Courtney MIller
Fuck textbooks
September 26, 2016Why are textbooks so damn expensive? Textbooks, and their ridiculous price tags, are a complicated mess that takes some explaining. The main reason textbooks are so expensive is they aren’t in a free market: students don’t have options when purchasing textbooks because the book is required for the class. Not any psychology text will do — it has to be the one assigned by the prof. This forced choice allows publishers and bookstores to put crazy high price tags on books because their clientele is guaranteed. What's the deal with new editions? Sometimes authors will make extreme changes to a…
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We can’t afford to be lenient with sex offenders
September 26, 2016I can’t believe I have to write this. There shouldn’t even be a discussion happening around Brock. Fucking. Turner. If you don’t remember, Turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman behind a…
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TV Reviews
September 26, 2016Atlanta (FX Tuesday) Atlanta is the latest comedic offering from Donald Glover (Community). The show follows his character Earn Marks as he tries to manage his up-and-coming rapper cousin, Alfred ‘Paper Boi’ Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). Broke with a kid…
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Band of Skulls brought tight alt-rock to the Vogue
September 24, 2016Band of Skulls rocked the roof off of the Vogue Theatre when they hit town on September 16. Their opener was a band called Mothers, an indie-experimental folk group from Athens, Georgia. They did an ample job of warming up…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 24, 2016By: Anthony Czeto, Sarah Finley, and Courtney Miller Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7wRlotfwsseaIRq8PHqDZR “If You Go” – Passenger Antony Czeto: It’s cute, though I really feel like the only appropriate time…
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Status isn’t a good enough reason to pick Apple
September 19, 2016If you haven’t heard, people are getting growly about Apple’s decision to omit the headphone jack from the iPhone 7. Instead, they’ll supply customers with EarPods that connect through the Lightning port, along with an adapter to convert that port…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
September 19, 2016By: Max James Hill and Courtney Miller Skeleton Tree by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Even for a Nick Cave album, Skeleton Tree is dark. Partially recorded after the tragic death of Cave’s son, the album is an unfettered…
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University nap rooms are telling of an overburdened student population
September 19, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] am way too tired to listen to some BS argument for why SFU needs a napping room. With universities looking at safe napping spaces as a real solution for student exhaustion, we’re left asking ourselves why the fuck are…
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Drop your toxic friends and never look back
September 19, 2016[dropcap]U[/dropcap]niversity is a time for higher learning, to develop the skills we’ll need after graduation to live our best possible lives. Or something to that effect. This is the time in our lives where we are making the friendships that’ll…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY
September 16, 2016By: Sarah Finley, Courtney Miller, Jessica Whitesel Follow The Peak on Spotify to stay up to date on New Music Friday. https://play.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/427RTLkNEm18memunM9aAJ “My Way” – Calvin Harris Jessica Whitesel: Bye girl, bye. I might be reading too much into the drama…
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