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SFU presents new mental health companion: the puppy microwave
May 27, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Dear SFU students, You know what time of year it is. Your two weeks of freedom after the Spring semester have somehow trickled away. Piles of reading and homework seem to have unfortunately made their way into your agenda once again. Not to worry, the pages will be blank in a week’s time, because does anyone really keep up with agendas once things get busy? Yup, you’re burnt out. I mean, you already were last semester. And the one before. Finding time to relax and take care of yourself is difficult as a student, which…
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Pandemic restrictions have lasting effects on childcare workers in BC
November 20, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU health sciences research associate Dr. Julia Smith recently published her findings on how social and governmental responses to the pandemic have overlooked childcare workers. In an interview with The Peak, Smith discussed her findings. …
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Student swears by swimming in dense scholarly articles for quarantine workout
November 17, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor When this pandemic started, I really didn’t go out and move around as much as I used to. With half the population deciding to take up running or biking for the first time in their…
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“I understand these are trying times,” says the professor making the times trying
November 9, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, Peak Associate Subject Line: Paper now due Tuesday From: [email protected] To: AHH 101 (All Sections) Date: November 5, 3:33 a.m. Students, Many of you have asked for an extension on the 14-page organometallic chemistry paper due on…
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It’s time that we rethink the necessity of exams in classrooms
July 18, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer SFU recently announced that the final exam schedule for all classes will be released in October, rather than at enrollment. The change hopes to reduce course conflicts, back-to-back exams, and same-day exams. However, it also adds…
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We need to prepare for the psychological fallout of COVID-19 before it hits
July 13, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor A global pandemic is not a good time for anyone. Even those of us of the introvert persuasion are now looking at our four walls and wondering when it will be safe to have unrestricted…
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Dear Professor, give us a heads-up on what we’re signing up for
September 11, 2019By: Ana Staskevich, Staff Writer Many professors have a “tough shit” approach to complaints about course workloads. If you want to do well in your studies, you have to sacrifice sleep, your social life, showers, and a small chicken. When did…
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A hard pill to swallow
January 16, 2017[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 2013 survey conducted by the Canadian Organization of University and College Health found that 90% of students feel overwhelmed by their schedules, and 50% of students reported feeling “hopeless.” All of us experience enormous amounts of stress during our…
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Colour me super fucking stressed out
January 25, 2016The colouring craze [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you asked me a year ago how I felt about colouring, I would have said it’s a pastime for kids and nothing more. But a few months ago, I gave in to what I consider the…
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Who needs spare time? Not me.
March 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_1207" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] Hello, my name is Tessa, and I’m a workaholic. That might not sound like such a big deal, or even something very negative. But being able to admit this to myself recently…
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