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June 23, 2008
Features
Last Word : A lesson in inspiration
By Oscar Miklos
Two courses shy from finishing a degree in Political Science, I feel more disconnected with the Canadian political scene than ever. Don’t get me wrong: ...
Humour
Things "Christmas tea" might taste like
Eggnog Candy canes Gingerbread Baby Jesus Presents Turkey Disappointment Debt Family fights ...
Dear Aunt Sassafrass . . .
Dear Aunt Sassafrass,
I am so overwhelmed; school is super tough lately and I can’t handle it! Do you have any tips for dealing with the pressures ...
Arts
Comedy : Wurster things could happen
By Racan Souiedan
Jon Wurster has been an accomplished drummer for the better part of his adult life, having either recorded or toured with the likes of Bob Mould, the ...
Film : *The Incredible Hulk* breaks through
By Cam Smith, Associate Staff Contributor
The Incredible Hulk opened in theatres on June 13.
Remember all the hoopla that surrounded Marvel Comics’ Iron Man weeks, even months ...
Food : Oodles of noodles at Luxy
By Christine G. Louie, Associate Staff Contributor
Cafe Luxy is at 1235 Davie Street, Vancouver.
Every so often, I crave pasta. And when I find my taste buds crying out for oodles of noodles, ...
Film : Creationism *Expelled* from science class
By Tessa Perkins, Associate Staff Contributor
Expelled opens in theatres June 27.
Nobody messes with Ben Stein. Not even Darwin. When Stein realized that educators and scientists were ...
Film : It just ain't *Happening*
By Cam Smith, Associate Staff Contributor
The Happening opened in theatres June 13.
Dear M. Night Shyamalan,
I’ve been a fan of your work for many years now, and one of ...
First Person Unlimited : No place like the stage
By Tessa Perkins, Associate Staff Contributor
Putting together a production is always a difficult task that involves many people and many hours of work to make sure it will all run smoothly. Each ...
News
New team heads SFU Alumni Association
By J.J. McCullough, Peak Staff
The organization charged with representing the interests of SFU’s more than 100,000 alumni elected a new board of directors late last month, bringing a mix ...
Campus : SFSS gets out of the book business
By Shara Lee, News Editor
Quad Books, a service of the Simon Fraser Student Society has recently been restructured. It no longer buys and sells text books, offers candy, or ...
Student Society Profile : 20 Q's with Tara Azimi
1) What do you consider your greatest achievement?
I’ve always been a really shy person, so getting involved I think has been ...
Opinions
*The Peak's* news coverage is going downhill
By Earl Von Tapia
It’s really nice that the fledgling Board of Directors of the Simon Fraser Student Society, though less than two months on the job, are getting so much ...
Campus View : What's the rush? Graduating is *so* overrated
By Stacey McLachlan, Humour Editor
I’ve never been one to have my future clear and steady right in front of me. I pretty much have a new career path mapped out every other week, in fact. ...
Opinions editor needs to practice what he preaches
By Timothy Schaefer
In his latest editorial [“Dull minds make for dull papers,” June 16], J.J. McCullough takes aim at students who write lazy, biased research papers premised ...
Editor's Voice : A little kindness goes a long way
By Shara Lee, News Editor
As students, we each lead busy lives. We have deadlines to meet, rent to pay, relationship issues to contend with, and crappy jobs to put up with. We come ...
Give Scientologists a break
By J.J. McCullough, Opinions Editor
Protesters have a remarkable tendency to lack any sort of perspective when it comes to choosing things to protest. During the 1980s, for example, it was ...
The Small Talk Project : Nobody cares about your blog
By Adam Cristobal, Columnist
I used to blog. A lot. All the blogging I did in high school is probably half of the reason why I now write this column. My blog was a sort of training ...
Woohoo! Boohoo!
By Stephanie Orford, Copy Editor
Woohoo!
September fasion issues
Every fashion magazine I know of publishes its largest issue in September, the official start of the ...
The last stand of free speech
By Graham Templeton
Maclean’s magazine is under attack from pitiful religious fanatics for an article warning of Islam’s rapidly increasing influence in Eastern ...
Don't be so quick to criticize the new SFSS website
By Garth Yule, Morgan Burke
We are writing to address several points in Chen Shen’s scathing review of the new SFSS website {“New SFSS website full of flaws,” June 16], which went ...