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Three professors on a runway. There is a sign behind them that reads, “Tenured Prof Fashion Week.”
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How to dress like a professor

Peak Web October 24, 2024

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer If you’re looking for inspiration for a niche fashion archetype, you don’t have to look to your fave celebs; the professors of SFU are underrated fashion icons. Here’s an essential guide to help you find your true academic chic. Starting with bottoms, the hottest looks of most tenured profs are usually some form of khaki, cargo, or loose denim jeans. These pants are functional — 15 different pockets for keeping pens, sticky notes, and granola bars — and extremely versatile. They keep everyone around them guessing: are they going to class, or are they going…

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An illustration of Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo, she is calmly lying on some grass.
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Quiz: Which Moo Deng are you?

Peak Web October 22, 2024

By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Your Blenz order (warm milk) is wrong. You: Spit it out immediately.  Despite the barista’s apology and offer to remake your drink, you insist on talking to the manager and lecture them about how you…

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A woman wearing a yellow dress and black boots is confidently strutting as money is flying out of her purse. She is pulling a red cart full of shopping bags and a mannequin torso.
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CONFESSIONALS: I take a moment of silence after making a large purchase to make peace with the money I have let slip away

Peak Web October 2, 2024

By: Yulissa Huamani, SFU student Every time I leave the house, I promise myself I will only buy something if it’s absolutely necessary. Something that still surprises me a lot is that taxes are added at the end of a…

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Someone sitting next to a dying succulent. They are reading a self-help book that’s called “How to be a good plant parent”
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I can’t keep my succulents alive for the life of me . . . or them

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The ultimate adulting is caring for a plant — and I don’t mean a fake fern to fill up space and contribute to the ambiance of your grown-up décor. This isn’t amateur hour . .…

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Illustration of three people handing out takeout boxes at a table that reads free food.
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Give help instead of offering it

Peak Web September 16, 2024

By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer Living in a capitalistic society where your value is based solely on how independent or productive you are makes reaching out for help harder than ever. Instead of burning ourselves to the ground and then…

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Six athletes in athletic wear (two in red bodysuits that read “USA,” two in red and white bodysuits that have a Canadian flag, one in an all-red one that says “Canada,” and one in a taekwondo uniform).
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SFU Olympians: Red Leafs who performed on the world stage

Peak Web September 15, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Though the 2024 Paris Olympics have now come to an end, we should still take pride in the performances current and former SFU athletes showed during the two weeks of competitions. Six athletes competing in…

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I’m not looking for your unsolicited medical advice

Peak Web July 29, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Unwelcome medical advice is inappropriate in any situation, yet people with disabilities and chronic health conditions have to put up with it on a regular basis. As someone who was born with a permanent physical…

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Illustration of someone looking frustratedly at a calendar with all the days crossed off. They are holding a full to-do list.
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What Grinds Our Gears: Packing for a local getaway

Peak Web July 8, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer I love a nice, local stay-cation. There’s nothing better than being a tourist in your own town. What really gets me, though, is that no matter where I go I still have to pack. Who…

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I’m running out of ways to explain you should care about others

Peak Web July 3, 2024

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Content warning: brief mention of genocide and forced labour. I spend a lot of time in the “Am I the asshole” subreddit, and while I never leave any comments, I always think about my own…

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someone with a cheerful look on their face, SFU burnaby campus backdrop, sun shining
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The Bright-er Side: summer semesters

Peak Web June 17, 2024

By: 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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