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This is an illustration of a filming sequence near the SFU convocation mall
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What is being filmed on campus this month?

Peak Web August 7, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Stepping off the bus at the loop near the convocation mall, one immediately notices the set. At first, I thought the university was building a small aesthetic space to brighten the atmosphere, maybe an area for students to take pictures, especially after convocation. After digging around and peeking across the no entry tape, a small gazebo-esque structure, shrouded by some cherry blossom trees, becomes visible. A film is being shot on campus, and if you’re like us at The Peak, you’re curious. Here’s what we know. The title of the film is Karoshi, written and…

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A girl with blonde hair taking a selfie in front of an elevator at SFU. The elevator is covered with cardboard inside.
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#NotClueless: SFU, like, totally gave me a private jet?

Peak Web August 7, 2025

By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate Hey Instagram fan girly pop queens! It’s your influencer queen here. You won’t believe the level of growth I’ve been on lately — both as an influencer and as a girl in the world. I’ve…

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PHOTO (turned into EDIT): of someone sitting in the MBC food court (camera angle facing the restaurants) looking very constipated. In their hands should be a Robert Frost poetry book (should be available by request at the library). In front of the subject should be a prop that makes it look like they've just had some food at the caf.
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Rating MBC food choices based on how likely I am to recite Robert Frost whilst taking a shit after consumption

Peak Web July 24, 2025

By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate This is my long-awaited and highly requested ranking of the Maggie Benston Centre Food Court choices based on how likely I am to recite Robert Frost whilst taking a shit after consumption (in order from…

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ILLUSTRATION: of Lana Del Rey's hologram (we should make it clear that it's a hologram make her body see-through if that makes sense). She should be on a stage that says 2025 SFSS Fall Kickoff. Below the stage are the backs of many students.
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Lana Del Rey’s hologram to headline Fall Kickoff

Peak Web July 24, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor Picture this: Lana Del Rey, singing Chemtrails Over The Country Club, frantically flying over an audience, and waving her arms like a fairy all at the same time. At first, you think, “Goddamn. What an…

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This is a photo taken at the Report on the Thing exhibition
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SFU artists bend reality in Report on the Thing exhibit

Peak Web July 24, 2025

By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate From July 3–26, the Audain Gallery is displaying six SFU artists’ works inspired by Clarice Lispector’s short postmodern text, Report on the Thing (1974). Her story questions the way we define categories and split things…

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A middle-aged woman standing in front of the logo of the new OneBC Party
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The OneBC party is here to stop Comrade Rustad

Peak Web July 23, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The leader of the BC Conservative party, John Rustad, has recently lost the plot. He seems to be suppressing the Conservative party’s freedom of speech by not letting members make mockeries out of the trauma…

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Fog fills the convocation mall as construction blocks off access. This leaves the question — what exactly is going on here?
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Dig, Baby Dig: SFU’s bold economic and educational plan

Peak Web July 21, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer Inspired by the rapid passing of BC’s Bill 15: The Infrastructure Projects Act, and the federal Bill C-5: One Canadian Economy Act, SFU has unveiled a new innovative direction for the university titled “Dig, Baby…

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This is a photo of Ava Quissy, organizer of the SFU Death Cafe
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SFU alum challenges the stigma towards death

Peak Web July 16, 2025

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On Sunday, June 29, Ava Quissy, a recent SFU political science graduate, hosted a Death Café at Slice Vancouver that welcomed all community members. The café hosted group conversations about death, using prompt cards to…

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Two boxers representing SFU and UBC beefing it out on an sfu rooftop
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SFU vs. UBC: The renewed rivalry

Peak Web July 14, 2025

By: Katie Walkley, Peak Associate It was still light out at 8:32 p.m., and I felt unstoppable. I’m not proud of what I did, but it had to be done.  I revived the rivalry between SFU and UBC.  I’d been…

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A photo of a scenic garden film set at Burnaby campus with cherry blossom trees and a quaint cabin.
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SFU’s cheery campus renovation hoax

Peak Web July 14, 2025

By: Sarah Sorochuk, Peak Associate SFU’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…

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