Gudrun Wai-Gunnarsson
Student burnout was a big problem before the pandemic
January 26, 2021by Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief I think it’s safe to say that all of us students are exhausted, and it’s only the beginning of the semester. I miss when I was just a bright-eyed, naïve first year at SFU, genuinely excited to attend lectures. That feeling has long since faded, being replaced by student burnout. This sensation is something I am quite familiar with, and having to live through a pandemic while dealing with it just makes everything worse. But student burnout existed long before COVID-19, and it’s a shame that SFU is just truly beginning to provide aid to students to…
Continue reading
Pets unionize, annoyed with owners using them as compensation for a lack of online personality
January 24, 2021By: Juztin Bello, SFU Alumnus Vancouver, BC — Following an influx of complaints from household pets regarding inaccurate quoting for captions on Instagram, zero compensation for modelling, and providing non-consensual emotional support, these animals are biting back against their owners…
Continue reading
The best places to isolate at SFU
January 19, 2021By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Are you an SFU student without the heart to go long-distance with your partner, the university? Need a place to isolate on campus? True, SFU is quite deserted as of now, but here are some…
Continue reading
How your email really found me
January 9, 2021By: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Out of all the horrible things that occurred during 2020, there’s one thing that’s been neglected in the 2020 slander: the pity emails. Now, I don’t just mean any regular ol’ pity emails. I mean…
Continue reading
SFU Administration presents upcoming budget for consultation after announcing tuition increases
December 13, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer A panel of SFU Administrators gathered over Zoom to discuss the university’s proposed budget and heard feedback from the student body on November 23, 2020. The university proposed an across-the-board tuition increase of 2%…
Continue reading
SFSS sends letter to Premier John Horgan and MLA Melanie Mark regarding tuition hikes
December 13, 2020Written by: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer On November 10 2020, Samad Raza, VP External Relations of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), wrote a letter demanding that the BC provincial government include international students in the Tuition Limit Policy to regulate…
Continue reading
“I can’t wait for this year to end!” says student who thinks the pandemic will randomly stop because of an arbitrary date
November 29, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate In a few brief weeks, it will be 2021, and we all know what that means. The minute the clock strikes midnight on New Years’ Eve — but like, specifically midnight where I am because…
Continue reading
Holiday season jeopardized by the dreaded Disney Adults buying all the Disney merchandise
November 29, 2020By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate The toy stores open during this pandemic — endangering workers just so some kid can play with Lego for five minutes then lose interest — found their Disney sections utterly gutted by a different plague:…
Continue reading
Students raise concerns regarding reconciliation and transparency at Aboriginal Steering Committee meeting
November 29, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer The Aboriginal Steering Committee (ASC) meeting was held over Zoom on November 12, 2020 to update the ASC on the First Peoples’ Gathering House project — which aims to provide a space for Indigenous…
Continue reading
SFU Stadium Project delayed to early 2021 following initial delays
November 17, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer The previously anticipated SFU Stadium Project has been delayed after an update from senior director of Athletics & Recreation, Theresa Hanson. “We expect the stadium completion in early 2021,” Hanson said. The Peak had…
Continue reading
