Gabrielle McLaren
How Deaf storytelling breathed new life into Hamlet’s story
February 3, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Time to break the fourth wall and preface this by admitting that I am still absolutely, completely destroyed by the production I just witnessed. PuSh Festival really did a number on me by hosting Why Not Theatre’s Prince Hamlet, a bilingual production of Shakespeare’s magnum opus that integrates English and American Sign Language (ASL) from start to finish. Overall, it’s the Hamlet you know and love with a killer set and some gender-bent casting (you might not think that a man playing Ophelia could work, but that’s because you haven’t had your heart…
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University: there’s an app for that
January 18, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Despite debates in the world of education about whether electronics are actually detrimental to a student’s learning (a notion which my baby-boomer profs cannot get enough of), the technology we have today was created to act as a useful…
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The Peak’s most popular content of 2018
January 8, 2019By: Geron Malbas and Gabrielle McLaren Editor's note: In print, the top content for Humour and Arts had been misattributed to the wrong creators. The web version that follows is correct, and we apologize for the mistake. Here at The Peak,…
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Holiday cookie recipe roundup
December 1, 2018By: Maxwell Gawlick, Gabrielle McLaren, Sakina Nazarali, and Natasha Tar Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookies (from Ben & Jerry’s) Traditionally added to ice cream raw, this fabled recipe also produces some of the softest and most flavourful baked cookies you’ll…
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Student Vending Machine
November 28, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren
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Jewish holidays and what they mean to SFU students
November 26, 2018By: Gene Cole, Martha D, and Ruth Leavitt. Compiled by Gabrielle McLaren, Features editor. Editor’s note: Beliefs about whether or not the full name of G-d should be spelled completely vary throughout the Jewish community. This piece has respected the spellings…
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Save “The Resistance” as a title for those who are actually resisting
November 19, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor I am such a specific brand of nerd that one of my most bumpin’ group chats is solely dedicated to Canadian history and political trivia. Boy, were we excited when the Maclean’s December cover…
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7 quotes from the TEDx SFU Dialogue event
November 9, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor The TEDx SFU Dialogue Event was a smaller, more intimate affair than the day of speakers and entertainment that preceded it. Around 20 people from all walks of life, with various degrees of connection…
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Paranormal Activity : SFU students tell us their real life scary stories
October 27, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Maxwell Gallick, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Zach Siddiqui, Lauren Wallace, and Winona Young It was too cold to play outside, and we weren’t yet addicted to video games, so somehow my best friend and I got the…
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Queer students deserve better than what the SFSS is providing
October 22, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor When I left high school, every breath felt fresher and every step felt stronger. Most students experience this power, but to queer students this can be even more valued. For us, coming to university…
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