Mason Mattu
Life with type 1 diabetes
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor In September 2019, I lay in a hospital bed at BC Children’s Hospital. A nurse hovered over me, poking my finger with a device I had never seen before. I winced. What was going on? What was happening to me? I wanted to ask many questions, but my throat was so dry it hurt to speak. The fluorescent lighting, beeping monitors, and hospital staff whispers around me converged into one panicked environment. All summer long, I was frequently drinking water and feeling excessively thirsty. Over the course of that summer, I had lost so much…
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In Boots, portrayals of being gay are nuanced — the way it should be
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor Boots, Netflix’s recently-released gay military dramedy, stars a very talented Miles Heizer (Parenthood) as Cameron Cope, a closeted gay teenager who enlists in the Marines in 1990s South Carolina. The story is based on Greg…
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SFU’s contracted food service workers stage demonstration
December 18, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor On November 5, SFU’s contracted food service employees took their lunch break collectively to stage a demonstration, demanding a living wage and improved working conditions. Employees from Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Mackenzie Café, the Dining Commons,…
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Dear Peakie calls on Santa’s elves to unite against corporate greed
December 18, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer and Mason Mattu, Humour Editor Dear Peakie, Where have you been?? We haven’t seen you since, like, February? It seems as though you got replaced by a Beedie Bro advice column? How can I be…
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Incorporating the lessons of Bandi Chhor Divas in today’s world
November 11, 2025By: Mason Narinder Singh Mattu, Section Editor Bandi Chhor Divas is a celebration born from the events that took place after Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, the sixth guru of Sikhi (anglicized as Sikhism), was released from wrongful imprisonment by the…
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SCARY STORIES: Vampire spotted at the Bennett Library
November 11, 2025By: Gurnoor Jhajj, SFU Student and Mason Mattu, Humour Editor It all went down before a history midterm, on the sixth floor of the library. I was going over my notes, double-fisting two coffees and an energy drink, when I…
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Non-profit proposes wildlife feeding bylaw for the City of Burnaby
November 11, 2025By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer A new proposal has emerged calling on the City of Burnaby to pass a bylaw deterring the public from feeding wildlife. The movement is spearheaded by The Fur-Bearers, a Canadian charity that aims to advance…
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Carney’s proposed austerity measures fail working-class Canadians
November 11, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor The finance minister François-Philippe Champagne says even his mother understands the basic household principle of “spend less, save more.” What Champagne was referring to is austerity — reducing government spending in an effort to promote…
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Gossip Peakie: The fall you turned ugly
November 11, 2025By: Gossip Peakie Hey, Burnaby Mountain dwellers. At this point, you should know who I am (even you first-years). If you don’t, you have a lot to learn about this town, sweetie. Gossip Peakie here — your number one source…
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The Peak investigates: The SFU Pisser
November 10, 2025By: The Humour Investigator As I sat at my cubicle in The Peak office, all I could think about was what I used to be. When I was a News Writer, I investigated crime on campus . . . and…
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