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New SFU pub announced to open in the next few weeks
February 25, 2019Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member The Study Public House, SFU’s new on-campus pub, is set to open within the next few weeks. The Study Public House will be run by the Joseph Richards Group, a B.C.-based hospitality company that was selected by SFU to run the space. It will be in the same space as the former Highland Pub, which was run by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) and closed in 2017. The Peak sat down for an interview with The Study’s general manager, Samantha Baker. Baker explained that the pub will have a wide variety of food…
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What you need to know for Burnaby South’s by-election
February 23, 2019By: Trevor Steele The riding of Burnaby South is holding a by-election on February 25. The by-election represents New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh’s last chance to win a seat in parliament before the October 2019 federal election, as…
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SFU women’s basketball Ozioma Nwabuko discusses her return from injury
February 23, 2019By: Shepard Kanyekanye Year: Third-year Hometown: Port Coquitlam, BC Major: Sociology major, and Criminology minor Ozioma Nwabuko, an energetic force on the SFU women’s basketball team, has bounced back extraordinarily from a knee injury that sidelined her for 13 months…
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Reggie Watts: A Jack of All Trades Entertainer
February 22, 2019By: Hannah Davis, Staff Writer Imagine a child, standing silently on the edge of a playground, bundled in a coat covered in “[dangly] buttons.” A different child approaches and pulls on one of the jacket’s adornments. The boy in…
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We aren’t taught nearly enough about how to avoid plagiarism
February 22, 2019Written by: Hannah Davis, Staff Writer One of my biggest fears in handing in an assignment is that I unknowingly committed plagiarism, boldly claiming ideas or words as my own without even being aware of it. It seems that most…
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SFU researchers discover a way to combat HIV mutation
February 18, 2019In November 2018, Simon Fraser University researchers along with a group of South African academics from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal published a study that revealed how certain HIV-positive individuals possess immune cells that enable them to control their HIV…
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Tapiwa Samkange discusses SFU rugby community and living away from home
February 16, 2019By: Beatriz Fernandes Year: Freshmen Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe Major: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Tapiwa “Taps” Samkange is an international student from Harare, Zimbabwe. Beginning his journey at Fraser International College (FIC), and currently in his freshman year at Simon Fraser…
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“Masculinity means nothing to me” and other life mantras with Chris Fleming
February 11, 2019By: Winona Young, Arts Editor He’s the meme man of our dreams, the maniacal mother in “Company is Coming,” and is afraid to talk to men — he’s Chris Fleming. This week, The Peak interviewed the comedian to talk about…
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Live Coverage of the Lecture-Hall Dash
February 10, 2019By: Jennifer Low, Peak Associate Transcript of the Live Coverage from the Peak’s Sports Correspondent Chad Terbocks and Lecture-Hall Expert Ken I. Havanap. Chad: Well hello there folks, for those of you just tuning in, I’m Chad Terbocks Ken: and…
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