Mason Mattu
Un-pretty womaning myself
November 1, 2026As the president of the Metro Vancouver Kelly Clarkson Fan Club, I was shocked, appalled, devastated, and in shambles after learning about what happened to Kelly. I was in tears as I read that a small business in Brooklyn refused to sell a yellow wooden bird worth $15,000 to Kelly. They asked her if she wanted something in her price range in lieu of the bird. Are you kidding me? The best singer alive, with money literally flowing out of her guitar in wads, was the victim of pretty woman’ing? I can understand why Julia Roberts’ character in Pretty Woman…
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SCARY STORIES: Inside the SFU morgue
October 26, 2026The SFU morgue has been off-limits to me for much of my degree — much like the swimming pool and level 0 of the AQ. The morgue is an actual lab on Burnaby campus that has technology to help authorities…
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C’est l’Halloween
October 26, 2026Somewhere, in a galaxy that’s actually ours, a British Columbian with French skills acquired in elementary and middle school, is standing in a Spirit Halloween store in Montreal. Because when a friend who you haven’t seen in years calls upon…
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Election 2026: How BC’s parties plan to aid a struggling post-secondary sector
October 23, 2026While not among the top concerns for voters in this provincial election, the future of the province’s post-secondary landscape is top of mind for students. The financial crisis universities find themselves in are resulting in program cuts, tuition hikes, and…
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Think before you use the term “gora pakora”
October 19, 2026When I was 12 years old, a distant cousin of mine called me a “gora pakora” at a wedding reception. I knew what the term “gora” meant in Punjabi (it means a white guy), and I knew what a “pakora”…
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A guide to phonebanking with the BC Conservative Party
October 19, 2026INTERNAL DOCUMENT — FOR THE EYES OF STAFFERS ONLY Thanks for agreeing to phonebank with the BC Conservative Party. After what we dub a silly summer of leadership changes and casual chaos, we want to convey to our voters that…
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A hopeless romantic loses their lover to SFU Surrey
October 11, 2026Just when I thought I got him to fall in love with SFU Burnaby. Should’ve known better than to accompany him back to SFU Surrey. I put him right back into its arms, I wasn’t a match for Surrey campus’…
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It’s elbows up — but also shut the fuck up
October 4, 2026Political canvassing is not for the faint of heart. When some fellow leftist organizers I work with asked me to go doorknocking, I almost said no. But, what the heck, I thought. Carney’s inaction on literally everything is so, plainfully…
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Most Requested Lime hits the airwaves
September 13, 2026Mason: What’s a shakin’, Canada? This is Mason, your host with the most for Canada’s hit radio show — Most Requested Lime. As always, our show is being simulcasted coast-to-coast exclusively in select, bougie, and way overpriced grocery stores. Let’s…
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Meet the masthead: Introducing our team
September 7, 2026Abbey Perley spent two of three years at The Peak as production editor. She’s returned to assistant production editor for her last two semesters before taking on the world with a degree in Interactive Arts and Technology. Asked about how…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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