Tiffany Chang
New Music Review: In A Dream by Troye Sivan
September 22, 2020By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate After two long years since his last album, Australian singer Troye Sivan released his new EP, In A Dream, at the end of August. As a long-time fan, I was really excited to hear it. Sivan is primarily known for producing pop music with evident melancholic and autobiographical elements. While many of the tracks on In A Dream include these elements, I found that none truly evoke the same kind of intense emotion as his first studio album, Blue Neighbourhood (2015) — a beautifully crafted masterpiece for songs combining heartbreaking messages and stunning tones. On…
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SODIUM PODIUM: Nine salty opinions to bring a tiny raging light to your life
March 21, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor; Harvin Bhathal, News Writer; Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer; Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate; Meera Eragoda, Staff Writer; Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer; Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor; Paige Riding, News Writer; Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Please stop asking me…
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Field trips can be educational but inconvenient
March 15, 2020By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate There’s no doubt that field trips can be enriching experiences for students; I myself got to experience virtual reality because of a field trip. Students can learn and interact with one another outside of the classroom…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Campus maps are aesthetically pleasing but useless for navigation
February 2, 2020By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate I think most people — if not everyone — has noticed how the maps of the SFU campuses all lack sufficient detail. It’s no secret that sparsely-labelled geometric shapes don’t actually help people navigate the many…
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The Try Guys’ self-help book adds a personal touch to their media offerings
November 17, 2019By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate I’m sure nearly every millennial knows who Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang — a.k.a. “The Try Guys” — are. With over 800 million views and 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Yes, SFU Mail, I’m really, positively sure that I want to log out
October 20, 2019By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate Does anyone else find the “Do you want to log out completely?” component of SFU Mail irritating and totally unnecessary? Canvas does the same thing. This might not be a big deal to some —…
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Mr. Iglesias tackles high school tropes with a comedic twist
October 7, 2019By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate You might know Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias from his comedy specials I’m Not Fat . . . I’m Fluffy (2009) or Gabriel Iglesias: One Show Fits All (2019). Now, the renowned comedian stars in the comedy…
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Armchair Expert celebrates the human experience through compelling yet humorous interviews
September 15, 2019By: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate Actor Dax Shepard is best known for his television and film work in the early to mid 2000s, appearing in comedies like 2004’s Without a Paddle, and for starring in NBC’s Parenthood from 2010 to…
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Weirdest Library AskAway Asks
July 22, 2019Written by: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate We’ve all had those inevitable mental breakdowns when writing papers. These normally happen when we can’t find the articles we need and end up screaming at our computer screens. Everyone sometimes needs that extra help…
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SFU Snap 2.0: The Latest and Greatest Features
July 19, 2019Written by: Tiffany Chang, Peak Associate Illustrated by:Momo Lin The SFU Snap app everyone downloads as first-years is great, but what if we had a newer version that connected to Wi-Fi even less often? The “Construction Fence Labyrinth” game: This…
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