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Why are we so complacent about child celebrities?
July 25, 2018If you’ve been online, you’ve probably heard of Lil Tay by now. She’s a nine-year-old girl who has more than 2.7 million followers on Instagram and an affinity for aiming swift kicks at luxury cars to prove her ownership. Her (now deleted) Instagram posts showed her hanging around the likes of Lil Pump and Jake Paul while swearing profusely. Her favourite word appears to be “bitch.” She’s even getting her own show on the Zeus network called Life With Lil Tay. It’s easy to treat her as a novelty. Her posts have undoubtedly been passed around by everybody who wants…
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Losing Fall Kickoff, and jumping on board with UBC’s welcome-back, is a mistake
July 23, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Seeing how far one snag in event planning has snowballed, I wonder . . . when chaos theory pioneer Edward Lorenz coined the term “butterfly effect,” what was his real inspiration? Did his alma…
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Bus drivers who spam the “please move to the rear of the bus” button
July 19, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Peak Associate I have a lot of respect for bus drivers. They have to deal with some of the scummiest people out there, such as those who get in the way of the wheelchair ramp, or…
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VAR in the 2018 World Cup has its pros and cons
July 18, 2018Written by: Melissa Campos, Multimedia Assistant The FIFA World Cup this year has been filled with many unexpected turns. From Germany failing to advance from the group stages to Russia unexpectedly making it all the way to the quarter-finals, I…
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POLITICAL CORNER: The government needs to do something about Greyhound’s service cuts
July 17, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu (Opinions Editor) and Liam Wilson (Peak Associate) Starting October 31, Greyhound Canada will cut passenger and shipping delivery services in British Columbia, the Prairies, and Northern Ontario, citing a decline in ridership and competition from other…
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Did anyone expect TanaCon to NOT be a disaster?
July 16, 2018Written by: Victoria Lopatka, Peak Associate TanaCon – This Year’s Frye Fest VidCon is an annual YouTube convention in California started by the Green Brothers, Hank and John. TanaCon was inspired by Tana Mongeau’s (a YouTuber with over 3 million…
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WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS: International duties are the worst surprises ever
July 14, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Online shopping is like receiving a Christmas present, except you bought it yourself. You get to obsessively track your package the minute the “your item has been shipped” email arrives in your inbox. Who…
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There is an evaluation problem in Silicon Valley
July 13, 2018Written by: Umer Altaf, Peak Associate There was something irresistible about Theranos, the now-disreputed Silicon Valley startup, and its scheming founder Elizabeth Holmes. The possibility of revolutionizing the blood test, the cornerstone of a medical care technology industry worth over…
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POLITICAL CORNER: Is our world becoming more national and less international?
July 12, 2018Written by: Liam Wilson, Peak Associate Living in a first-world country, it now seems almost impossible to be disconnected from anything. For a long time, we’ve seen the increasing interconnectivity of our world through the internet, electronics, and international politics.…
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Still figuring things out as a university student is OK
July 12, 2018Written by: Amal Abdullah, Staff Writer Here we are, in our 20s and in the midst of our university careers, ready to enter “the real world.” We emerge proudly sporting a cap and gown, a distinguished post-secondary degree in our…
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