SFUnexplained

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SFUnexplained: Disappearing service tickets

Peak Web February 16, 2026

By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student You can’t throw a rock at SFU without hitting an abandoned facilities services project. We all know that sign, posted in SFU letterhead, adhered with masking tape: “a service ticket has been submitted.” It mocks you as you pass by, daily, for months on end. Who can forget that the automatic doors in the WMC remained broken for the better part of last school year? Or months of walking through the SUB to see no headway on a shattered glass divider? Or the campus’ code blue phones, which have been out of order for more…

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SFUnexplained: What’s hiding behind the surface of the reflecting pond?

Peak Web November 11, 2025

By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student It’s easy to disregard the SFU reflecting pond when you walk past it every day. But here at The Peak, we wear tin foil hats to pitch meetings and curate evidence boards. That’s how real…

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SFUnexplained: Finding McFogg

Peak Web February 16, 2023

By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor My pen bristles as I try to write to you. No . . . I promised myself I wasn’t going to make this mistake again. I’m already paying off Joy Johnson to wipe my record…

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SFUnexplained: I can’t escape Freud

Peak Web January 15, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor Everywhere I go . . . I see his face. Sigmund (hopefully not motherfucking) Freud. It was innocuous at first: he would come up, obviously, in my PSYC 101 class. I get it, we all…

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SFUnexplained: SHOCKING STINKY TRUTHS in the sixth floor AQ

Peak Web January 30, 2022

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer My name is Dr. Gregory “Sniffers” Martin (57 at the time of writing) and I’m here with SHOCKING news about SFU that will change your perception of reality forever. Do you think you’re safe to…

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President Joy Johnson is an AI hologram

Humour November 26, 2021

By: Carter Hemion, Humour Editor Hear me out: president Joy Johnson is actually a hologram powered with artificial intelligence. She has given clear clues from the beginning, making no effort to hide it, knowing that nobody will believe those of…

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SFUnexplained: Criminology monitors paranormal activity

Humour November 25, 2021

By: Carter Hemion, Humour Editor Have you ever visited SFU’s most popular department and wondered why they have so many cameras? Have you felt like you’re being watched, even when every other student’s eyes are glued to their work? Know…

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SFUnexplained: My assignments are being eaten

Humour November 25, 2021

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Yes, yes, we’ve all heard the tales . . . seen how the darkness and the infinite turns of the RCB swallows first-years and seniors alike. But as you all file back into campus, I…

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SFUnexplained: Burnaby’s construction hides a monster

Humour June 16, 2021

By: Carter Hemion, Staff Writer Anyone who’s had the misfortune of studying classical mythology has likely heard the story of the Greek Labyrinth created to house the Minotaur, a monstrous half-man, half-bull creature. SFU is a real-life case of something…

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SFUnexplained: There are aliens among us

Humour June 7, 2021

By: Kyla Dowling, Humour Editor The Day The Earth Stood Still, The 6th Day, The Fly II: what do all these movies have in common?  They all were filmed on SFU’s Burnaby campus, yes. But that’s not all: these movies…

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