Editorial
The objectification of women in sports
February 28, 2023By: Simran Sarai, Sports Writer In 2021, after years of pressure from the public, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) changed their rules to allow athletes to make money from brand deals and advertisements. This big shakeup was a massive shift from the organization’s previous regulations, which prohibited athletes from using their name, image, or likeness — commonly referred to as NIL — to make money. The rule change opened up opportunities for NCAA athletes of all levels to pursue advertising partnerships. Unsurprisingly, many NCAA athletes with large social media followings on apps like TikTok, have been greatly impacted by…
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Jonas Worth brings his sports psychology background to SFU’s men’s soccer team
January 24, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Whether you’re an NCAA athlete, olympian, or a beginner at a sport, mentality can influence your performance. Through the collegiate and professional levels of soccer, Jonas Worth, SFU men’s soccer goalkeeping coach, discovered how much…
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SFU chancellor Giardini: Your $10,000 dinner fundraiser for Christy Clark is not a gender issue
April 9, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU’s chancellor Anne Giardini was criticized in national media this past weekend for hosting, in her own home, a $10,000 per plate dinner fundraiser for SFU alumni Christy Clark. While Giardini claimed the criticism is due to Christy Clark being…
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Yes, TransLink should add signage for invisible illnesses
March 14, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n Adam Van der Zwan’s recent article published in the Feb. 29 issue of The Peak, “TransLink Shouldn’t Add Signage for Invisible Illnesses,” he states that we can only “properly accommodate those with physical disabilities, rather than invisible ones.” This…
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Yoga belongs to India, so hands off
January 25, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t the University of Ottawa last November, a yoga class was cancelled due to concerns that it was culturally appropriated from India — a culture that “experienced oppression, cultural genocide and diasporas due to colonialism and western supremacy.” At first,…
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It’s so hard to write an opinion-editorial for The Peak
November 23, 2015[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y peers have always thought of me as an opinionated person, since I always have something to say on just about anything. But now, as I sit at my computer picking my brain for something to write about, I remain…
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Stop throwing shade on the grade
September 8, 2015Within the past year, I’ve read a fair share of prompt words by ‘letter grade reformists’ online, preaching change from our grading system that dates back to the 1800s, to one that better reflects a student’s academic performance in the…
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Free your sexuality, free yourself
September 8, 2015Gay, straight, bisexual: as a university student in British Columbia, I am fairly confident that you know what these words mean, and you have more than likely identified yourself as one of these three options at some point These are…
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Canada’s first Prime Minister shouldn’t be on the $10 bill
September 8, 2015Have you ever held a crisp new bill straight from the ATM and asked yourself, what would I have to do to get myself on one of these? The answer is really quite simple: if you come from a background…
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What’s this nonsense about lack of community at SFU?
September 8, 2015When I told my friends at UBC Okanagan three years ago that I would be attending SFU to study communication, I was met with distaste. “You know that SFU has the highest suicide rate in the whole country, right?” “It’s…
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