Noeka Nimmervoll
A preview of Oscar, the flamenco dancer’s life story
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Oscar: Homage to the Rebel Maestro of Flamenco will hit the stage of the Cultch Historic Theatre this fall, from November 6 to 9. This flamenco performance will feature significant works from the life of Oscar Nieto, acclaimed flamenco dancer, teacher, and mentor based in Vancouver. His incredible journey has had a global impact on flamenco, extending past his life in Texas, Los Angeles, Spain, and Vancouver. Flamenco is an art form and lifestyle that combines dance, singing, and guitar. It encompasses “the range of human emotion,” and it is “an endless journey of learning,”…
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Autopsy Report: Your basic white dad
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Coroner The following is a transcription of a voice recording from a mortician’s autopsy. Testing, testing. OK, time is 8:14 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Name of deceased: Doug Graves. Location of death — uhh…
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Taking a gap year is punk as hell
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Who here wants to be in university right now? For those who don’t, why are you here? I don’t intend to bash higher education or those who choose it as a pursuit — in fact,…
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SFYou: Dr. María Ignacia Barraza
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer María Ignacia Barraza is an assistant professor in the department of world languages and literatures in the faculty of arts and social sciences at SFU. This semester, she’s teaching “Modern World Literatures 104W” and “World…
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Two songs that played as a soundtrack to my embarrassing life
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Diva Dear Diary, I can’t lie, life has been wild recently. I don’t know what’s going on with the universe — I think Mercury is definitely in retrograde. Either that, or the universe has developed a…
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A letter of challenge from a recovering perfectionist
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Are you a perfectionist? Start with this short checklist: Do you set big goals for yourself, yet feel no sense of accomplishment if you reach them? Are you highly critical of yourself and/or others? Do…
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Inmate blames prison time on éclair shortage
November 10, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer My university life was garbage. Except for that time of the day when I’d find myself in front of my favourite place, Café Pour Moi — where heaven meets my mouth, where I’d get my…
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A first look at the Gibson Art Museum at SFU
November 10, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On September 20, 2025, the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum opened its doors to the SFU community and the broader public. Pleasantly, admission to the Gibson is always free, and its operating hours are…
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The Peak’s fall fashion choices
November 9, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Hey divas. It’s Noeka, your favourite fashion girlie at The Peak. I’m here to make sure that you make the most out of the fall, fashion-wise. The rain, the gloom, the other things, they make…
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Remote learning shouldn’t have been temporary
November 8, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Who remembers the early stages of the lockdown? Specifically, the second wave? I certainly don’t like to think about the isolation much, but some systemic changes that occurred could help us even beyond the direct…
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