Emma Nash

Three small children stacked on top of each other in an oversized trench coat.
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Message from the president: An update on the official SFU mascot shortlist

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Since McFogg the Dog was let go in 2018, the Board of Directors has been hard at work deciding who will replace him as SFU’s new official mascot. Finding a mascot worthy of representing our comprehensive university is a responsibility we do not take lightly. As a result, we’ve been way too swamped at our monthly meeting to get around to the calls to divest from war contractors. We’ve only just begun talking to the TSSU about a fair contract. How’s this for accountability? Here is every mascot we’ve meticulously considered over the past year, and…

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A group of Amazon and Google employees protesting the contracts with Israel for the use of AI and cloud systems. They are holding signs, one that says “No tech for apartheid”
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“G” is for Genocide: Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus

Peak Web September 20, 2024

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t a sci-fi pipe dream anymore. For nearly 75 years, computer scientists have researched and developed programs that can mimic and predict human thinking — we currently stand witness to this new…

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