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President Sharma’s resignation is a new low for the SFSS
June 10, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is described on its website as a “student-led organization that represents and advocates for the interests of the 26,000+ undergraduate students at SFU.” They provide food services, the U-Pass BC program, extended health and dental plans, and a legal clinic, among other things. But all these useful services aside, they certainly didn’t represent “the interests of students” when SFSS president Deepak Sharma resigned from his position last week. In a plot twist that seems akin to House of Cards, Sharma apparently did not meet the “membership eligibility status,” as The Peak recently reported. The…
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SFU choir members perform in local opera
June 6, 2016Alexandre Vasilchenko had a busy schedule last week. The criminology major had his regular classes, studying for exams, and also had two performances of Pietro Mascagni’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana. You could say it wasn’t a typical week for an SFU…
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First ground broken for new Student Union Building
June 6, 2016It was a dreary, drizzling day, but ground has been broken for the construction of the new Student Union Building, and the next chapter of Build SFU begins. With almost the entirety of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) present,…
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Netflix ‘border hoppers’ are nothing but self-entitled
June 6, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his past March I cut my extravagant cable bill and purchased, for $20, something on Amazon many of you probably didn’t even know existed: a digital television antenna. I know, old school, right? Now, while I basked in the illegal…
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Six ways to get the perfect beach body
June 6, 2016Beach season is rapidly approaching, but don’t worry — The Peak has got you covered with the quickest and coolest tricks to get that perfect beach body you’ve been conditioned over years and years to believe is ideal. These tricks…
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Homebrewing 101
June 6, 2016A buzz brewing at SFU One of SFU’s best-kept secrets is its beer culture. Ever since SFU’s S.F. Brew club defeated UBC’s brUBC at the first Annual University Home Brew Awards back in 2013, we’ve been a force to be…
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The time I accidentally became a Tumblr porn star
June 3, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]umblr is a huge website. According to Wikipedia, it hosts over 290 million blogs, with over 45 million new posts created daily. With such a huge site comes a huge diversity of people and interests, and like any community so…
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COLUMN | LIST BITCH: Eight times Republicans made me shit myself
June 1, 2016List Bitch is a new web-exclusive column featuring feisty, unapologetic listicles on life. Click here for more, and check back each week for new content! [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n case you thought having Donald Trump as the prospective nominee is the scariest thing the Republican…
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Critics pronounce Skills for Jobs Blueprint a failure
May 30, 2016On April 29, 2014, the Government of British Columbia launched BC’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, a program designed to facilitate the growth of BC’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Premier Christy Clark claimed that 100,000 LNG-related jobs would be created…
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The more Music Waste changes, the more it stays the same
May 30, 2016It’s a Sunday night, less than three weeks before one of the biggest weekends for music in Vancouver — and the organizers of Music Waste are circled up in a living room, still working through the logistical headache of special…
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