Kyla Dowling
How quarantine has completely destroyed my socialization skills
January 25, 2021By: Madeleine Chan, Kyla Dowling, and Nathan Tok I can’t leave people on read IRL? (Madeleine) I think I realized that human interaction isn’t for me anymore when I said “LOL” out loud, forgetting that, no, I’m not reacting to yet another pandemic meme that my aunt sent me. When I do interact with people, it’s like I can feel a loading sign on my forehead, making my words come out like a professor’s on a low-quality, buffering BB Collaborate video. I had a five-minute, socially-distanced conversation with a friend and I had to keep reminding myself to talk and…
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“Perform for Pride” provides powerful performances for a purpose
January 25, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Want to donate to an LGBTQ+ organization while also receiving access to a wonderful benefit celebrating youth performers? Look no further than Perform for Pride, a Vancouver-centric cabaret currently in its fourth year. The show…
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The haunting of all the books I have bought but never read: a memoir
January 23, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer I can feel them watching me. The clown on the cover of It by Stephen King, the main character of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina . . . Their eyes follow me as I enter my…
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Ratatouille the Musical is a TikTok phenomenon that is here to stay
January 16, 2021By Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer It started with a TikTok. Creator Emily Jacobsen was fooling around and created a viral hit of herself singing a ditty about the titular character Remy in Ratatouille. Then, Daniel J. Mertzlufft (the mind behind…
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Victims’ statements should be believed
January 11, 2021by Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer CW: Discussion of sexual assault, rape, policy brutality. In 2019, I sat in a room at the police station and told an officer about my sexual assault. “Why didn’t you report this sooner?”…
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Your Weekly Horoscopes Jan. 11–15
January 10, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Aries: You just don’t feel alive anymore, Aries. After learning every routine on Just Dance and burning the polaroids of everyone who wronged you in 2020, you need more spice. My recommendation? Get a COVID-19…
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The perfect stocking stuffers for your loved one going through a quarter-life crisis
November 30, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate As the snow falls, we too fall under the weight of the self-awareness of Christmas and its exploitative, capitalistic nature hidden behind a happy bearded man in red. Are you crying into your overpriced emotional…
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“I can’t wait for this year to end!” says student who thinks the pandemic will randomly stop because of an arbitrary date
November 29, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate In a few brief weeks, it will be 2021, and we all know what that means. The minute the clock strikes midnight on New Years’ Eve — but like, specifically midnight where I am because…
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Dear Peakie
November 22, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate Dear Peakie, I’m graduating in Spring 2021 and I don’t know how to start looking for a career! Sincerely, Your Next LinkedIn Network Request Hey Your Next LinkedIn Network Request! Firstly, don’t add me on…
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“I understand these are trying times,” says the professor making the times trying
November 9, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate Subject Line: Paper now due Tuesday From: [email protected] To: AHH 101 (All Sections) Date: November 5, 3:33 a.m. Students, Many of you have asked for an extension on the 14-page organometallic chemistry paper due on…
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