Gabrielle McLaren
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, are going to have to start thinking about where and how you’re going to vote. If you’re over the age of 18 and a Canadian citizen, that is. You can double check your voter registration online (something that you can do at the polls, but might want to check in advance if you’re living away from home). The Peak is…
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Most popular couple in grade 12 shockingly breaks up on third week of university
September 15, 2019Written by Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief BURNABY, BC — To the absolute shock of their community, Crystal Lemay and Hunter O’Brian, the hottest couple in the 2019 graduating class from Coquitlam’s John Green Secondary School, broke up against all odds three…
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Is first past the post really the best for Canada’s voting system?
September 10, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren and Nicole Magas. Introduction and conclusion by Winona Young, Head Staff Writer When it comes to politics, should we be deciding who to vote for based on the lesser of two evils? According to Andrew Coyne of…
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#AllTheRagrets: What SFU students wish they knew in their first year
September 7, 2019By: Winona Young, Andrea Renney, Nicole Magas, Juztin Bello, Marco Ovies, Gabrielle McLaren, Chris Ho What I wish I knew as a baby SFU first year is . . . … you are going to be bad at university…
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You too will fall in love with Shakespeare at Bard on the Beach
September 3, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief I have a specific “theater buddy” friend. We go to shows together all of the time, and both of us are literature nerds who like Shakespeare. This worked out nicely for the 2019 season of Bard…
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Keep an eye out for art you may not expect along the 95 B-Line
August 31, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief My roommate was born and raised in Vancouver, so I asked her if she knew the story behind the stuffed animal tree one day as our bus drove by it. The tree, dripping with stuffed animals,…
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SFU’s negligence at the Transportation Centre is putting commuting students at risk
August 31, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Last spring, I found myself commuting home late on a Friday night, which isn’t unusual for me. The Peak’s publication days are on Friday, and they stretch out. On this particular Friday I was with two male…
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Public art celebrating Pride is coming to SFU Burnaby
August 1, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief In early July, Out on Campus (OOC) reached out to its Facebook followers, announcing that SFU’s next mural would be centered around the theme of Pride. The post went on to ask students: “What imagery do…
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Fourth-year students try to sacrifice first-year student to the enrolment gods
July 30, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren Photo by: Chris Ho On the evening of July 16, SFU Security heroically saved a first-year student from a group of fourth-year Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students who were attempting to ritually sacrifice the…
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Board Shorts: July 25
July 29, 2019By Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Board redirects SASS Fest (frosh) executive team to Executive Director to seek funding Representatives for the executive team of the Society of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) gave a presentation on SASS Fest: a two-day welcome…
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