The Ubyssey

Two humour editors stand next to a microwave with spaghetti spilled all over the inside.
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The rivalry between The Ubyssey and The Peak

Mason Mattu March 2, 2026

A few weeks ago, The Peak’s staff attended NASH, Canada’s National Student Journalism Conference. While my colleagues went into this weekend with professional development in mind — I had one goal and one goal only. To rid The Ubyssey of their humour editor. Let me back up and tell you where this beef began. For three weeks leading up to NASH, I had been receiving mysterious messages on my cell phone from a random number with a Vancouver area code. All I was receiving were memes of Shrek and John Pork. One message was a video of someone kicking dirt…

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The case of the missing EIC

Paige Riding and Sara Wong November 4, 2020

It was a dark and stormy night . . . no, no clichés here. This is just a public roast of our boss and us getting away with it — although, our story does begin at SFU, where the only…

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UBC Senate voted to have a fall reading break. Will SFU follow suit?

Paige Riding June 15, 2020

Announced at the end of May, the University of British Columbia’s Senate voted in favour of establishing a fall reading break, starting in the 2021-2022 school year. According to The Ubyssey, the break will occur mid-November, at the expense of…

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