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Informed voting is the absolute least we can ask of our Board
February 3, 2020By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Note: The views expressed in the following article are solely my own and do not represent the views or politics of The Peak as a publication or a society. If I have time or if the agenda sparks my interest I occasionally accompany whichever Peak staff member is attending the SFSS’s Board meeting. It’s nice to see what Board members are working on and later recognize them in the halls, with an idea of who they are and what they believe in. It can also be incredibly frustrating to watch them do things like carry motions that…
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Little Mountain Gallery is the latest to suffer due to Vancouver’s increasing gentrification
February 2, 2020by Marco Ovies, Arts Editor The next time you walk past Little Mountain Gallery (LMG) you might notice a development application up on the building. Why is this important, you ask? Well, it’s because this is one of the few…
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A new corona virus is no excuse to break out the racism
February 1, 2020Update (April 23, 2020): The headline and sections of this article have been updated from their original version in order to clarify information that was inconclusive or partial at the time of writing. By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor By now, “coronavirus”…
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A City Without Artists? talks art space amid the condo race
January 26, 2020by Ben McGuinness, Peak Associate On January 16, SFU Public Square held a meeting in its City Conversations series called “A City Without Artists?” to discuss the challenge of maintaining space for artists in Vancouver. The room was packed with a…
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Vancouver-based tattoo artists raise money to support Indigenous communities affected by the Australia bushfire crisis
January 25, 2020by Kim Regala, Staff Writer Using their art to support an important cause, three local tattoo artists joined together to host a flash day fundraiser in support of relief efforts for the Australia bushfire crisis. Announcing the event on their…
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The current SFSS Board must be held accountable for its concert inflation
January 25, 2020Editor's note: The author is active in student politics, and is currently advocating for a forensic audit of the 2019 Fall Kickoff event. By: Corbett Gildersleve, SFU Student Fall 2019’s Kickoff, for those who attended, was pretty fun. New artists were…
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Resources for Australian bushfire relief
January 21, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Features Editor As of the time this article is being written, 10.7 million hectares have been burnt in Australia. The Guardian reports that 1,700 homes have been lost, and 23 people have died due to the bushfires…
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Peak Speaks Podcast – The Man, the Myth, the Marco
January 17, 2020Listen here: https://pod.link/1464226637
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Six things that make a good class syllabus
January 13, 2020By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Syllabus week brings up this primal, inescapable anxiety in me. Maybe it’s my fight-or-flight response activating when faced with a list of incoming shenanigans. Maybe it’s the undeniable excitement of breaking out my coloured pens and annotating…
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Long Story Short: a train ride taught me to slow down
January 5, 2020By: Kim Regala, Staff Writer It’s a Monday evening and I’m two hours into my four-hour class — my professor’s constant lecturing entering one ear and right away coming out the other. I feel my stomach gurgling and I realize…
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