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Long story short: a dick pic would’ve been better
January 24, 2018By: Winona Young I’ve received a lot of horrible texts from dates. Some have been an awkward, like the guy who asked me “Where have you been all my life?” when I referenced one (1) nerdy show. Some have been sleazy, like the time I told a guy I was on my period and he replied that “Every pirate must sail the Red Sea once.” And those examples bypass all kinds of other confusing mindfuckery. Despite all those horrible instances, I received my worst text by far only a month ago. As it always does, it all began with a…
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From studying politics to living it: my study abroad experience
January 22, 2018By: Michelle Gomez My undergrad at SFU was pretty average, until I studied abroad in a country that was culturally and politically unravelling. Over the last four months, that’s exactly what’s been happening in the region of Catalonia, which has…
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Long story short: my health has no price tag
January 17, 2018By: Meghan Light Since I started university, the month of November has always been a bad time for me. I love school so, so, sooo much, but this month always gets its hold on me in the worst way. The…
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Meet SFU’s independent student societies
January 15, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Last December, The Peak reported that student societies independent from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) may be in danger of losing their on-campus spaces due to a lack of space in the Student Union Building (SUB)…
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SFWho?
January 13, 2018By: Eva Zhu January 11 marked Sir John A. Macdonald Day, commemorating the country’s first Prime Minister. When you consider Macdonald’s appalling treatment of Indigenous people, his calendar holiday is a reminder of the colonialism at the root of Canadian…
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What Instagram can tell us about 2017
January 12, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Buzzfeed, Newsweek, and Mashable recently released their lists of the most-liked Instagram photos of 2017. Though these lists boast minor differences, superstars like Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Beyoncé remain in the public eye. These…
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Rare but there: Good news from 2017
January 9, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Similar to how I don’t talk about the bangs I had in eighth grade, as a little old lady I will most likely refuse to talk about the maelstrom that was 2017. The bad, the ugly, the…
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Archives for the Future
June 7, 2015Located in the basement of the Maggie Benston Centre, down a long, seemingly neverending hallway, SFU’s Archives and Records Management office is an area that most SFU students never take the time to visit. Despite containing some of our school’s…
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Obsessed to the nines
March 9, 2015[caption id="attachment_952" align="alignnone" width="940"] Image Credits: Talha Qadir[/caption] About a year ago, I went out on a blind double date with a friend of mine, his girlfriend, and her friend. It was bound to be an awkward night, and as…
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The SFU survival guide
September 2, 2014Alison Roach, Editor-in-Chief of The Peak Q. What do you wish you had known as a new student at SFU? When I was first starting, I wish that I had known that it was okay to not know exactly what I…
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