Juztin Bello
Pride events may be cancelled, but being proud is not
June 1, 2020Due to the ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19, Pride festivities worldwide have either been cancelled or re-imagined into virtual events. These cancellations include New York City’s Pride March, which has been cancelled for the first time in history, and San Francisco's Pride Parade, which would have celebrated its 50th anniversary. Although Vancouver’s Pride festivities are not until August, the Vancouver Pride Society has opted to follow in the footsteps of several other Pride organizations and released a statement back in April on the matter. In this statement they expressed heartbreak over the worldwide cancellations, with a promise to do what they…
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The secret life of The Peak’s pets
May 10, 2020OK, I’ll admit it — the power of being the Features editor has finally gotten to my head. When the opportunity to interview The Peak’s beautiful animals had been taken with gusto, I got the chance to publish the piece…
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SODIUM PODIUM: Nine salty opinions to bring a tiny raging light to your life
March 21, 2020Please stop asking me if I know someone you know from SFU SFU is a very large academic institution. We span over three campuses, offer a whole slew of programs, and have over 30,000 students. So what I truly don’t…
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What Grinds Our Gears: I’m haunted by group project members ghosting in the chat
March 7, 2020It’s the first day of class and you’ve been forced into groups for a semester-long project — great start. You do the classic “none of us want to do this, so we’ll find solidarity in our disdain” round of small-talk…
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I tried celibacy for a week
February 21, 2020I’ll admit, I do enjoy leaning into the sex stuff a bit. Is it because I was sexually repressed and closeted as an adolescent and thus have gone/still go overboard with compensating for lost sexual experiences? Perhaps. Do I admit…
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The top five hook-up spots at SFU Burnaby
February 21, 2020Hello, Peak readers. It’s your favourite sinner here with the content that none of you asked for. A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about how I can’t have sex at home because I still live with my…
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SFU shares their love stories and Tinder nightmares
February 14, 2020Alright, I’m not proud of this. One of the first times I met a Tinder guy in person was when I was partying at a frat house at UBC. Gross, I know. This guy and I had been talking for…
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Mount Burnabus: Rise of the SFU Olympians
February 3, 2020If you read the Percy Jackson books, then you know that the twelve Olympian gods of Greek lore travel wherever the flame of civilization goes. The flame has gotten a bit tired of investing so much of itself into the…
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‘Tis the season to hail Mariah
November 24, 2019For most, November is just another ordinary month, because their lives are meaningless and boring. For some, it’s the month to celebrate the first reported instance of white privilege. But one thing the world can agree on is that November…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Sodium Podium
November 24, 2019This first-year class cost you $500, the least you could do is pay attention! As a fourth year filling up her breadth courses with first year classes, I have made some observations, and I am worried. As I sit in…
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