Sofia Chassomeris

Half of a bread loaf, with two slices already cut-up next to it. There are three peaches and a tea mug in the scene. The picture is lit up with natural light.
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Brighter Side: Dough-eyed

Peak Web November 11, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Peak Associate There are few practices I hold in reverence the way I do the art of bread-making. The smell of yeast, flour, water, and olive oil fills the room like the presence of a loved one — someone I’ve known since childhood, on the counters of my grandmother’s kitchen or dining room table. It’s with pride that I invite it into my home each week. My hands work to caress and knead the ingredients into something greater, which can sustain me and others. The wide, south-facing window in my living room gets the perfect amount of…

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“I fucking quit,” announces Mr. Monopoly

Peak Web April 3, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Interdimensional-Space Traveller Editor’s note: The Pawn obtained this letter via time travel through a portal gun we discovered in our games closet. Dear valued constituents, I write to you at the dawn of the year 3000 to…

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A woman’s body melting into the earth with patches of grass and flowers crowning her features.
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i dream in decay

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor this body aches for death,  a cure?  a resolution, like it longs to rest in the muddy embrace of a grave so that the earth may hold me as gently as my tender flesh allows.…

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this is an illustration re-draw of the astronauts in space meme, with the first one (readers) asking “Wait, it’s all political?” and the other (opinions section editor) answers: “Always has been.”
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We must improve our media literacy skills

Peak Web March 10, 2025

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor Media literacy is a person’s ability to critically analyze the media they consume. Media is a form of communication, and what constitutes media varies; books, films, music, and especially the…

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Campus public “safety” doesn’t help students feel safe

Peak Web January 27, 2025

By: Tejas Saini, SFU Student and Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor On a cold evening in my first year, I was studying in the School of Criminology, exhausted after a late tutorial, when a man with an oversized jacket joined me…

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Brighter side: As time goes by

Peak Web January 22, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor As a girl, I feared the merciless spectre of age. I was taught it would tarnish me — crow’s feet, smile lines, stiff limbs and fingers all blemishes in contribution to decay.  But when I…

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This is an illustration of a sad planet Earth with a thermometer in its mouth, which reads “2 degrees C”. Earth is accompanied by the moon wearing a mask.
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The climate’s health is ours

Peak Web January 15, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor There it is again, that funny feeling. Climate change is causing catastrophic floods, droughts, wildfires, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and extreme temperatures around the world. In seemingly unrelated news, the US just reported the country’s…

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This is a photo of a bright green farm in Canada in the middle of a dry landscape.
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SFU sets Global Institute for Agritech in motion

Peak Web December 3, 2024

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer In early November, SFU established its latest research institute, the Global Institute for Agritech (GIA), to “seek innovative solutions” for agricultural development and food security amid the climate crisis. The GIA aims to “conduct cutting-edge…

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This is a photo of three people in witch hats holding up signs in Korean as part of the 4B movement.
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South Korean 4B movement gains interest following US presidential election

Peak Web November 26, 2024

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of gender-based violence, sexual assault, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. November 25 marks the first day of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. The international campaign…

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