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Keep the “winter blues” away this semester
October 6, 2021by Victoria Lopatka, Staff Writer As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, some people happily bundle up with a good book or excitedly begin rifling through the basement for decorations — and some brace themselves for the sluggishness and sadness that comes with fall and winter. This feeling has a few different names like “the winter blues” or “seasonal depression,” but the clinical name for it is seasonal affective disorder (SAD). If wintertime in the Lower Mainland makes you feel . . . well, bleh, and you dream of tropical, sunny vacations every year, then read on.…
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Health & Counselling talks seasonal affective disorder
November 12, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Nobody likes the gloomy, rainy season or shorter days, but it impacts some people more than others. So be mindful of SAD, aka, seasonal affective disorder, a mood disorder which occurs due to changes…
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Batman v Superman is DC’s kryptonite
March 25, 2016While I’ve been given the opportunity to write a review on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I’ve got to be honest with you: my feelings towards this film could be just as well articulated through a cacophonous scream of…
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Remembering Alan Rickman
January 18, 2016For me, Alan Rickman will always be the perfect movie villain. The first film I ever saw him in was Die Hard as Hans Gruber, and while his immense talent did not stand out to me at the age of…
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How David Bowie soundtracked my adolescence
January 18, 2016I never met David Bowie. I’ve probably never even breathed the same air as him. But when I heard he had died, my chest felt tight. The celebrity obituaries have been pooling in for the past week with no signs…
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