Tiffany Chan
The SFU Avocado’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad experiences
August 2, 2021By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Dear SFU students, It is I, the famous SFU Avocado. I’d like you to know that, lately, my life has been peaceful. Since most students have not been here for about a year and a half, I just get to relax, sit on a nice hill by myself, and maybe say hi to Terry Fox’s statue once in a while. People can just walk up to me and admire themselves in my handy-dandy reflection! Or they can check out their outfits, read, scroll on their phone . . . really, anything you can think…
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SFU Mad Lib for when the university disappoints you again
March 7, 2021By: Marco Ovies and Paige Riding Dear SFU, I am writing to [verb] about [one of the many problems with SFU that shouldn’t be happening at a multi billion-dollar institution]. I am a [your major] in my [number of…
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How quarantine has completely destroyed my socialization skills
January 25, 2021By: Madeleine Chan, Kyla Dowling, and Nathan Tok I can’t leave people on read IRL? (Madeleine) I think I realized that human interaction isn’t for me anymore when I said “LOL” out loud, forgetting that, no, I’m not reacting to…
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The case of the missing EIC
November 4, 2020By: Paige Riding and Sara Wong 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…
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My first sexual awakening
October 19, 2020By: Going Through Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, One Hexed Girl, and Parawhore David Bowie (by Going Through Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes) While most know David Bowie as the lightning bolt face guy or “singing something about an alien named Tom or whatever the hell,” his role…
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New Westminster plant talk digs into historical roots of local humans and plants
September 6, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer In my current home on W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) land on Vancouver Island, I’m surrounded by trees, flowers, and trails as far as the eye can see, but I’ve hardly paid any attention to the deeper history…
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Cancel culture gives voice and power to those who need it most
July 25, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Features Editor There’s no question that the internet has brought us intimately close with many of our favourite artists and content creators. Unfortunately, this also means that we now have a front-row seat to all of their flaws…
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Three locally made beverages to drink for the weather you want, not the weather you always get
July 17, 2020By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate It’s officially summer, which means it should be time to cut up some watermelon and bring out the lemonade — though Mother Nature doesn’t always appear to have gotten the memo. However, the rare sunny…
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Long Story Short: It’s OK to struggle with adjusting to a new academic environment
July 1, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer For most of high school, I was relatively strong academically. I mean, I never failed any classes and seemed to get by pretty easily, but I also was definitely not a top student. However, that doesn’t…
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What Grinds Our Gears: No one should be shocked by recent coronavirus surges
June 27, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor During the June 15 COVID-19 briefing, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that an outbreak of the novel coronavirus had been discovered in a small fast food restaurant. While no known exposure to customers occurred, she used this…
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