Opinions
Obama offers incisive criticism of religious intolerance
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_398" align="alignnone" width="740"] Image Credits: BeckyF[/caption] Unfortunate as it may be, Barack Obama’s presidency will be remembered as much for its failures as its successes. His revolutionary healthcare reform will be marked by the bitter political fight that followed; his troop withdrawal from the Middle East countenanced by the vacuum it left, the closing of Gitmo and acknowledgement of American torture balanced by the absence of prosecutions. Even Obama’s chest puffing about America being on top of the global speed dial list when uncertainty strikes was offset by his neutered response to Bashar Al-Assad’s atrocities and Russia’s annexation of…
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Bill C-51: a violation of civil liberties
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_401" align="alignnone" width="748"] Image Credit: Canadian Forces[/caption] The Conservative majority government, led by Stephen Harper, has just introduced Bill C-51, an act that stands as one of the most authoritarian pieces of anti-terror legislation in the world. Speaking to…
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Ask Professor Peak
February 16, 2015Are you an SFU student or faculty member who needs some relationship, student, or SFU related advice? In 150 words or less, send your issues anonymously by visiting the-peak.ca/professorpeak. Your entry could be published in our next issue, along with…
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Perusing the benefits of reality TV
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignnone" width="940"] Image Credits: Brandon Hillier[/caption] Some people spend their free time writing music and jamming with their friends. Others volunteer overseas, building homes and saving orphans while travelling the world. Me, I like to watch reality TV.…
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Cleaning out custodial contempt
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_313" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Scott Ehardt (Wikipedia)[/caption] While my fingers fumbled over the keyboard one lonely evening in The Peak office last week, an unexpected visitor stumbled through the door. I’d never seen him in my life…
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Woohoo/Boohoo
February 13, 2015Carpooling Are you travelling somewhere with your friends? Why take your own car when you carpool? Apart from the many jovial songs you and your buddies can sing together along the way, carpooling provides for some other heartwarming benefits. Firstly,…
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Peakcast #1
January 25, 2013Editors David Dyck, Will Ross, and Rachel Braeuer on using rape jokes and the best movies of 2012.
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Criteria for Enbridge pipeline good for B.C.
July 30, 2012By Benedict Reiners Photos by Eric Miller Recently, in response to both the Alberta and federal governments pushing for B.C. to allow Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline to be built through the province, the B.C. government issued a set of five…
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The internet impedes our judgment
July 30, 2012By Emily Walker Wolfville (CUP) — Recently, I awoke to a dreamy, snow-laden landscape with thick flakes floating through the air. I lunched and strolled with a dear friend and enjoyed a cup of coffee with another. I came home,…
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In vitro meat isn’t much of a stretch
July 30, 2012By Sasha Moedt Abbotsford (CUP) — A “Frankenburger” may soon replace the Whoppers and Happy Meals we’ve grown accustomed to. Earlier this year, an attempt to create an in vitro burger in a scientific lab was unveiled. Mark Post of…
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