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Ambitious invention to blame for SFU’s extreme snowfall

Peak Web April 4, 2018

SFU president Andrew Petter seems to have his eyes turned upwards, as his gondola dream now unites with another secret passion project that, quite literally, aspires to reach the sky as its limit. While sleuthing around in the closed Highland Pub to investigate claims of a SFSS penthouse, National Peakographic stumbled upon the prototype for the Weather Controller 1965.       When the discovery was brought to the attention of Petter during Senate, it was revealed that the gadget was SFU’s latest attempt to engage the world. The machine, and the 1,964 preceding prototypes, has cost SFU an estimated total…

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World News Beats

Peak Web March 2, 2018

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate    TransLink to increase SkyTrain capacity TransLink has an announced an additional 80 cars will be added to its SkyTrain lines. 56 of these cars will be allocated to the Expo and Millenium Lines, while 24 will…

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Students vote overwhelmingly to keep U-Pass

EIC November 24, 2017

SFU undergraduate students voted overwhelmingly to keep their Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) for another two years in a referendum this week that saw the largest voter turnout in recent history. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced on November 24…

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Burnaby campus faces major parking congestion

Peak Web October 2, 2017

By: Gabrielle McLaren If you are finding it difficult to find a parking spot at the Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus, you are not alone. The university is experiencing increased congestion in its parking lots this semester and parking passes have…

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TransLink bus services expansion leaves out SFU

Peak Web September 18, 2017

By: Aaron Richardson The largest expansion of bus service in Metro Vancouver did not result in more service to Simon Fraser University. TransLink introduced an additional 105,000 hours of bus service across the region earlier this month. In addition to the…

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Transit horror stories

Peak Web May 23, 2017

By: Jessica Pickering, Grace Rose, Rebecca Zorg, Dan Hoy, Rebecca Chen, and Micaela Evans Grace and The Old Lady Who Touched Her Hair For some context, my hair is usually in braids or some sort of unique hairstyle. As a black…

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The official Peak Transit survival guide

EIC October 3, 2016

By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Where will you be when the world ends? Will you be in the library, cramming for that test? Will you be using your last Poké Ball to catch that Dratini in the AQ reflecting…

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SFU proposes “badass giant mech” as transit alternative

EIC September 6, 2016

An SFU committee tasked with determining an alternative mass transit option has forced the school to rethink its current bus strategy because of the cost of fuel, shitty Compass Card U-Passes, and unpredictability under inclement weather. After reviewing many proposals,…

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I’m tired of being ogled at while taking the SkyTrain

EIC October 26, 2015

I’ve always had a big thing for public connection; catching a passerby’s eye in the habitual bustle, maybe offering a nod or — heaven forbid — a quick “good morning.” There’s something worthwhile in mustering the effort to reach out…

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TransLink promises voters “things will be different this time, baby”

EIC May 22, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2649" align="alignnone" width="671"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] With a May 29 deadline fast approaching for the regional transit referendum, TransLink has again reached out to people who use their services, vowing to change for the better and treat…

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