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SFSS directors’ votes on motions will no longer be public knowledge
May 11, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Starting in May, when the SFSS board of directors votes on resolutions at the board table, the votes of individual directors will no longer be public information. On April 18, the SFSS board of directors passed a motion to “discontinue the practice of listing [ . . . ] board members who vote against or abstain from voting on motions, effective May 1, 2019.” This decision reverses the board’s February motion to publicize the voting breakdown for the sake of transparency with students and student groups. Jackson Freedman, outgoing vice-president university relations, said at the…
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Student union building delayed again, September opening called “very optimistic”
May 6, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Construction on the Student Union Building (SUB) is unlikely to finish in time for summer, says SFSS executive director Sylvia Ceacero. On April 18, at an SFSS board of directors’ meeting, Ceacero updated the board…
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SFSS passes 2019–20 budget, sees rises in both revenue and staffing costs
May 5, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor At the April 18 board meeting, the SFSS approved their 2019–20 operating budget. The Peak reached out to Matthew Chow, outgoing vice-president finance, to talk about the new budget’s highlights. The 2019–20 budget features a…
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Opinions of the Hour
January 25, 2019“There are two kinds of Indigenous governance structures, but Canada has been listening to just one,” by Carey Newman, at CBC News. An excellent piece, Newman elegantly explains the many facets of the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s efforts to protect their rightful…
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When will it click for SFU that iClickers are pointless?
January 24, 2019Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Excuse me as I do my best Tina Fey-playing-Ms. Norbury voice . . . “Class, raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by the iClicker.” For those who haven’t, iClickers are grotsky little devices that some professors…
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Staying In: Élite
January 21, 2019Best for: Mystery lovers; Riverdale escapees; tea enthusiasts By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Why did you have blood on you? That, translated from Spanish, sets the tone for Netflix’s Élite. Released on October 5 last year, the series covers…
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Pokémon: Let’s Go hits the top percentage of enjoyability
January 19, 2019By: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor If you have yet to wander down the nostalgia route that is the first Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch, let’s go! Two months after their initial drop, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go,…
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Paranormal Activity : SFU students tell us their real life scary stories
October 27, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Maxwell Gallick, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Zach Siddiqui, Lauren Wallace, and Winona Young It was too cold to play outside, and we weren’t yet addicted to video games, so somehow my best friend and I got the…
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Students gather at AQ reflection pond to reflect on their own worthlessness
October 18, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor Last Tuesday, hundreds of SFU students congregated at the reflecting pond in the Academic Quadrangle (AQ) to peer into the water and ponder whether any of them add any real value to the universe.…
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Dress for school however you please
October 10, 2018Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Copy Editor As Miranda Priestly told her dismissive new assistant in The Devil Wears Prada, it’s comical how people think they can stay out of the fashion world when they have no choice but to wear…
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