Emily Le
I’m forever haunted by Harbour Centre Mall
July 7, 2025By: Yulissa Huamani, Peak Associate Look, there’s nothing better than waking up at the crack of dawn to attend a lecture. I don’t expect anything remotely interesting to happen at 8:00 a.m. as I commute and question my life decisions. Plus, I feel rejuvenated after a micro-nap on the SkyTrain. Slowly regaining consciousness, I have potentially 15 minutes of semi-functional brain activity left before facing my worst enemy — that damn mall. Do you know the small mall tucked under SFU’s Vancouver Harbour Centre Campus? The creepy place where haunted mall music (muzak) echoes through the deserted hallways and pension-receiving…
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Peak Speaks: If the walls could talk
July 1, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor We asked our friends on the SFU subreddit: If the walls at SFU could talk, what would they say? u/dash101: “Let’s stick together, or this place might fall apart!” u/YoManWTFIsThisShit: “Can someone tell the undergrads…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Friend who guesses the movie’s plot
June 24, 2025By: Rusham Verma, SFU Student Never have I ever had a friend guess the plot twist of the movie I was showing them in the first 20 minutes. Oh wait, yes I have. And I’m guessing you have too. There’s…
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Brighter Side: When a song finds you
June 18, 2025By: Rusham Verma, SFU Student Imagine you’re on a road trip wi your playlist on shuffle. Then, that song comes on. Yes, the one that seems like it was made for this exact moment on the road. The windows are…
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JOB AD: AQ Accident Control Officer
June 4, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor and Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate Feel an urge to make a difference in the world? Do you have big muscles and are built like a Greek god? Are you ready to block student hooligans who…
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Out on Campus hosts Australian drag film screening
June 3, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On May 20, Out on Campus (OOC) screened their first movie of the summer with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. OOC is a student organization “dedicated to supporting SFU’s 2SLGBTQIA+ students and…
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SFU installs naloxone cabinets around all campuses
May 22, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On March 11, SFU announced that naloxone kit cabinets are now available across the Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver campuses. Naloxone is a medication that works within two minutes to “temporarily reverse the effects of an…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May Events
May 12, 2025By: Osna Hadef, SFU Student [caption id="attachment_131334" align="alignnone" width="179"] PHOTO: Screenshot courtesy of @soumakboutique / Instagram[/caption] Turkish/Syrian Coffee on Hot Sand & Boardgames Kids Market, 1496 Cartwright Street, Vancouver May 17, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Free registration via Eventbrite Soumak Boutique’s…
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Travel the world through these local restaurants
January 13, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Amay’s House (Burmese) 3293 Kingsway, Vancouver Wednesday–Monday 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. [caption id="attachment_130391" align="alignnone" width="696"] PHOTO: Emily Le / The Peak[/caption] Amay’s House is one of the only restaurants in the Vancouver…
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Student advocacy coordinator discusses AI and academic integrity at SFU
November 21, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The Peak recently spoke with Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) student advocacy coordinator Trish Everett on how SFU has approached the issue of inappropriate artificial intelligence (AI) usage in classes. As advocacy coordinator, Everett helps…
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