Kitty Cheung
Reserved seats at enrolment makes internal transfers frustrating
July 15, 2019Author: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer As enrolment comes around, my love/hate relationship with the School of Computing Science rears its ugly head. I’ve had my fair share of enrolment difficulties as an intended internal transfer student. To give a bit of background, I entered university with an intended program of world literature. While exploring other courses and pursuing my WQB requirements, I decided I wanted to switch majors into computing science (CMPT). Part of what makes this particular transfer process difficult is the number of seats in CMPT courses that are reserved for declared students in CMPT or associated programs,…
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SFU student fails
July 12, 2019By: Kitty Cheung (Staff Writer), Mishaa Khan, Vivien Ying Qi Li, Jennifer Low (Features Editor), Nathaniel Tok I fell into the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) Pond… and it’s kind of my fault Over my time here at SFU, it’s become something of…
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Hilarious and outstandingly feminist: Late Night celebrates women in comedy
July 12, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Coming from modern-day rom-com queen Mindy Kaling, Late Night is a sincere ode to women in comedy. Working as both screenwriter and actor on the film, Kaling stars alongside Emma Thompson in this showbusiness dramedy. Thompson…
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From Surrey campus to Silicon Valley: an interview with designer, Sean Leach
July 9, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Fast Facts Name: Sean Leach Pronouns: He/Him Department Affiliation: School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Hometown: Coquitlam, BC Hobbies: Cycling, animation, woodworking, travelling, and gaming Fun Fact: Despite being a designer and working with colour,…
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Comic: Expectation vs Reality
July 8, 2019[caption id="attachment_110437" align="aligncenter" width="626"] Comic curtesy of Kitty Cheung[/caption]
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Staff Study Songs: Peak recommended music to zone in and focus
July 5, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Nicole Magas, Ana Staskevich, and Alison Wick For the start of midterms, some of The Peak staff collaborated on a list of their favourite study music. From all-inclusive genres to specific albums, find their…
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Students shouldn’t need to be policed into respecting quiet study spaces
June 30, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Last week, a fellow student sat beside me in the sixth-floor computer lab of the library and proceeded to watch a sports commentary video on YouTube. With the noise leaking from their earbuds, I couldn’t help…
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Album Reviews: Jamila Woods’s LEGACY! LEGACY! and Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR
June 25, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer LEGACY! LEGACY! by Jamila Woods Jamila Woods’s LEGACY! LEGACY! is an uplifting album due to its strong messages of feminist liberation, Black empowerment, and self-love. Each track is named after a prominent figure who has…
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Dr. Steven Tanaka talks Next Music from Tokyo
June 19, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Next Music from Tokyo, an annual cross Canada tour of Japanese Indie bands, came to Vancouver for its fourteenth time this past May. The tour is organized, and funded, by Japanese-Canadian and Toronto Anaesthesiologist Dr.…
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Comic – But Mom, I’m a Liberated woman!
June 18, 2019Comic by: Kitty Cheung
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