Mishaa Khan
Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix original is a class act
June 26, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate The 2019 Peabody Entertainment Award winner, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, is a satirical political comedy series on Netflix that highlights issues around the globe. Topics range from censorship in China to civil rights in America to depletion of the Amazon rainforest. Minhaj breaks down big issues and presents them in a humorous, relatable, and wholly digestible analogies. See how Minhaj describes non-criminal arrests: “Such an oxymoron. It’s like chatty Clarence Thomas or remorseful Louis C.K.” If you find it hard to keep up with news on a daily basis but you still want to…
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The situation in Sudan deserves more attention than on just social media
June 21, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate You may have seen a lot of talk surrounding Sudan in the past two weeks, particularly in profile pictures turning blue and the #IAmTheSudanRevolution and #SudanUprising hashtags. You may have even seen the occasional news…
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How SFU students celebrate Ramadan
June 4, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar During it, Muslims around the globe fast from pre-dawn to sunset. The fast includes abstaining from food, water, and sexual intercourse. Many Muslims in the Lower…
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The Law of Roommate Land
June 3, 2019Written by: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Illustration by: Tiffany Chan Roomeo: Welcome to the 500th episode of Roommate Court! I am your host, Roomeo! Today, Hannah Optimisticstein is suing her ex-roommate Max Synic for threatening to kill her . . .…
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What Grinds Our Gears: There’s no excuse for people who still don’t know how to recycle
June 1, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate I’m a strong believer in taking steps to save the environment. Not everybody is so proactive and I get that — we all have different life circumstances and beliefs. However, I do believe that if…
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Distance education classes deliver subpar instruction for additional fees
June 1, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate I have taken two classes through the Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) over the course of my degree, and I don’t intend on taking any more. The quality of instruction was poor, there…
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Join the Club: SFU Knitting Club
May 30, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate The SFU Knitting Club is a place for all types of knitters, from beginners to advanced crafters, and a frequent collaborator with the Women’s Centre, Health and Counselling and Out on Campus. SFU’s Knitting Club aims…
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SFU needs more creativity and interactive learning in the classroom
May 16, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Despite how far research has come in studying cognition and learning, the field of psychology still relies on an archaic, top-down mode of lesson delivery: hour(s)-long lectures by the instructor in which students are passive recipients…
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Live tweeting grades @theangrystudent95
May 6, 2019Written by: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Illustration and layout by: Siloam Yeung
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What if being a student paid minimum wage?
April 1, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Participants: Hannah Davis, Mishaa Khan, Gabrielle McLaren, Sakina Nazarali, and Amena Salman. Have you ever filled in a form and listed your occupation as “student”? The irony of this hit me last semester: an occupation…
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