Editor’s Voice
Why you should have voted in the SFSS elections
March 29, 2016[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ore than four out of five of you reading this didn’t vote in the SFSS elections. Part of me doesn’t blame you. As someone who has spent four years of his undergraduate degree trying desperately to get SFU students to care about stuff, I admit the SFSS is a tough sell. It’s boring, it’s crooked, it’s full of buzzwords and tedious meetings and overly enthusiastic students with way too much time on their hands. Getting involved is a tall order, especially when you’re not sure you even want to know what all the fuss is about. But here’s the thing:…
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Dangling modifiers are more important than the US election
March 21, 2016[dropcap]D[/dropcap]angling modifiers are more important than the US election, because I can change dangling modifiers. Modifiers are clauses that precede a sentence. They define the subject in the sentence that is to come. A modifier is dangling when it modifies…
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The SkyTrain redemption
March 14, 2016[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ost in the wallows of two bombed midterms, I nearly miss the voice of a forty something Fijian-Canadian man beside me as he sparks a conversation on the Expo line. “It’s so weird,” he says in what begins as a…
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My childhood camping conundrum
March 7, 2016[dropcap]I [/dropcap]will admit that I dislike the outdoors. Ever since a misguided hike with my father at the age of six, I’ve been wary of the majesty that Mother Nature has to offer. Yet, in the summer in between grades…
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Ending Editor’s Voice exclusivity
February 29, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a member of the editorial staff at The Peak, I’d like to make an apology I feel is long overdue. Campus newspapers aren’t infallible. In fact, you could argue that we wouldn’t be doing a very good job of…
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Stand by your decisions
February 22, 2016[dropcap]$[/dropcap]32,943.62. Sounds like a lot of money, right? I haven’t even finished my second year at SFU, and that’s how much I’ve been charged in tuition fees as an international student. That’s how much it costs for a whopping total…
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The pain of being a Canucks fan
February 15, 2016[dropcap]B[/dropcap]eing a Vancouver Canucks fan comes with it a special type of pain. It’s very different from a Toronto Maple Leafs type of pain, one centred around a time always being terrible and never coming close. No, being a Canucks…
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My Soapy Scandal
February 1, 2016[dropcap]G[/dropcap]rade five was one of the high points of my life: I had great friends, a great teacher, and I let out my inner rebel. This story begins with the ‘hot lunch’ in elementary school. My forgetful friend Bronwyn forgets…
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Universities shouldn’t teach discrimination
January 25, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he BC Supreme Court recently overturned the Law Society of BC’s decision to exclude graduates of Trinity Western University (TWU) from reaching the provincial bar. The original decision came on the heels of controversy over TWU’s community covenant, a document…
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Why I only buy public liquor
January 18, 2016[dropcap]E[/dropcap]verything we do is political. The books we read, the news we watch, the food we eat, and yes, where we buy our cheap six-packs. Recently, I have had this conversation a lot. And every time I do, I’m always…
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