opinion
President Sharma’s resignation is a new low for the SFSS
June 10, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is described on its website as a “student-led organization that represents and advocates for the interests of the 26,000+ undergraduate students at SFU.” They provide food services, the U-Pass BC program, extended health and dental plans, and a legal clinic, among other things. But all these useful services aside, they certainly didn’t represent “the interests of students” when SFSS president Deepak Sharma resigned from his position last week. In a plot twist that seems akin to House of Cards, Sharma apparently did not meet the “membership eligibility status,” as The Peak recently reported. The…
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Netflix ‘border hoppers’ are nothing but self-entitled
June 6, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his past March I cut my extravagant cable bill and purchased, for $20, something on Amazon many of you probably didn’t even know existed: a digital television antenna. I know, old school, right? Now, while I basked in the illegal…
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Always keep your eyes on your children — no matter what
June 6, 2016[dropcap]P[/dropcap]arenting is, without a doubt, incredibly tough. When taking children to any public space, extreme vigilance needs to be exercised — vigilance that seemed to be lacking in the case of the three-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure…
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New distracted driving fines are great, but not enough
June 6, 2016[dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou should put away the phone when you drive, and not just for my sake or for the safety of others on the road. On June 1, the penalties for distracted driving in BC more than tripled. Yes, you read…
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COLUMN | LIST BITCH: Eight times Republicans made me shit myself
June 1, 2016List Bitch is a new web-exclusive column featuring feisty, unapologetic listicles on life. Click here for more, and check back each week for new content! [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n case you thought having Donald Trump as the prospective nominee is the scariest thing the Republican…
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Sunny with a chance of sexism
May 30, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he morning weather report had never been so sexy — until recently. Last week, Liberté Chan, a meteorologist for KTLA in Los Angeles, was so harshly criticized by viewers for wearing a ‘cocktail’ dress on the morning weather report that…
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Letter to the Editor
May 30, 2016Dear editor, Re: “TAs should be taught to teach” A previous editorial in The Peak outlined symptoms of worsening quality of education SFU students’ experience. As SFU students and members of TSSU’s contract committee, we’ve seen these symptoms progress despite…
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Elbowgate is one of the stupidest things to hit Canadian Parliament
May 30, 2016[dropcap]“[/dropcap]Elbowgate” is the affectionate misnomer the media strapped onto a minor hiccup by Prime Minister Trudeau in the House of Commons on May 18. But the name isn’t the only unfortunate circumstance — this entire thing is ridiculous. Of course,…
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COLUMN | TIM’S BIT: Multitasking doesn’t exist
May 29, 2016Tim’s Bit: Tirades on our stupidest things. . . is a web-exclusive column featuring Tim Mottishaw’s comedic tirades on some of our humanity’s dumbest problems, with regards to culture, society and politics. Read more Tim’s Bit here! [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow did we become so…
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What you don’t know about Fraser International College
May 26, 2016[dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore I start with a long rant about what you don't know about FIC, why don't I save you the trouble of Googling what FIC is in the first place. FIC stands for Fraser International College, and it’s a direct…
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