Kitty Cheung
What Grinds Our Gears: Misleading prices
May 11, 2021By: Dev Petrovic, Opinions Editor Generally, I don’t mind spending a little bit more on food items that I enjoy, as long as I am aware of the monetary value of the product. Alas, it seems like grocery stores tend to do everything in their power to make sure I misunderstand their product prices. I can’t afford to buy into the deals for larger quantities of food, but grocery stores definitely want me to do so because individual prices never seem to be properly displayed. Most recently I went to Superstore for my regular grocery trip — I don’t usually…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Email formalities
April 6, 2021by Nancy La, Peak Associate To Whom It May Concern, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to propose the elimination of formalities in everyday correspondence via electronic mail. Allow me to preface this argument by acknowledging…
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My quirky quarantine habit: creating a deadly plague in The Sims
March 20, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer From the 20-somethings who are knitting, baking, and essentially living out the life they’ll be living in 50 years (back pain included,) to those like my roommate who have devoted their quarantine to dressing up…
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A Day in my Life: Remote Co-op Student
July 31, 2020Written by Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate 8:16 AM Wake up to sound of CNN news blasts on coronavirus — thank you, family Resent choice to move back home for the summer But . . . where else could you have gone?…
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House of Rice: In Rice-olation illuminates the intersectional and political scope of digital drag
July 17, 2020By: Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate Intrigued by the idea of digital drag, I saw House of Rice: In Rice-olation on June 27 as part of rEvolver’s online performance festival, e-Volver. The rEvolver Festival is a theatre and performing arts festival…
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Closet Cases: Stories on when we came to terms with our queer identity
June 22, 2020By: Kitty Cheung, Molly Lorette, Victor Yin One of my favourite toys during early childhood was the household mop. My family kept the mop and bucket outside on the balcony of our Strathcona apartment. I would flip this mop upside-down…
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Equitable consideration of learning styles is needed for remote-learning success
May 21, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer There are many barriers that students may face with remote learning, including accessibility and access to technology. However, it is important to address how another semester of online instruction will also put students with different learning…
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Friendly customer service is not an invitation for physical contact
January 13, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Between the low pay and dealing with entitled Karens, many of us with experience in the service industry have harboured the secret fantasy of being hit by a bus on the way to work, just to…
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Album Reviews: Ngan’s Venus and KAYTRANADA’s BUBBA
January 5, 2020By Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate Venus by Ngan Venus is a groovy neo-soul EP coming from New York singer-songwriter Ngan. After a hiatus from longer projects, Ngan released this second EP following 2014’s Smell the Roses and my oh my,…
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If the rain isn’t paying tuition, it needs to stay out of SFU classrooms
January 5, 2020By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate As if the bitter cold, the constant rain, and the brutalist architecture of SFU Burnaby could not dampen (ha) the mood more, students are finding themselves standing off against yet another increasingly prominent enemy to public…
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