Sonya Janeshewski
Professor’s feedback on “responsible investments”
November 27, 2024By: Professor No Nonsense Dear Simon, Thank you for submitting your assignment about your investment approach. In my most recent therapy session, my therapist encouraged me to start practicing radical honesty. So, I’m starting right now. Your submission is bad . . . no, terrible. At multiple points while reading it, I took a break to mourn the time I was losing. For an assignment you avoided since last fall, you’re lucky to be getting feedback. Here is an in-depth breakdown of everything wrong with it. Regardless of whether or not you read this (I know you won’t), it was…
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Memos from my damp, clean laundry
November 19, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer One hour post-wash It’s been a soggy 60 minutes. The Human hasn’t been around to check on us yet, and it’s starting to get a little cramped, but we’re hanging on. This isn’t our first…
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Using public transit is superior
October 9, 2024By: Yagya Parihar, SFU Student Some time back, a friend told me about how “embarrassingly high” her car insurance is. Soon after, I read an opinion piece in The Peak complaining about parking on campus. I thought to myself, “You…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Vancouver’s fall indie lineup
October 2, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer As the leaves fall amid the changing of seasons, a plethora of intimate shows are rolling into town to kick off the autumn 2024 tour season. Many eclectic artists from all across Canada have already…
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Block party brings life into downtown Vancouver
September 26, 2024By: Caitlin Kingsmill, News Writer On Saturday, September 7, Public Disco Society hosted its Downtown Block Party, the final installment of this year’s summer series. The event was held from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Bentall Center’s Dunsmuir…
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Welcome to SFU!
September 11, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer Congratulations, your nightmarish high school experience ends with you getting into SFU! Let’s be honest, this is the best-case scenario given that UBC doesn’t want you, and you’re not cool enough for Toronto and Montreal.…
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Investigating the Myth: Is Vancouver really that boring?
July 29, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The everlasting debate over whether Vancouver is boring has circulated the city for as long as I can remember. Is it really that boring, or have you just not figured out how to navigate the…
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The Canada Disability Benefit is not enough
July 24, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of medically assisted death. It’s long-past time to talk about how many disabled Canadians struggle to financially support themselves. In BC, groceries alone can cost around $1,263 a month, which is an…
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Horoscopes July 8–14
July 8, 2024By: Sonya Janeshewski, Peak Associate Aries March 21–April 19 If you’re an Aries man, yikes. You’re already prone to Chronic Mansplaining, which can be reputation-threatening if not caught early. To avoid a cosmic pummeling, be humbled publicly this week. If…
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Stop asking me to do things
May 21, 2024By: Sonya Janeshewski, SFU Student Everyone always says sharing is caring. Well, people who believe that are the reason we will never move forward as a society. Once you’ve made your bed, you have to lie in it. You ask…
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