Opinions
The Bachelorette needs to stop slut-shaming women for no reason
June 8, 2015This season’s Bachelorette is Vancouver-girl Kaitlyn Bristowe. She charmed viewers with her quick comebacks and laid-back West Coast style on last season’s The Bachelor, and now she’s vying for the attention of 25 men in the California mansion. The only problem is, unlike all the past singles looking for love, her promo video for the season doesn’t focus on the drama between the contestants, or the beautiful sights on their travel across the globe on extravagantly unrealistic dates. Instead, it focuses on the fact that she chose to sleep with one of the men she was dating, before…
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Peak Speak: Stephen Harper designs new “dad jeans”
June 5, 2015This week The Peak asked SFU students how they would react to Stephen Harper starting a line of "dad jeans"? Created by Paige Smith Special thanks to Jacey Gibb
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Illegal drug users should remain behind bars
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2074" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Daniele Devoti[/caption] Picture yourself walking to a local pharmacy to purchase MDMA, cocaine, heroin, LSD, marijuana, amphetamines, or any of the other common illegal substances stated under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act. If…
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SFU’s Legacy Song Contest is a sham
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2049" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] By the year 2065, SFU will be closing for good. At least, that’s the only explanation I can come up with to justify SFU’s 50th anniversary Legacy Song Contest: it must just…
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BC’s new liquor laws fail local retailers
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2038" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Thomas Williams (Flickr)[/caption] As April showers roll into Metro Vancouver, students are likely to roll out some extra cash when purchasing a six pack or a bottle of red for their end-of-term parties.…
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I found my ambition at this newspaper
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2263" align="alignright" width="400"] Photo Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] When I graduated high school, I wasn’t a particularly decisive person. I decided to go straight to post-secondary from high school because I didn’t know what else to do with myself. I…
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Jamie Oliver, leave a child’s diet alone
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2043" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] This Christmas I sat down, flipped on my TV, and engulfed myself in the guilty delights of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food series. As a trickle of drool anointed my…
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Guns kill people but gun control saves lives
April 7, 2015[caption id="attachment_2055" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Earlier this week, the Canadian Supreme Court decided in a 5–4 decision that the Federal government is entitled to destroy all of Quebec’s data from the long-gun registry (LGR), which was…
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Peak Speak: Sexual Assault on Campus
March 11, 2015In this week's Peak Speak, we ask students if they think SFU is doing enough to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus. Created by Paige Smith & Eric Smith Special thanks to Adam VanderZwan
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Obese modelling encourages unhealthy lifestyles
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_320" align="alignnone" width="780"] Illustration by Saida Saetgareeva[/caption] I’ve never been able to watch shows like America’s Next Top Model because I cringe at how unnaturally thin most of these models are. I simply can’t celebrate the accomplishments of these…
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