Dating

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In-person dating horror stories

Humour September 26, 2020

By: Serena Bains, Shangrila Plaza, and Paige Riding Horror movie binge (by Serena) When you live in Surrey, in-person dating means that going anywhere else is a date. It also means that overrated events like Fright Night at the PNE are the best date ideas within 20km.  They’re so overrated that your date may drink half a bottle of vodka on the hour-long drive to the PNE, just to down the other half while their date looks for parking on a Saturday.  The rest of the date plays out in the background like a Netflix movie you’re not necessarily interested…

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Romantic preference needs to be honestly examined to avoid racial stereotyping

Opinions September 8, 2019

By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate Most of us have probably heard someone say (or perhaps even said) that a certain race is just not our “type.” As a woman of colour, I don’t take it personally when I hear individuals say,…

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Twitter’s reactions to the affair between WWE’s Corey Graves and Carmella show how sexist people can be about cheating

Peak Web February 25, 2019

Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor There’s a lot of reasons people cheat on their partners. It’s a horrible thing that should come with a lot of guilt, but each situation is different, and it’s often the sign of serious…

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Who’s your SFSS sweetheart?

Peak Web November 15, 2016

It’s that time of year again! What time of year you ask? Christmas? No way, you silly son of a pancake-headed fuck. It’s mid November and not Christmas, so please calm your holly-jolly erections. It’s byelection time! Time to be…

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Debunked: Five commons arguments against online dating

EIC March 23, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1777" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Caption: Brandon Hillier[/caption] Last Friday my coworkers and I discussed our opinions toward all those dating applications out there: Tinder, Match, E-Harmony, OkCupid, Plentyoffish, Grindr, and the like. Being open-minded, 20-something-year-olds, I was surprised at…

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Sex Week @ SFU

EIC March 11, 2015

Sex shields, STI knowledge, consent, and more at this year's Sex Week! Created by Paige Smith & Eric Smith

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If dating game show questions were more intellectually stimulating

EIC January 11, 2015

First question goes to Bachelor #1: If I were an ice cream cone, how would you explain the rise of and crisis surrounding ISIS without resorting to racism or overgeneralizations? Bachelor #3, you’re up: It’s the night of our one-year…

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League of Legends tournament accidentally breaks world record for most single men in one place

Peak Web September 25, 2014

Late last week, Guinness World Records made a surprising announcement when it declared that the 2014 League of Legends World Championship had accidentally gathered the highest number of bachelors in a single place, shattering the previously held record. The annual…

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TA-dating article unfairly persecuted

Peak Web September 8, 2014

From the printing press to Twitter, the modernization of media technology has made information more easily accessible to the distant masses. While this has been largely to society’s benefit, it’s not without drawbacks. Among these is the ability of journalists…

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Student invents software to improve Tinder tactics

Peak Web September 2, 2014

Joel Zhang, a second-year SFU software systems student, has coded a program to mass-like thousands of women on the widely used dating app Tinder. When discussing how he came up with the idea to write the program, Zhang explained, “I…

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