Paige Riding
Minimart to close its doors after this exam season as rent hikes
March 23, 2020By Paige Riding, News Writer Minimart, the small convenience store in Maggie Benston Centre (MBC), will reportedly close its doors in the third week of March. Gideon Wong and Carrie Li, the married store owners, said in an interview with The Peak that their store would no longer be sustainable after that date due to a hike in rent under SFU’s new lease. The SFSS is set to relinquish Minimart’s current space once the Student Union Building (SUB) opens. Wong explained how: “The SFSS, they told us, these space[s] will return to SFU. I said, ‘SFU and SFSS, I don’t…
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SODIUM PODIUM: Nine salty opinions to bring a tiny raging light to your life
March 21, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor; Harvin Bhathal, News Writer; Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer; Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate; Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer; Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer; Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor; Paige Riding, News Writer; Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Please stop asking me…
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BC government approves need-based grant for post-secondary students starting September 2020
March 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The Government of British Columbia has announced that their 2020–21 budget will include funding for needs-based grants to assist post-secondary students with funding their education. StudentAid BC describes the grants as “needs-based, up-front, and…
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SFPIRG and WUSC requesting increased student levies in upcoming referendum
March 16, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor As part of the Simon Fraser Student Society’s 2020 election and referendum, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) and the SFU chapter of World University Services of Canada…
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SFU releases Senate and Board of Governors results
March 16, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer After a delay in results for the 2020 Board of Governors and Senate elections, the results were finally posted on the morning of March 13 on SFU’s website. According to Electoral Officer Steven Noel, results…
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Coming up at SFU: March 15–22
March 16, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer Movie Mondays @ SFSS Out on Campus presents: The Handmaiden March 16 | 4:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. | TC 314N, Burnaby | Free | Registration Required Out on Campus is hosting a screening of the South…
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The students, the tattoos, and the stories behind them
March 15, 2020by Molly Lorette, Meera Eragoda, Juztin Bello, Paige Riding, Kim Regala, Kelly Chia Molly Lorette, SFU Student [caption id="attachment_113699" align="alignnone" width="200"] Chris Ho / The Peak[/caption] My mom is pretty fluent in French, and has been integrating little phrases here…
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Coming Up at SFU: March 2–8
March 2, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer The Politics of Parody: a conversation with Hadi Khorsandi and Dr. Mostafa Abedinifard March 1 | 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. | SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1900 | Free | Registration Required SFU’s Department of History presents…
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SuperM takes Vancouver by storm
February 18, 2020by Paige Riding, News Writer On February 6, SuperM made their Canadian debut at Rogers Arena. The group combines members from major K-pop groups already formed including EXO, NCT, and Shinee. SM Entertainment, one of the “Big 3” labels in…
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Senate announces pilot project to turn empty tutorial classrooms into study rooms
February 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer In a new pilot project starting in April, SFU is planning on making tutorial rooms available as study areas during exams. The initiative was announced during the February 3 Senate meeting, after student Senator…
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