it, and the keyboard is lit up in red.
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AI should not replace human talent

Peak Web June 19, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate I often ask myself if artificial intelligence (AI) can predict the future, and tell us whether or not it will leave humans jobless. I don’t want to ask an AI software this, because I don’t…

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

Peak Web June 17, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Aries March 21–April 19  Anything but a G-string As an Aries, you’re fun, energetic, and the life of the party. At Pride, you’ll be jumping up and down, dancing, and because of this, we need…

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Peakie gets real

Peak Web January 30, 2024

By: Cam Darting, SFU Student and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  I started crocheting to help manage stress, but now there are crochet mushrooms everywhere in my apartment. They’ve taken on a life of their own. Don’t get me…

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