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SFU student updates: March 13 – 18

Peak Web March 15, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Deeeeeear friend (because student just sounds so . . . stiff!),  OMG! Happy March, students! [Insert relevant and cute joke about the passage of time to relate to the students.] Besties, we are so sorry that you are struggling with allergies, papers, assignments, the whole sha-bam. Here at SFU, we are so very pleased to announce this very special student update we’ve been working so very hard on. I think you’ll agree that we have truly slayed. THE MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE: SFU Board (I know, I’m bored, too!) unanimously agrees to print assignments and syllabi…

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Horoscopes February 13–19

Peak Web February 14, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Aries You’re known for firin’ things up, my dear Aries. I know, therefore, your adolescent heart could only belong to the equally fiery Koga from InuYasha. You’re loyal, like the Wolf-Demon warrior, and rooted for…

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SFUnexplained: I can’t escape Freud

Peak Web January 15, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Everywhere I go . . . I see his face. Sigmund (hopefully not motherfucking) Freud. It was innocuous at first: he would come up, obviously, in my PSYC 101 class. I get it, we all…

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CONFESSIONALS: I have an emotional support jacket and it totally makes sense

Peak Web January 10, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor We don’t give enough recognition to the true underdogs in our lives. We really don’t, and if we’re entering the new year as honest people, we need to be honest about who really has our…

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Illustrations of the covers of Glee, The Legend of Zelda: Animated Series, Mamma Mia, and The Fault in Our Stars
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The Peak’s special curriculum

Peak Web November 24, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor, Kelly Chia, Humour Editor, Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer, Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Professors, You’ve kindly taken your time to study and deconstruct theory after theory, assigning us only the best — or most…

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Illustration of a tutorial room disappearing on the SFU Snap app.
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Cryptid Spotlight: The disappearing tutorial room on SFU Snap

Peak Web October 31, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Students, On this sunny October afternoon, we bring you a nightmare every undergrad student can surely relate to. Today’s story comes from Bend n. Snap, a student just like you, lost in the seemingly endless corners…

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Illustration of two smug raccoons smiling at each other, depicting raccoon personalities Reginald the III and Stinks the Raccoon.
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Opinions in Garbage: Reginald the III and Stinks the Raccoon discuss

Peak Web October 26, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor and Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer The Peak has had the incredible opportunity to gather two of SFU Burnaby’s most coveted raccoon starlets: resident food critic Reginald the III himself and Stinks the Raccoon, TV personality…

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Confessionals: I look at episode summaries of shows I say I’ll watch

Peak Web October 20, 2022

By: Showstopper Dearly beloved, sinners, and worse, drivers in downtown Vancouver, I come to this sacred space to confess another crime. It has taken me years to admit this about myself, but I think it’s always good to set examples…

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Choose your own adventure: A date with McFogg

Peak Web October 17, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor INTRO: You came to Simon Fraser University to engage yourself in many different disciplines. You didn’t expect that you could possibly . . . get engaged. You admit, this brutalist building might capture your heart…

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A scorned letter to the 143

Peak Web October 10, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Dear . . . Hah, you could never be dear again, so hell-o 143, You may not remember me, but I sure as hell remember you. Yeah, that’s right, I’m the student you leave stranded…

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