HUMOUR

Students sitting in a dark lecture hall. There are only two masked students and most of the rest are coughing or sniffling. Germs are visible around them as though a UV light is being shone on them.
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Suspicious coughing in the classroom

Peak Web March 5, 2025

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer People like to boast about ditching class, and honestly, why not? Why would you spend two to three hours of your life — that is 180 minutes — stuck in a room with people you don’t know and will never remember again after four months of forced academic camaraderie? But now, what if they start coughing? Maybe add a sneeze here and there? The academic struggle-buddy next to me right now is coughing and wheezing so much it reminds me why I was awarded the “you visit often” title on WebMD’s COVID-19 symptoms page. …

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Woman sitting in front of her laptop looking upset. She’s surrounded by used tissues.
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Fondness for my Chromebook (After Siaara Freeman)

Peak Web March 4, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Oh, Chromebook. I heard you’ve restarted unexpectedly . . . again And that’s OK. I’m not annoyed!  I love restoring all my previous apps It’s one of the many things I love about you  I…

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Woman in black workout clothes, squatting in her living room. She is surrounded by plants and she looks very focused.
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CONFESSIONALS: I work out from home so no one can see me fall

Peak Web February 26, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Health and fitness trends come and go. If you’re old enough, you start to see them repeating. Look me in the eye right now and tell me that Naughty Girl Fitness is not just a…

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Man in a suit and a top hat holding a yellow UmbraCity umbrella and a stack of cash. He is standing next to an UmbraCity kiosk.
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UmbraCity or UmbraSyndicate?

Peak Web February 24, 2025

By: Thievius Raccoonus, SFU Student UmbraCity has set up its oddly dystopian-looking kiosks across Vancouver, allowing consumers to rent umbrellas when unexpected rain decides to fuck up their day. The Canadian company has been putting the “EH” in umbrella ella…

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A Black person with an afro is trying to prevent a white person from touching their hair. The white person is saying “OMG! How do you get your hair to do that!”
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The benefits of being Black in a mostly non-Black community

Peak Web February 18, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Kendrick performed at the Super Bowl last week, and while I didn’t watch the performance (I refuse to watch men crash into each other for fun), that didn’t mean I was exempt from seeing all…

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An illustration of a girl, stars and astrological signs strewn in her hair.
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Horoscopes February 17–23

Peak Web February 17, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor Aries March 21–April 19  “It’s private, but no.”  The stars think you should spend more time telling nosy people to mind their business, and then still answer their questions.  Taurus April 20–May 20 “Um, Shabana.…

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Couple standing in a kitchen eating strawberries. They are surrounded by different breakfast foods and are looking at each other lovingly.
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The rumours are true, I have flirted with a man before

Peak Web February 13, 2025

By: C Icart, Humour Editor I’m 25, and honestly, it’s great. Love being 25. Like yesterday, I wanted a chocolate bar, so I just bought myself a chocolate bar. Didn’t have to ask my mom, didn’t have to pass GO,…

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Envelope with a red seal on a table surrounded by lingerie.
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Peakie gets sexy

Peak Web February 13, 2025

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  Do you have the TLC people’s phone number (the network, not the girl group)? I was practicing the Megan Thee Stallion headboard challenge by myself so I’d be ready…

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Two phone screens with Hinge open. One shows a chat where the phone owner is responding to a picture with two men asking to be referred to the older one assuming it’s the father. The man responds saying that the man is his professor. In the second image, someone’s Hinge bio is displayed. It features a picture of a theatre play set. The set includes a giant hand.
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Hinge is a game, and I’m losing

Peak Web February 11, 2025

By: DILF Hunter, SFU Student From 2023 to 2024, I was a frequent user of dating apps out of boredom. I gained nothing from my experiences other than various ridiculous screenshots of jarring or hilarious interactions, and a somewhat deeper…

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Two professionals doing a handshake.
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Dear Peakie aids those in need

Peak Web February 4, 2025

By: Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie,  I love merch! People think my favourite slogan is “fight, fight, fight,” but it’s actually “monetize, monetize, monetize.” I can sell anything! Candy, robes, guitars . . .…

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