Sarah Sorochuk
Top four email sign-offs
September 6, 2026We are constantly writing emails as university students. Emails about grades. Emails about assignments. Emails answering questions that could have been answered if you read your frickin’ syllabus or even the SFU subreddit. The writing of the email is never an issue though, “Hi Professor, I hope you are doing well . . . ” Then comes the dreaded part of the process — the sign off, which leaves us staring blankly at Outlook wondering how words work again. What words go together in what order and everything else that once seemed like common sense. While staring at the flickering…
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SFU’s cheery campus renovation hoax
July 14, 2025SFU’s summer semester has been absolutely thrilling. From the koi pond being evacuated, sucked dry, and refilled to loitering chairs from convocation, to even an abundance of high school graduations, there is never a dull moment. With convocation came the…
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My hear me out cake
June 9, 2025Times New Roman (size 12) This font has gyatt to be the original “hear me out.” With its classy formatting and fancy lowercase “a,” this is definitely the most bangable of the fonts. You cannot look at it and tell…
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JOB AD: AQ Accident Control Officer
June 4, 2025Feel an urge to make a difference in the world? Do you have big muscles and are built like a Greek god? Are you ready to block student hooligans who dare walk on the wrong side of the hallway? We…
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The Peak investigates: Mayonnaise mayhem
May 27, 2025Dollar Tree has been caught selling squeeze bottles of mayonnaise for 25 cents a jar. What’s the reason? The scoop, or rather the spread, is within spoon’s reach. People have been making up their own theories on multiple subreddits, yet…
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My Summertime Classes by Sarah Sorochuk and Lana Del Rey
May 19, 2025Going to bed with a DIY spray tan, Summertime classes. Waking up for an 8:00 a.m., My summertime classes. I’ve got my backpack on today, Dreaming of a day when I could be away. Anywhere, but here in this…
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Dear Peakie aids those in need
February 4, 2025Dear Peakie, I love merch! People think my favourite slogan is “fight, fight, fight,” but it’s actually “monetize, monetize, monetize.” I can sell anything! Candy, robes, guitars . . . I would sell the whole country for profit if I…
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Nutritious nibbles: Baba’s sweet and Dido’s sour prairie pickles
January 15, 2025My grandmother (Baba) is a spectacular homecook who runs her home kitchen she calls “Pat’s Diner.” All her kids and grandkids know when we go to Pat’s Diner, we’ll always enjoy ourselves. It’s time to bring one of her specialties…
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goSFU? More like noSFU
December 9, 2024OK, it’s course selection season! Time to log into the easy-peasy, foolproof system called goSFU. It allows us to enroll in classes, request our wonderful advising transcripts, and pay our ever-increasing tuition. But what happens when the world goes dark? …
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Paranoia that LinkedIn is watching
November 27, 2024Do you know the feeling right after you post something online? The doubt and fear that seeps in, and feels like darkness clutching your gut? The thought that something you had posted, whether you actually believe in it or were…
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