Natasha Wahid
Calling home
May 26, 2014My dad is from Pakistan. He moved to the United States for school when he was in his early 20s, met my mother — a country girl from Oklahoma — and never went back. I am American, through and through, raised Christian instead of Muslim, raised speaking English instead of Urdu; I’ve never been to Pakistan and I’ve never met my grandmother or my uncle or my cousin. My dad has returned home only a handful of times since I’ve been alive and rarely speaks to his family on the phone. Unhappily, this communicative ineptitude, this bizarre phone phobia, is…
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Haven away from home
November 11, 2013Well folks, it’s mid-November and this is my second-to-last column, so I thought I’d make it an especially personal instalment. Here’s the story of how I discovered what is rapidly becoming my favourite place in the Vancouver area: MBC 2900,…
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S.F. Brew knows good beer
November 4, 2013On Saturday, Oct. 26, S.F. Brew, the Simon Fraser brewing club, met up with brUBC — their cross-town counterpart — at Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers in North Vancouver for the first Annual University Home Brew Awards Party. The party…
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When a Fire starts to burn
October 28, 2013This past September, my foray with the Vancouver Fringe Festival had me stationed at the Firehall Arts Centre on E. Cordova on the — dun dun dun — Downtown Eastside. The theatre, while a delightful hidden gem, is really just…
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Stripping down by the sea
October 15, 2013Forgive me in advance, ‘cause for this column I’m taking you guys to UBC (kind of). Wreck Beach isn’t technically a part of UBC’s campus, but you do have to go through it to get there. Once you’ve found the…
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Vancouver needs to open up its music scene
September 30, 2013I love live music. I love when sound waves completely fill a space, when I can feel the vibrations in my chest, when I can look up and watch a performance — an artist in the zone, transcending. I love…
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Writer’s Block
September 9, 2013Introduction It’s mid-July. I’m sitting in my apartment, sipping my mediocre cup of coffee, scrolling through the “Current Auditions List” on the Vancouver Public Library website. I’m looking for something, though I’m not quite sure what it is until I…
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You are cordially invited
September 2, 2013It’s September once again, so let me take the time to say welcome back to SFU! I’m so pleased that you’ve picked up The Peak, and even more pleased that your eyes have alighted on this column. A brief introduction…
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Former Clansmen step inside the Lion’s den
July 22, 2013As of July 8, 2013, three former football Clansmen have been signed to the BC Lions’ practice roster: Keynan Parker, Kyle Miller and Andrew Marshall. These three happen to be the only non-import (Canadian) players on the Lions’ practice roster,…
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GSS holds research ‘speed-dating’ event
June 24, 2013On Wednesday, June 19 the Graduate Student Society (GSS) held its first Research Speed-Dating event in the GSS Lounge. The event was meant to be a forum where SFU graduate students could interact and learn about their peers’ research,…
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