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The Burning House Challenge
July 6, 2018By: Brendon Adam, Lyz Boyd, Kitty Cheung, Victoria Lopatka, Gabrielle McLaren, Courtney Miller, Harleen Sahota, and Pamela Subia; compiled by Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor If you were out for a gander on tumblr a while ago, you might have run into the Burning House Challenge. According to the website's description of the project: "If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities." A while back, I sent an email out to my contributor list, asking them what they would save.…
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The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy jeopardizes the future of progressive America
July 5, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu, Opinions Editor Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Anthony Kennedy, 81, will be retiring on July 31, after 30 years. Although he is a Republican appointed by former president Ronald…
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Your queerness is valid whether or not you have figured out your identity
July 4, 2018Written by: Sam Emerson, SFU Student With Pride month in full swing, people are showcasing their sexual identities all over social media: bisexuality, asexuality, homosexuality, and every other part of the rainbow. Their multi-coloured flags show that they are out…
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Moments of SFU’s history with the Indigenous community
July 4, 2018By: Jonathan Pabico, Peak Associate In the 1960s, First Nations were never included in discussions to construct SFU on Burnaby Mountain. To this day, relationships between the university and First Nations communities are still imperfect. In 2017, Sarah Guraliuk wrote…
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Hunt for the Best: Coffee
July 3, 2018Written and photographed by: Geron Malbas Nemesis Coffee Location: 302 West Hastings Street Walking time from SFU Harbour Centre: Three minutes The Coffee: As one of the newest contenders on the Vancouver coffee scene, Nemesis has fallen right into my…
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Unsanctioned posters with SFSS logo taken down, but fate of Redeemed Christian Fellowship still unclear
July 3, 2018Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Last week, The Peak reported that the Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF), a club recognised by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), had used the society’s logo without permission to advertise an event that…
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At the Vogue Theatre
July 2, 2018Written by: Eva Zhu Ambience: A- The Vogue Theatre is one of those theatres that looks really comfortable and homely, like you’ve walked into a lecture hall you’ve been in a hundred times. Waiting in line for the venue to…
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Meghan Parker’s comic book thesis is informative and adorable
July 1, 2018Written by: Natasha Tar Meghan Parker, an SFU grad student, did something really cool when she created her thesis Art Teacher in Process: An Illustrated Exploration of Art, Education, and What Matters. She realized that writing about art wouldn’t work…
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30 pictures in 30 days challenge
June 29, 2018By: Alannah Wallace [caption id="attachment_105216" align="aligncenter" width="169"] May 11[/caption] May 11 – Renaissance frappes keeping me alive, pictured against the classic concrete hallways of SFU. [caption id="attachment_105149" align="aligncenter" width="240"] May 12[/caption] May 12 – Dogs, robe, PJs, and slippers. That’s…
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Incredibles 2 makes for an incredible sequel
June 29, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera In 2004, Walt Disney Pictures released a superhero family film that had an impact on the animation world, but it wasn’t the characters’ abnormalities that garnered the film such astounding critical and commercial success. Rather, it…
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