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39th Annual Terry Fox Run connects SFU community
October 11, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer At the 39th Annual Terry Fox Run at the SFU Burnaby campus, Convocation Mall hums with anticipation as a hefty group of runners and walkers stood together to fight against cancer. SFU hosts the event every year in honour of former student Terry Fox, the renowned athlete who became world-famous during his Marathon of Hope. Fox aimed to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research on a prosthetic leg that he was given after his leg was amputated. Though Fox didn’t make it all the way across Canada due to the recurrence of…
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Another new hot spot for food on campus: Taco Cantina
October 11, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer “No! Move it up! Swing! To the left!” “Down, down, down! There! Hit it!” “Oh no! You were so close!” Do you remember these voices when you were five years old? You were blindfolded,…
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SFU students in the Global Climate Strike
October 11, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Body to body, jostling, jampacked, and barely enough room to move. It’s warm, despite it not actually being a warm day, and you can feel the hot breath of the person behind you, quite literally…
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19-year-old male with toy gun arrested at W.A.C. Bennett Library
October 8, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor Suspicions of a potential gun threat brought Burnaby RCMP to campus on October 8, though the object in question was later found to be a squirt gun and not a functioning firearm. The incident resulted…
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COMING UP AT SFU: OCT 7–11
October 6, 2019Author: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor Elections Canada Canada’s election season is rapidly approaching, and SFU students have an early-access pass. On October 5–9 — that’s Saturday through Wednesday — students can vote at one of three locations at SFU Burnaby.…
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SFSS holds its 2019 Annual General Meeting
October 6, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor NOTE: The Peak will be following up with a separate article about the contents of the reports from the Board of Directors, VP Finance, and Auditor’s reports. Once again, students…
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SFSS scores with Fall Kickoff 2019
October 4, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer Rumour has it that SFU is boring. Period. Vice President of student life, Jessica Nguyen, wanted to challenge the negative stereotypes that have been brought upon SFU. Nguyen hoped to achieve this by bringing…
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Federal election debate to be hosted on SFU Burnaby
October 2, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer By now, students should have heard about the upcoming Federal Election happening this October. Some, however, may not know where their political standings lie or where their potential vote may go. Members of the SFU…
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Transphobic vandalism in SFU washrooms
October 1, 2019Content warning: the following article discusses themes of suicide and contains triggering transphobic slurs and images of vandalism. The Peak has chosen not to publish photos of the transphobic vandalism. By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer Ongoing transphobic and homophobic…
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Event hosted at SFU Harbour Centre includes guest criticized for transphobic views
October 1, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor An event being held at SFU’s Vancouver campus has caused controversy among the LGBTQ2+ community and allies. The event, titled “How Media Bias Shapes the Gender Identity Debate,” has raised concerns due to some speakers’…
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