Jacob Mattie
What grinds our gears: A lack of campus study spaces
April 8, 2022By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate; Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor As a student whose home has more distractions than it does workspace, I usually come to school to get my work done. My favourite place to work at the SFU Burnaby campus is the fifth floor of the library. It has these cozy little enclave desks that you can set up in, and work in what feels like your own private space. However, recently I found one of the study rooms on that same fifth floor with an unlocked door; containing the study area of my dreams. A private room with…
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Anything can be a kink if you believe in yourself
April 8, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor There’s no kink police — unless you’re into that. Roughly, a kink can be described as an unconventional sex behaviour, and there is little further clarification. The result of this is that anything you enjoy…
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Philanthropy isn’t the golden ideal we might picture it to be
April 7, 2022By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate; Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor SFU’s business school goes by the name Beedie School of Business. It would be reasonable to assume Beedie is the name of a faculty member; similar to how the Maggie Benston…
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Webcomics: an underrated form of visual storytelling
March 31, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Under traditional publishers, writers and illustrators are bound to the decisions of management. This has led to a conservative trend in publishing, restricting comics to what is perceived to be marketable. By contrast, webcomics aren’t…
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Brighter side: Coins, fountains, and wishes
March 19, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Throwing coins into fountains, to the best of my knowledge, has no wish-granting powers. Trust me; I’ve thrown many coins into many fountains and I’ve yet to notice any tendency for these wishes to come true.…
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Can we please stop using the fucking imperial system
January 28, 2022By Amirul Anirban, Peak Associate; Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor One pound is sixteen ounces, and one ounce is sixteen drams. Two thousand pounds makes a short ton, but 2,240 pounds makes . . . a long ton? The above convoluted…
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Emojis should be used in formal correspondence
January 27, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor The Spring 2022 semester is in full swing, and though the in-person/online classes debate continues, it’s likely we’ll be interacting with one another mainly through emails and Zoom calls. While Zoom preserves some of the social…
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What’s it like to fence?
January 20, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate Marie-Rose Bruskiewicz, head coach of the SFU fencing team emphasized our en garde stance on Tuesday’s practice. She assigned 10 pushups to anyone out of line. Notorious for challenging workouts, the training regime is…
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Take a hike! Here are some of our favourites
January 20, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate SFU’s Burnaby campus is set at the top of Burnaby Mountain. This is the source of much grief in the winter months for students who need to walk up or down if buses fail (if…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Autocomplete phrase suggestions
January 19, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor Autocomplete this, motherfuckers. Despite the various word processing platforms’ increasing propensity for prediction, there was no autocomplete suggestion to the above line — and understandably so. Autocomplete phrasing comes from the collection and comparison of similar…
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