Mason Mattu

ILLUSTRATIONS: Small illustrations of traffic cones (two variations) and construction workers to place around the borders of the photos.
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SFU student versus campus construction: Installment 1

Peak Web May 22, 2025

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Photo of a fictional SFU student
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Peak Speaks

Peak Web May 22, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor Q: Who inspires you? Matt Gordon (first year applied mathematics): “Those folks who write WikiHow articles. Thanks to them, I know how to give someone a hickey. That’s some inspiring and life-changing shit. I’m sure…

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This is a vibrant poster with yellow and red colours that reads, “SFU Plans to Steal Your IP Rights” as the main text. A lightbulb is the main graphic, with the rest of the text inviting the reader to read the new policy and sign the TSSU’s petition against it.
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TSSU rejects SFU’s proposed changes to its IP policy

Peak Web May 13, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer Earlier this year, SFU released an updated version of their Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for community feedback. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) released a public petition on March 14, stating that, among other things,…

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Illustration of SFU president Joy Johnson looking up at a sky full of stars.
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Gossip Peakie: First week on campus

Peak Web May 13, 2025

By: Gossip Peakie Hey Burnaby Mountain dwellers. Gossip Peakie here. Your one and only source for the scandalous and juicy tea being split all over campus. You might be wondering, who am I? First of all, thanks for the question.…

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A red Liberal party election lawn sign. The candidate’s name is “a rock” and the riding name is Burnaby Central.
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Election results: A rock wins in Burnaby Central

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Chief Political Correspondent Election night 2025 was a joyous one for Prime Minister Mark Carney, boomers, and the Liberal party, winning a minority government with 169 seats in Parliament. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the…

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A court sketch of a woman testifying in court while the defendant and the judge are ignoring her and playing Cards Against Humanity.
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TRANSCRIPT: Survivor of a first-date Cards Against Humanity game testifies in court

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Court Reporter In an empty broken-down 143 Burquitlam Station bus at the upper bus loop, SFU FASS student Halley Cringer was having a typical first date with SFU Beedie student Jordan Belfort. Ms. Cringer reluctantly assisted Mr.…

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Photo of Pawn Staff Writer Yildiz Subuk sitting at a table with a deck of cards. He is wearing a black hat and a black jacket. He is holding multiple cards in one hand facing him and one card in the other facing the camera. He looks very confused.
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Bhabi Confusion-itis hits SFU Surrey campus by storm

Peak Web April 1, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, News Writer At least 300 SFU students have been diagnosed and hospitalized with “Bhabi Confusion-itis” following a significant surge in the popularity of the Punjabi card game at the SFU Surrey campus. Bhabi Confusion-itis is a communicable…

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Illustration of Justin Trudeau in a kindergarten classroom surrounded by crying children and bills. Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poilievre are behind him laughing.
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A guide to thriving as a regular guy

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Minister of Sarcastic Affairs Dear Justin,  It’s the end of an era, buddy old pal. In your nine years in office, you put the “Justin” in every viral social media post shared by boomers who had major…

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Entrance of the Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at SFU
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Incorporating Indigenous knowledge into our education

Peak Web March 24, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The incorporation of Indigenous knowledge has been widely disregarded in western sciences. Due to racism and colonialism, Indigenous knowledge is often reduced to something that cannot fit within the frameworks of western pedagogy. Eurocentric education,…

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This is a photo of about 50 or 60 students sitting on the ground not facing the camera as they look toward someone distant at the front of the room. The room is very white, with a few wooden planks standing up, suggesting it is an arts showroom.
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Student action group launched in response to SFU VOCE closure

Peak Web March 24, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Inspired to take action after SFU’s recent closure of the Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), a group of undergraduate and graduate students at the School for Contemporary Arts (SCA) have founded Students Against Austerity,…

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