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The epic highs and lows of SFU football
February 25, 2025By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For over 50 years, one of SFU’s shining athletic qualities was the school football team. For much of its history it was the only Canadian university to play in American gridiron football competition. That all came to a grinding halt on April 4, 2023, when SFU president Joy Johnson announced SFU’s football team would become a relic of the school’s past. The team was one of SFU’s inaugural athletic programs, starting play in 1965, the year the school opened. This was the second collegiate football program in BC, and the only to compete with American…
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Red Leafs clawed down by the Wildcats: SFU WBB Game Recap
February 10, 2025By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Editor’s note: included stats were retrieved on February 7, 2:00 p.m. The first full week of January not only saw the return of classes to Burnaby Mountain, but also the return of SFU women’s basketball.…
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Club Profile: SFU kendo and iaido Club
February 3, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The writer of this piece is a member of the SFU kendo club. Were you born too late to be a samurai and too early to experience lightsabers? Well, what if I…
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Reflections from the 2025 Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Kendo Tournament
February 3, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The writer of this piece is a member of the SFU kendo club. Scraping ice from the windshield of our cars was not how I thought the tournament morning would start. I…
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Watching sports should be affordable
January 23, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Like everything these days, the cost of living has skyrocketed. As well, the expense of sports has gotten out of hand — what do you mean it costs a couple of hundred dollars to check…
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Quiz: Which broken SFU facility are you?
January 20, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Welcome to Simon Fraser University. You are yet another facility students pay dearly for, only to find out that you are still recovering from the damages of your first year. Take this quiz to…
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Community Days at SFU
January 13, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer, Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s note: The Peak acknowledges that Chloë Arneson, who was interviewed, was a News Writer for The Peak in 2023. However, the writer and editor of this piece…
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SFU’s The Lyre makes ripples across campus
January 9, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The Lyre is SFU’s literary magazine produced through the university’s world languages and literatures program, publishing works from undergraduate students, artists, and SFU graduates, as well as students from other universities. The magazine includes poetry,…
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A preview of SFU track & field
December 9, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Red Leafs track and field team has had a year packed with milestones. From soaring at different tournaments, to individual personal achievements, the team has proven to be one of the most memorable in…
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“Where football belongs:” Grey Cup Festival illuminates BC football
December 3, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Sports Editor and Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Although the BC Lions encountered an early exit in the CFL playoffs this year, Vancouver still got to enjoy the energy of playoff football. From November 10 to 17, Vancouver…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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