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A 12-year history of SFSS presidents
March 9, 2019By: Natasha Tar, Peak Associate Editor’s note: This piece was put together with archival sources from The Peak which may not be available on our website. Please feel free to browse previous editions of The Peak on our Issuu profile. If we at SFU are being super honest with ourselves, most of us don’t really care about what goes on at our campuses as long as our buses are air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. So when we really do care about something on campus, you know it’s big — a good example being the impeachment of…
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Voices of SFU: “What do you want from your next SFSS representatives?”
March 9, 2019Compiled by: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren “I would like to see the SFSS focus on more health and wellness resources for students. I think bringing in a dietician/nutritionist to give workshops geared towards student lifestyles and student budgets would…
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SFU hosts its first ever blood drive
March 4, 2019On March 1, 2019, an inaugural blood drive was held at the Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus. The event was organized by the SFU Blood, Organ, and Stem Cell Club, formerly known as SFU Blood For Life. The blood drive…
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The increasingly fancy smartphone hardware is utterly pointless
March 4, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor In the past few weeks, we’ve gotten a lot of news about the newest experiments when it comes to smartphones. This past week alone, I’ve been seeing reveals of all sorts of weird new…
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Andrew Petter won’t be seeking a third term as SFU’s president
March 4, 2019In December 2018, Fiona Robin, chair of the SFU Board of Governors, announced that Andrew Petter will be stepping down from his role as the institution’s president and vice-chancellor at the end of August 2020. Recently, The Peak had the…
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Political Corner: The People’s Party of Canada’s unexpected success in the Burnaby South by-election is concerning
March 2, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Three by-elections to fill seats in the House of Commons took place on February 25, the closest of which was in the riding of Burnaby South. It was an incredibly important race for the…
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You can’t take United We Roll seriously when it serves as a platform for hate and climate change denial
March 2, 2019Written by: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor The Sparknotes version of United We Roll’s story is that a convoy of trucks traveled from Red Deer to Ottawa in the hopes of raising concerns over Alberta’s economic development with Prime Minister Justin…
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What Black history month means in Vancouver
March 1, 2019By: Youeal Abera, Staff writer As February rolls around each year, I always look forward to a month of acknowledging and celebrating the Black community’s achievements. Black History Month is a time to reflect on the sacrifices our ancestors made…
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Reading breaks aren’t a vacation
February 27, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor During the past week, I’ve spent an unnecessarily large amount of time writing apology notes to a classmate over a group presentation, because I’d yet to finish my section of the PowerPoint in time…
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