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CONFESSIONAL: I “pay it forward” in the drive-thru to gain aura points
July 14, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Imagine you’re me. A writer, in an age of inflation and AI takeover. Like Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, “I’ve no money, and no prospects. I’m already a burden to my parents.” With my permanently low tax bracket, when I want to rizz up a baddie, what do I do? Break the bank? Can’t do that! Ain’t got a bank to break. I’ve gotta rely on my other assets — my supermassive, huge . . . creative mind and my flagrant tendency to break the rules. I can’t be caught stealing, because it’s “illegal…
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Operation grit: the hidden experiment behind your commute
July 14, 2025By: The Peak’s lead undercover journalist and Big Pedometer’s least loyal employee Our story starts on a Tuesday that felt like a Thursday — existentially, spiritually, atmospherically. A brave student (name classified, as she’s currently in hiding from TransLink and…
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Top five time management tips from expert authors
March 26, 2024By: Jin Song, SFU student We are told over and over that time is the most valuable resource we have. This saying is a cliché, yes, but it’s also true. Juggling our commitments in a world of constant digital distraction…
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Nutritious Nibbles: Homestyle mac and cheese
September 10, 2023By: Gurneet Lohcham, SFU Student I’ve always loved to cook, but as a busy university student with very little time to do so, I’ve had to come up with ways to enhance my food while maintaining minimal time commitments to…
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SOCA wellness retreat funding rejected by the SFSS
September 5, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor’s Note: This article was updated on September 8, 2023, to note that the black wellness retreat was not cancelled. At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) meeting on June 21, the SFU Students of…
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A letter to my TA
July 24, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Peak Associate I’ve often wondered how teaching assistants find the time to actually manage being a TA. As if university isn’t tough enough, somehow you squeeze enough time into your schedule to assist in one more course…
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Communication student union relaunches podcast
November 28, 2022By: Andreea Barbu, SFU Student SFU’s communication student union has recently revamped their podcast, The Medium, The Message. It is hosted by vice-president of the communication student union, Talha Butt, and communications coordinators Simran Mann and Arianne Cervantes. The first…
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Self-care amidst an endless workload
February 10, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer We’re encouraged to constantly be productive regardless of the cost. Overwork culture promotes overworking as “a status symbol that puts us on the path to success.” As students with the ambiguous goal of “academic success,”…
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A fevered conversation between a student and professor at 2:37 a.m.
October 12, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor 11:42 p.m. hi Dr Gawner, my name is Lindsay Haugh. i am in your psyc 388 class. I will be honest, I started the paper due tonight a few hours ago and i do not…
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Applications open for new post-secondary BC Access Grant
August 2, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor Back in March, the provincial government announced the new BC Access Grant for students studying at BC post-secondary institutions, starting fall 2020. As of mid July, applications are now open. The grant is needs-based,…
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