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Students sitting in a dark lecture hall. There are only two masked students and most of the rest are coughing or sniffling. Germs are visible around them as though a UV light is being shone on them.

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Suspicious coughing in the classroom

Peak Web March 5, 2025

People like to boast about ditching class, and honestly, why not? Why would you spend two to three hours of your life — that is 180 minutes — stuck in a room with people you don’t know and will never remember again after four months of forced academic camaraderie? But now, what if they start coughing? Maybe add a sneeze here and there? The academic struggle-buddy next to me right now is coughing and wheezing so much it reminds me why I was awarded the “you visit often” title on WebMD’s COVID-19 symptoms page. Before you say, “It’s just a…

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B.C. government launches campaign addressing sexual misconduct in post-secondary institutions

Peak Web September 19, 2018

A new campaign launched by the provincial government aims to address sexual violence and misconduct in post-secondary institutions. The campaign is based largely on social media and via posters which focus on male students while highlighting the message that…

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Have your cake and make money too

EIC October 17, 2016

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s soon as you're old enough to be asked what you want to do with your life, you get caught in the never ending tug-of war: should I study what I love, or study what will help me make bank?…

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What I wish I knew on my first day at SFU

EIC September 12, 2016

[dropcap]I [/dropcap]recently completed my undergraduate degree and people aren’t joking when they say that achieving milestones makes you weirdly sentimental. Since summer semester ended, I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my past four years at SFU. When…

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