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Long story short: I’m too exhausted to be a workaholic anymore

Peak Web January 28, 2019

By: Hailey Findlay In my first year of university, I developed my first addiction: coffee. It wasn’t so much that I liked the taste. What I really latched onto was more the wide-eyed, jittery energy. If I scheduled my cups just right, I could avoid getting too sick from the seven cups a day that pushed me through a full day of class followed by a six-hour work shift (topped off with a study session ending at 4 a.m. of course) only to begin it all again the next morning with a fresh cup of joe. I chose this vicious cycle, and…

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Vancouver’s drug problem is a student problem too: What you need to know

Peak Web July 2, 2018

By: Victoria Lopatka It is no secret that some university and college students use drugs. A study conducted at UBC found that one in 30 university students have experimented with study drugs while enrolled. When asked about their own study…

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