HUMOUR

C is holding a sweet potato in front of a white background. The sweet potato is sprouting and there are two leaves growing out of it.
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The sweet potato in cupboard is my inspiration

Peak Web October 5, 2024

By: C Icart, Humour Editor They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but some of us didn’t have a choice. Some of us met our heroes way before they became our heroes. We met them at the grocery store in the produce aisle. They were chilling with all the other sweet potatoes, and taking a sweet potato home is a pretty normal thing to do when you’re at the grocery store. So, we brought the little spud home even though we don’t even really like sweet potatoes and stored it in our cupboard for the day we wake up with…

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SFU Student Bulletin: Week of October 1 – 6

Peak Web October 3, 2024

By: Hana Hoffman, Peak Associate Announcements OCTOBER BOO-PASS NOW AVAILABLE — This spooky season, all SFU students are eligible for the limited-time BOO-Pass, which allows access to all haunted areas of the old SFU buildings. Go on, admire SFU’s boo-talist…

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Many yellow plastic ducks on a blue background. There is a red plastic duck wearing a crown standing out in front of the others.
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Peakie strikes again with advice!

Peak Web October 2, 2024

By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  I am an avid transit user. Name any bus, I’ve been on it. My favourite part of being on the bus is standing in front of the red…

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A woman wearing a yellow dress and black boots is confidently strutting as money is flying out of her purse. She is pulling a red cart full of shopping bags and a mannequin torso.
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CONFESSIONALS: I take a moment of silence after making a large purchase to make peace with the money I have let slip away

Peak Web October 2, 2024

By: Yulissa Huamani, SFU student Every time I leave the house, I promise myself I will only buy something if it’s absolutely necessary. Something that still surprises me a lot is that taxes are added at the end of a…

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Someone sitting next to a dying succulent. They are reading a self-help book that’s called “How to be a good plant parent”
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I can’t keep my succulents alive for the life of me . . . or them

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The ultimate adulting is caring for a plant — and I don’t mean a fake fern to fill up space and contribute to the ambiance of your grown-up décor. This isn’t amateur hour . .…

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A September calendar with the dates of SFU Month of Welcome events circled.
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Tell us your favourite Month of Welcome event and we’ll determine what your Twitter account looks like

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Amrit Kamaal, Peak Associate SFUReady  You made sure to attend each stall to scoop up all the freebies. You had to sweet-talk for some of them, but you’re not above that. Of course, that sweetness is a front. You…

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Three small children stacked on top of each other in an oversized trench coat.
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Message from the president: An update on the official SFU mascot shortlist

Peak Web September 26, 2024

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Since McFogg the Dog was let go in 2018, the Board of Directors has been hard at work deciding who will replace him as SFU’s new official mascot. Finding a mascot worthy of representing our comprehensive…

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Message from the president: The role of universities in times of genocide

Peak Web September 23, 2024

By: Freida Watermelon, SFU Student September 23, 2024  As president of SFU, I am often asked by students, faculty and staff to take a stance on partisan political matters and current events. I usually have no problem doing this as…

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Is the “shut up and take my money” meme too stale to reference here?
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If the CRA really wanted my money, they’d pick up when I call

Peak Web September 18, 2024

By: C Icart, Humour Editor It’s not tax season, but I would like to talk about taxes anyway. After all, this is my section; I can write about whatever I want (oop, our editor-in-chief has just informed me that is…

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Upside down trapeze artist on top of the SFU Woodward’s sign. She is holding a laptop between her legs.
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Hot study spots: Vancouver campus edition

Peak Web September 18, 2024

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer What better way to bid a warm welcome back to the scholarly season than by seeking out the hottest study spots around the Vancouver campus? Hot girls study in hot spots, you know! The Vancouver…

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