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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 University, Taps moved to Canada three years ago, and has been an active member of the SFU Rugby Club ever since. Taps chose to attend SFU in order to experience a new country and simultaneously pursue an academic career. Tenacious and joyful, the player is loved by his coaches and teammates, who describe him as a pivotal member not only…
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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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SFU men’s basketball’s Bongani Moyo talks about his journey into the NCAA
February 9, 2019By: Shepard Kanyekanye Year: Senior Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe Major: Finance and Marketing Bongani Moyo, an active player on the SFU men’s basketball team, is currently in his fifth year and looking to graduate this spring. His basketball journey, although seemingly…
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A guide to avoid hypersexualizing Black bodies
February 4, 2019By: Youeal Abera, Staff writer As a young Black man who lives in Vancouver, a city where African-Canadians constitute 1.2% of its population, I discovered what it means to be “visually different” at a very young age. When I hit…
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Board Shorts
February 4, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor Meeting minutes will now note which director is abstaining or voting against a motion At the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) board of directors’ meeting on February 1, the board passed the…
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The Fore-Playlist
February 3, 2019By: Winona Young, Andrea Renney, Kim Regala, Kitty Cheung, and Geron Malbas We would ideally have 69 tracks on this playlist, but for our Sex, Sexuality, and Gender Issue, we’re hooking you up with these hot tracks ASAP for…
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What a positive masculinity looks like
February 2, 2019By: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Gillette recently put out a commercial about their old slogan,“the best a man can get.” The ad talks about how there’s a lot of problems specific to men and traditional masculinity, and how they have…
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Queer female music artists you need to know
February 2, 2019By: Kitty Cheung, Beatriz Fernandes, Yelin Gemma Lee, and Winona Young Rina Sawayama [caption id="attachment_108469" align="alignleft" width="200"] Image courtesy of Damien Fry[/caption] Must-know tracks: “Take Me As I Am” “Cherry” “10-20-40" She’s a former model, she’s a current fan of Kingdom…
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Long story short: I’m too exhausted to be a workaholic anymore
January 28, 2019By: Hailey Findlay In my first year of university, I developed my first addiction: coffee. It wasn’t so much that I liked the taste. What I really latched onto was more the wide-eyed, jittery energy. If I scheduled my cups just right,…
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