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SFUnexplained: Whatever happened to the missing avocado statue?
May 9, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer BREAKING NEWS! The ENTIRETY of the SFU Burnaby Campus was thrown for a LOOP on the early mornings of Monday, May 2, when our beloved avocado statue was nowhere to be seen!!!!! If you don’t believe this nightmare, take a look for yourself. A few students started a vigil for the statue’s return. They laid candles, photos, and some avocado scented soaps at the site. Grief or reason for SUSPISION? The Peak attended the vigil and spoke with those who chose to pay respect at the vacant spot the statue once resided upon. “I am at…
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SFU Burnaby is doomed to always be a commuter campus
April 11, 2022By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate In 1963, after achieving formal assent in the BC Legislature, Dr. Gordon M. Shrum, first chancellor of SFU, decided that the best place for the new SFU would be atop Burnaby Mountain, ensuring two things:…
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What grinds our gears: A lack of campus study spaces
April 8, 2022By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate; Jacob Mattie, Opinions Editor As a student whose home has more distractions than it does workspace, I usually come to school to get my work done. My favourite place to work at the SFU Burnaby…
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We need more classes at the Surrey and Vancouver campuses
April 7, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer If you're an SFU student, you'll likely find yourself having to take a course at the Burnaby campus at some point in your academic career; however, because of the Burnaby campus’ often harsh weather conditions…
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Top ten reasons SFU is better than UBC
March 28, 2022By: Sara Brinkac, Humour Editor Our campus isn’t the worst Separate buildings across a 400 hectare campus? What is that? Who needs that much space? While UBC students are bragging about their “campus culture” SFU students will be happily walking…
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Monday Music: Songs to listen to when you realize you’re in a toxic relationship with your university
March 14, 2022By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor SFU refuses to let me leave with a degree and it’s starting to feel a little obsessive. Despite trying to do everything right, my degree keeps getting extended one semester at a time. I get…
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What Grinds Our Gears: SFU Burnaby being one big design flaw
March 4, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, SFU Student Burnaby campus is ugly. The buildings are glum, the hallways are dark, and the overall vibes suck so bad. Walking through the AQ at 4:00 p.m. in November feels like I’m dragging my feet through…
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UBC students get $1,500 of mental health benefits, we get . . . $500?
March 1, 2022By: Meera Eragoda, Editor-in-Chief In 2021, UBC’s student society, the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS), increased their mental health benefits from $500 to $1,000. Earlier this year, they increased them again to $1,500 through use of their Health and Dental…
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What Grinds Our gears: Campus vending machines
February 24, 2022By Craig Allan, Peak Associate Much ado has been made about the lackluster food offerings available on campus, but one area that does not receive its share of criticism are SFU’s vending machines. Too often I go to the vending…
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Black excellence at SFU
February 20, 2022by Tamanna T., Staff Writer and Marco Ovies, Features Editor Dr. David Chariandy [caption id="attachment_121246" align="alignnone" width="350"] Courtesy of SFU[/caption] One of the most accomplished professors at SFU is Dr. David Chariandy. A professor who teaches creative writing and literature,…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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