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Election resources for the new voter
October 17, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer With Election Day coming up on October 21, many of us are preparing to vote for our first federal election. And while that’s pretty exciting, it’s also really nerve-wracking. We’re making decisions that will uphold our democracy, and eyes are on us to show up at the polls. Global News recently reported that Millennials — which they defined as people born between 1980 and 2000 — will “make up the biggest voting bloc in the federal election.” Igor Korbaciz of Abacus Data, which provided the data on the potential impact of millennial voters this election,…
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SFYOU: Alumna Yvonne Hanson takes her environmental and humanitarian activism to the federal campaign
October 15, 2019By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate Name: Yvonne Hanson Pronouns: She/her/hers Department Affiliation: BA, Political Science Hometown: Squamish, BC Occupation: NDP candidate for Vancouver-Granville, portrait photographer, customer service worker at a garden store. Only one year after graduating with her…
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10 ways to spend $10 at Mini Mart
October 7, 2019By: Talha Butt, Nicole Magas, Gabrielle McLaren, Marissa Ouyang, Marco Ovies, Brianna Quan, Andrea Renney, Paige Riding, Zach Siddiqui, Dylan Webb, Siloam Yeung Photos by Chris Ho Dear Minimart, It’s us: The Peak. Maybe you don’t know us, but we…
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Student recipe box: It’s soup season, my dudes
October 7, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief A fun fact about me is that I have a Pinboard called “SOUP SOUP SOUP SOUP.” I am not ashamed. In fact, now that sweater weather has rolled in, I am thriving. Here’s why soup is…
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Speaking to SFU’s best and brightest: an interview with 2019’s SFU Outstanding Alumni Night awardees
October 4, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer The 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards took place September 20 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. It featured four awardees: Isabel Ge Mahe, Kathleen Hepburn, Hew Choy Leong, and Mark Okerstrom. Peter Akman, 2018’s recipient for Outstanding…
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You’re a student and a citizen: A cheat sheet on when, where, and how students can vote this 2019 election
October 4, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Like a rare meteor that only appears when the Governor General calls — it’s election time in Canada; which means that all your relatives on Facebook are going to start acting up and you, my friend,…
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Student subscriptions: What services and apps SFU students are using their little money on
October 2, 2019By: Kayli Jamieson, Gurpreet Kambo, Nicole Magas, and Winona Young Amazon Prime Student | $3.99 per month | Online delivery store Prime is a service that supposedly allows subscribers to receive extra fast shipping on items to their home. However, it’s…
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Molé, wiener schnitzel, and me: what it means to be biracial
September 25, 2019By: Marco Ovies, Staff Writer I was in high school and coming back from Europe. My family planned to pick me up at baggage claim, excited to hear all the stories from my two weeks abroad. I walked out…
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Claypot rice in cramped apartments: Reflecting on my cultural identity in Hong Kong
September 17, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate “I wanted to soak up and bring back as much of Hong Kong as I possibly could.” The first time I was called a “CBC,” I was having a conversation with my university Chinese instructor…
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