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A group of dishes on a table
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What Grinds Our Gears: Potlucks

Peak Web January 23, 2024

By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Who doesn’t love getting invited to parties? Drinking, catching up with friends, what isn’t there to love? I’ll tell you: when the invite says “potluck.” It may seem dramatic but this one requisite can alter your view of going out forever. How do you know what to bring? You wanna bring something safe — not so safe it’s basic — but safe enough that everyone will eat it. You also wanna bring something in the same price range as everyone else. Imagine the awkwardness when you pull up to a party and you see sushi,…

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A cleaning spray bottle
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Spaces you don’t think about cleaning — but should

Peak Web November 30, 2023

By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Cleaning is not limited to visible spaces. Dust resides in dark corners, people, and you won’t know until one day you decide to lift your blinds to find a strip of dirt on your windowsill.…

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A box of tissues, hot tea, and glasses on a bedside table
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Sick of [and in] school

Peak Web November 30, 2023

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer As I sit here writing this, my throat begs me to clear it, my skin sweats and chills in five-minute intervals, and my voice scratches like a penny rattling in a jar. I have three…

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The wi-fi symbol
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What Grinds our Gears: A hate letter to my Wi-Fi stick

Peak Web November 30, 2023

By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Have you ever wanted to play a game, only to realize it would take you three whole days to download said game? Hopefully not. My Wi-Fi stick does, though. And I don’t want to hear that…

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Bacteria on a petri dish
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What Grinds our Gears: Poorly constructed scientific papers

Peak Web November 30, 2023

By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor I’m a grad student in STEM. I know — it’s my own doing, and there’s no one to blame but myself for having to read overly complicated scientific papers every week. What annoys me…

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A very crowded parking lot at SFU
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Why am I paying for parking when there are no spots

Peak Web November 28, 2023

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer I am not a fan of parking lots in the slightest, but especially when it comes to the stress of SFU parking lots. Why is it nearly impossible to find parking anywhere on campus? The…

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A batch of leftovers in the fridge
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What Grinds Our Gears: Forgetting Leftovers in the fridge

Peak Web November 28, 2023

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer I absolutely adore leftovers. The exquisite joy of eating the same delicious meal more than once and not having to make anything is the ultimate win. I love leftovers so much, I look forward to…

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A car with an extremely bright headlight
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Horribly installed illegal headlights

Peak Web November 28, 2023

By: Olivia Visser, Copy Editor What’s with all the blazing car headlights in recent years? Many of us have noticed, newspapers have written about it, and, shocker, people have crashed as a result of them. For the longest time, I…

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Rain rolling down a window
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Bright-er side: The rain

Peak Web November 22, 2023

By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor When we enter the fall season, everyone starts grouching about the weather. It’s “too rainy,” it’s “too dark,” and it’s “too cold.” I, for one, have had enough of these complaints. I’ve always liked our…

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Autumn leaves on the ground
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stepping on leaves that don’t crunch

Peak Web November 7, 2023

By: Sam Wong, SFU Student It’s fall: the season of dying leaves and see-saw temperatures. I’m already running late to my class before I see a leaf, brown and all curled up. The perfect leaf. I expect it to be…

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