Emojis should be used in formal correspondence
January 27, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor The Spring 2022 semester is in full swing, and though the in-person/online classes debate continues, it’s likely we’ll be interacting with one another mainly through emails and Zoom calls. While Zoom preserves some of the social cues of conversation like facial expression and tone of voice, much is lost in emails. This can lead to the agonizing stretches of rereading your email to your professor, trying to express that you really need the extension on that assignment, but don’t want to come off as too forceful or bootlickey. If only there were some way to express…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Autocomplete phrase suggestions
January 19, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Autocomplete this, motherfuckers. Despite the various word processing platforms’ increasing propensity for prediction, there was no autocomplete suggestion to the above line — and understandably so. Autocomplete phrasing comes from the collection and comparison of similar…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Email formalities
April 6, 2021by Nancy La, Peak Associate To Whom It May Concern, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to propose the elimination of formalities in everyday correspondence via electronic mail. Allow me to preface this argument by acknowledging…
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“I understand these are trying times,” says the professor making the times trying
November 9, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate Subject Line: Paper now due Tuesday From: [email protected] To: AHH 101 (All Sections) Date: November 5, 3:33 a.m. Students, Many of you have asked for an extension on the 14-page organometallic chemistry paper due on…
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A fevered conversation between a student and professor at 2:37 a.m.
October 12, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor 11:42 p.m. hi Dr Gawner, my name is Lindsay Haugh. i am in your psyc 388 class. I will be honest, I started the paper due tonight a few hours ago and i do not…
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Student accidentally failing class they didn’t even know they were enrolled in
October 10, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer SFU student and film major, Khan Fuzon, recently came forward with a complaint to SFU administration regarding a course mix-up. According to Fuzon, after the university accidentally enrolled several students in PSYC 241, he, against…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Yes, SFU Mail, I’m really, positively sure that I want to log out
October 20, 2019By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate Does anyone else find the “Do you want to log out completely?” component of SFU Mail irritating and totally unnecessary? Canvas does the same thing. This might not be a big deal to some —…
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SFU students and faculty targeted by email scams
September 27, 2018Written by: Michelle Gomez, Staff Writer SFU students and faculty have expressed concern over a variety of scam emails received in the past few months, sent from what appear to be SFU email accounts. The emails range from promoting…
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Leaked recording reveals turmoil within SFSS over Jas Randhawa’s presidency
August 31, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor and Amneet Mann, News Editor In his email to The Peak, stating that he was under pressure to resign as president of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), Jas Randhawa attached a recording…
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SFU Connect transitions to SFU Mail on August 18
July 10, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor “SFU Connect accounts will be accessible until March 2019.” SFU website / “The new platform will help better meet the current and future needs of the University.” SFU Website. Students…
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