Lubaba Mahmud
Coming Up at SFU: February 10–14
February 11, 2020Reading in the Arts and Social Sciences The Student Learning Commons is hosting a 50-minute workshop on reading strategies for students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It will introduce four reading strategies for writing essays, research papers, critical analyses, and the like. The workshop is free for all students, and requires registration — participants can register through the event’s page. It will take place in the W.A.C. Bennett Library, Room 3008 on Tuesday, February 11, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. Climate Emergency: The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success In this talk, Mark Jaccard, author of…
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Health & Counselling executives discuss barriers to access, appointment procedures, and their mission to “make care about the client”
February 3, 2020What might students expect when they make a mental health appointment with SFU Health & Counselling? The Peak had a chance to conduct an in-person interview with Martin Mroz, Director of SFU’s Health & Counselling Services, and Tammy Nazaruk, Associate…
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Comparing GPAs is a recipe for dissatisfaction and unnecessary stress
January 25, 2020Success in university shouldn’t be interpreted as a zero-sum game where students are indirectly encouraged to compare grades. Extreme academic competitiveness is evident in some departments more than others, but wherever it goes it creates an unnecessarily harmful competitive atmosphere,…
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SFU embraces full open-concept design by expelling all its students
January 14, 2020While SFU is already known worldwide for its exceptional architecture, the university has decided to update its interior design for a new year by completely embracing open-concept design. To declutter its buildings in pursuit of this goal, SFU has committed…
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Political Corner: India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill is a horrific case of Islamophobia
January 5, 2020Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the Hindu nationalist group Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has undergone a tremendous effort to institutionalise the persecution of Muslims in India. Further fulfilling this agenda, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed on December 11,…
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What are SFU students looking forward to in 2020?
January 3, 2020I want to live my twenties without guilt about taking time to rest. Hi there, 2020. 2019 was a year of many firsts for me: it was the first time I allowed myself to take my writing seriously, I got…
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SFU Pangrams to Test your Fonts
November 25, 2019We all know the classic sentence which uses all 26 letters of the alphabet: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” But this is too damn generic. Sure, there are several other pangrams floating around the Net —…
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Spreading holiday cheer: A guide to volunteering this winter season
November 24, 2019As the great Michael Bublé sings, “It's that time of year I treasure, the time for giving, the best part of living.” This holiday season is one for giving, so The Peak has compiled this guide which provides an…
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Coming Up at SFU: Nov 11-15
November 12, 2019SFU 2065 Master Plan: Open House Have ideas for how the Burnaby campus should look in the future? Check out the SFU 2065 Master Plan: Open House event. Strategists from SFU Campus Planning & Development will be sharing with students…
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A little more clarity going into an exam would be nice, thanks
November 9, 2019This Halloween I dressed up as a midterm exam guide. It’s, like, the scariest thing ever — next to, you know, midterms. My costume, “ghost of a midterm guide,” was basically pieces of scrap paper that I glued on myself…
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