Katie Walkley
When university completely changes that person you avoided in high school
November 10, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate Some people never change. Some people make it seem like they’ve changed, but it’s actually a disguise that they horrifyingly switch out of when they think they’re alone. The other day, I met the latter. It was not pretty. He was an old acquaintance from my high school. Back when we first knew each other, my favourite conversations were the ones where we never spoke a word. Avoiding conversations in the first place always made my day extra special. He was one of those crypto bros who tried to sell me Pierre Poilievre’s NFT every…
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#NotClueless: SFU, like, totally gave me a private jet?
August 7, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate Hey Instagram fan girly pop queens! It’s your influencer queen here. You won’t believe the level of growth I’ve been on lately — both as an influencer and as a girl in the world. I’ve…
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Vancouver punk’s role in creating community in an introvert’s city
July 29, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate When spending time in Vancouver’s public spaces, I notice it is common practice to avoid eye contact. Instead of engaging in other people’s lives, we tend to stay focused on our own. I used to…
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EXCLUSIVE: McFogg the Dog comes out as gay
July 29, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate With a studded collar and a lipstick stain on the cheek that he claimed to be from Gerard Way, McFogg the Dog sat in the doorway of a Lorne Davies Complex athletic storage closet for…
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Rating MBC food choices based on how likely I am to recite Robert Frost whilst taking a shit after consumption
July 24, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate This is my long-awaited and highly requested ranking of the Maggie Benston Centre Food Court choices based on how likely I am to recite Robert Frost whilst taking a shit after consumption (in order from…
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SFU artists bend reality in Report on the Thing exhibit
July 24, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate From July 3–26, the Audain Gallery is displaying six SFU artists’ works inspired by Clarice Lispector’s short postmodern text, Report on the Thing (1974). Her story questions the way we define categories and split things…
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The return of the Eastside Arts Festival
July 14, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate Sometimes, walking along downtown Vancouver makes me feel like a tourist in my own city, especially as I pass by the many interesting shops, artistic expressions, and the general beauty of the city all around.…
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SFU vs. UBC: The renewed rivalry
July 14, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate It was still light out at 8:32 p.m., and I felt unstoppable. I’m not proud of what I did, but it had to be done. I revived the rivalry between SFU and UBC. I’d been…
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A call for revolution (and moving sidewalks) at blusson hall
July 7, 2025By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate HEAR YE, HEAR YE! SFU storm bringers, we have gone on too long walking immeasurable distances from class to class. We are made to feel like hobbits trekking to Mount Doom when we should be…
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Monday Music: Songs to aid your astral journey
July 3, 2025By: Katie Walkley, SFU Student Doing nothing should be considered as a human need just as important as eating or sleeping. To ease you into a camaraderie with your mind through the art of staring off into space, I have…
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