Top features
A crash course on renters’ rights for students
March 26, 2018By Winona Young, Peak Associate If it is your first time renting solo on an apartment, suite, etc., and landlords are going to hope and pray that you are a stumbling and clueless virgin when it comes to your rights as a renter. A study from our very own SFU has actually shown that renter anxiety is on the rise in Vancouver . . . Luckily, The Peak has helped compile a list of rights that you ought to know as a renter so that you may survive in the jungle that is the BC housing market and can keep…
Continue reading
Why you’re paying so much for textbooks: Part 1 ⁄ 2
March 21, 2018By: Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate Purchasing textbooks has become a macabre ritual amongst post-secondary students. Students at SFU, myself included, always spend time discussing, comparing, and ultimately asking the question to end all questions: “How much do you have to…
Continue reading
Summer job roundup
March 19, 2018By: Bernice Puzon Summer is the time for beautiful weather, hanging out with friends, and if you’re lucky enough, taking a break from school. While you ideally want to be carefree during Vancouver’s most beautiful time of the year, it…
Continue reading
Summer adventure roundup
March 19, 2018By: Anindita Gupta, SFU Student A road trip in the summer sounds like something out of a breezy, Hollywood movie. But you and your selected group of friends can’t drive? You’re looking for something a little more out there? I have…
Continue reading
Bugs and bones: the most fascinating thing at this school you’ve never heard of
March 14, 2018By: Umer Altaf Unknown to most students and hidden behind the dreary hallways of the Shrum Science Centre, an immaculate organisms collection resides within our university. Magnificently curated and remarkably comprehensive, the Biological Sciences Teaching Collection is likely the most…
Continue reading
The bigger picture: a closer look at five pieces of SFU art
March 13, 2018By: Natasha Tar, Copy Editor If you haven’t noticed yet, SFU has a lot of weird and interesting art. I remember that on Welcome Day, first-years got a tour across Burnaby campus and I asked our guide about the strange…
Continue reading
Five highlights and five lowlights from the SFSS’s history
March 12, 2018By: Jonathan Pabico, Peak Associate You’ll hear about it throughout your SFU experience, but what exactly is the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS)? Here’s the scoop: according to their website, the SFSS comprises of a group of students who not…
Continue reading
I let my Instagram followers make my decisions for 24 hours
March 10, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka A few days ago, I was on YouTube when a video called “Instagram Followers Control Our Lives for 24 Hours” by a channel called Yes Theory popped up. The video features YouTubers getting tattoos and piercings, travelling…
Continue reading
CJ Rowe talks SVSPO, Sexual Violence Awareness Month, and more
March 9, 2018By: Jennifer Low Fast facts on CJ Rowe Name: CJ Rowe Pronouns: They/them/theirs Position: Director of the Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office Education: Doctorate in Education (UBC), a Master of Arts in legal studies (Carleton University), and Bachelor of…
Continue reading
Badass women of SFU
March 7, 2018By Eva Zhu When SFU opened in 1965, only 37% of the student body was made up of women and only 16 of the 126 faculty staff were women (that’s about 12%). As of fall 2014, 13,000 of the 25,000…
Continue reading
