Jacob Mattie
What grinds our gears: A lack of campus study spaces
April 8, 2022As 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 actual windows! Such a space is much better than…
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Anything can be a kink if you believe in yourself
April 8, 2022There’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 — be that citrus fruits,…
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Philanthropy isn’t the golden ideal we might picture it to be
April 7, 2022SFU’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 Centre and Robert C. Brown Hall are named after…
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Brighter side: Coins, fountains, and wishes
March 19, 2022Throwing 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. I’m not likely to…
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Can we please stop using the fucking imperial system
January 28, 2022One 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 measures are the mass units of the imperial system,…
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Emojis should be used in formal correspondence
January 27, 2022The 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 cues of conversation like…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Autocomplete phrase suggestions
January 19, 2022Autocomplete 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 text, and is widely…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Un-radicalized old people
December 1, 2021Old people — the ones that aren’t outright critical of any change — are often renowned for their mellow nature. For this reason, they are entirely deserving of the flak I’m about to throw at them. Either they have lived…
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A Peak into the past
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Last-minute costumes that will make people think you’re creative
November 25, 2021Raisin [caption id="attachment_119837" align="alignnone" width="200"] PHOTO: Gudrun Wai-Gunnarsson / The Peak[/caption] This is a Halloween classic. Grab a black garbage bag, cut some arm holes in the sides, and one at the top to stick your head through. Wear it…
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