Hailey Miller
Horoscopes December 2–8
December 2, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Aries March 21–April 19 Your laptop is full of unfinished assignments, and that’s OK! What’s more merry and bright than cramming in last-minute papers and exams worth your entire grade? “Catchup Queen” is your middle name. Get to work, you study elf! Taurus April 20–May 20 You really thought it was your last semester, didn’t you? Wrong! Your holiday wish won’t come true this year. Those pesky little writing, quantitative, and breadth credits are really putting a damper on your scholarly endeavours. Bah humbug! Happy holidays from the Grade Grinch yourself! Maybe next year, you’ll…
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The importance of vegetarianism and veganism
November 27, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of animal slaughter. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was seven years old. I love animals too much to harm them, and that was my main reason for becoming a vegetarian in…
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Aurélie Rivard and her remarkable Canadian legacy
November 21, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Aurélie Rivard has won the most medals of any woman in Canadian Paralympic swimming with a total of 14 Paralympic medals — six gold, four silver, and four bronze. She has won another 19 world…
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The resonant harmonies of Ruby Singh’s Vox.Infold
November 19, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist Ruby Singh released his debut album, Vox.Infold, in January 2022. The sequel album, Vox.Infold II, is set to grace the ears of the public on November 29. In preparation for this, I…
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Lower Mainland struck by record-breaking atmospheric river
November 10, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of death by natural disaster. On the weekend of October 19–20, a “major atmospheric river” made its way across the Lower Mainland, breaking a number of rainfall records. Some areas “saw a…
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I checked my phone to get my MFA code, and now I’m spiralling down the social media rabbit hole
November 10, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer I have a love-hate relationship with multi-factor authentication (MFA). OK, mostly hate. It’s a pain in the ass, but at the same time, it fends off the hackers . . . or so they tell…
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Burnaby Mountain isn’t the only SFU campus
November 6, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Although Burnaby Mountain is SFU’s main campus, it isn’t the only one. Most people are aware of the Surrey Central City campus and Harbour Centre in Vancouver, but the lesser-known satellite campuses are often forgotten…
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Halloween needs to be more sustainable
October 30, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Halloween is just around the corner, and the unsustainability that comes with it is what should really give you a scare. Halloween waste amounts to a staggering 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste, equivalent to 83…
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SFU women’s soccer is off to a red-hot start
October 30, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The SFU women’s soccer team is off to a fleeting start this season with a .731 winning percentage as of October 25. The Peak interviewed the two senior captains on the team, Katie Richardson and…
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Mastering the Basics: Broomball
October 24, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Are you a hockey or curling fan who’s looking for a new sport? Maybe you’re a fan of neither but open to hurling a ball down the ice with a paddle-shaped broomstick to give yourself…
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