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September 14, 2009
Features
How to speak SFU
By J.J. McCullough, Peak Alumni
Just like any other subculture, the world of SFU has its own language, complete with distinctive terms, sayings, and slang. Here’s a crash-course in SFU ...
Your Map to Campus livin'
WHERE TO NAP
1 - AQ
2 - South Science Building
3 - Rotunda
4 - MBB Lounge
...A Citizen’s Guide to the SFSS
By Graham Templeton, Opinions Editor
Being a university student is overwhelming, doubly so if you happen to be new. Most of your available brain power is split between classes, crippling ...
Your guide to being Conservative @ SFU
By J.J. McCullough
Do you enjoy the works of Mark Steyn, Charles Krauthammer, and even (gasp) Ann Coulter on occasion? Do you find yourself saying “I told you so” to ...
Other important things in student politics
The CFS
The Canadian Federation of Students is a controversial political organization which SFU used to belong to until 2007, ...
Your guide to The Peak
By Bryn Hewko, Production Editor
As a relatively new SFU student, I stumbled into my job here at The Peak thinking that I understood the basics of how this paper was run. I was amazed to ...
Your University Dos & Don’ts
By Erika Zell, Copy Assistant
DO put a little time and effort into your studies. At roughly $500 for a three-credit course, can you afford to screw this up? ...
Campus Battle Royale
By Stacey McLachlan, Features Editor
We are the luckiest boys and girls in the world. We have not one, not a number that isn’t three, but three campuses named after some old dude who liked ...
This is YOUR Gallery
By Adam Cristobal
You are in a rush, and this is the worst route to class you could’ve chosen. The crowds of 1st-years entering their first lectures in Shrum Science Centre ...
Simon's Stylin'
English majors. Many students probably have preconceived notions that people completing English degrees are stuck up, book-loving geeks who tend to get ...
Pick a Major, Any Major
Biology
Biology is definitely the major to go with for a university experience that will leave you with a greater understanding of ...
5 Albums Every SFU Student Should Know
By Kaylin Metchie
University is a time to explore, a time to create a unique personae and interests before all creativity is beat out of you in the working world. And ...
SFU's Best & Worst Profs
One of the most difficult things for new university students to wrap their heads around is that they are customers. True, you can’t complain to the ...
Back to School Bingo
The first week of classes can be boring and repetitive. It seems to be the same every year, but not this time! Play The Peak’s Back to School Bingo! Get ...
Humour
Tips on book-learnin’ at Simon Fraser University
By Colin Sharp
As many a Dickens character can attest, street smarts are extremely valuable in your dayto- day comings and goings. But there comes a time in your life when ...
Arts
Two Pixel-lit Nights
By Adam Cristobal, Arts Editor
This year’s New Forms Festival takes place on September 18 and 19 at the Great Northern Way campus. For more information, please ...
Rendered to the 9s
By Cam Smith
The best scene in Shane Acker’s post-apocalyptic animated adventure, 9, occurs in the film’s opening minutes, with the quiet awakening of its ...
Less Pussy than Black Metal
By David Dyck
The AK-747s will be performing at the PSSU’s Social Harder on Friday, September 18 at 6:00 p.m.
If you were lucky enough to be in Convocation Mall ...
on Cupcakes
By Adam Cristobal, Arts Editor
Lyndsay Sung is the delightful owner and baker of Coco Cake (CocoCake.com), a one-woman-show and boutique cupcake catering business. Coco Cake boasts some ...
News
SFU’s Week of Welcome
By Cedric Yu, Jenny Waters.
The annual Week of Welcome kicked off last Tuesday at all three campuses to celebrate the new school year and greet new and returning students to the ...
Spread the Net launches rivalry between SFU and East Coast schools
By Kendra Wong, News Editor
Cheers of excitement echoed throughout the Convocation Mall last Thursday as Rick Mercer and UNICEF B.C. launched the third annual Spread the Net ...
Tim Hortons opens in West Mall
By David Proctor, Associate News Editor
Students this fall can delete their Facebook campaigns lobbying for a Tim Hortons at SFU — the chain has entered an agreement with SFU administration and ...
New report claims post-secondary institutions will be unable to handle influx of students
By Elias Rhajiak, Kendra Wong
A report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows a smart way out of the recession. The report claims that individuals ...
Clan Kickoff Concert not as successful as anticipated
By David Dyck
Velvet Chameleon, the AK-747s, and Lillix all contributed to raising the glass roof of Convocation Mall on the sunny afternoon of Friday, September 11. The ...
Sports
Football: Clan give Bisons the horns
By Chad Klassen
Did someone say payback? While it doesn’t quite do justice to the 77-7 embarrassment that Manitoba put on SFU three years ago, the Clan’s 41-7 thrashing of ...
Men's Soccer: Fighting for a little consistency
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
There’s no question this season that the men’s team have one of the deepest units in the history of their storied program. With 15 new recruits and a wealth ...
Women's Soccer: New additions help keep Clan rolling
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
After kicking off their 2009 season with a 4-0 loss to Trinity Western, the Clan has managed to pull their game together to string together three wins in a ...
Short history, longer future
By Kamil Karamali
The SFU men’s ice hockey team has become a force to be reckoned with within the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). Finishing atop ...
Clan TV makes its online debut
By Ramesh Ranjan, Promotions Coordinator
Friday night was a big night for Clan athletics. Not only did the SFU Clan trounce Manitoba 41-7 in the 2009 home opener, but it was also the debut of CLAN ...
Athlete of the Week: Newbrook hopes to finish career with title
By Matt Lee, Sports Editor
With a handful of players graduating last year, head coach Shelley Howieson didn’t need to look further to find some players to fill the leadership void ...
Football team rewarded with new locker room
By Chad Klassen
When the SFU Clan football team took Terry Fox Field to play their second-ever regular season game on campus, the players stormed the field from their brand ...
Opinions
Heathcliff's Notes: The Brontës: A united force of suck
By Sarah Arboleda, Columnist
This column serves as a bit of an English major confessional because I should, and am expected to, like each and every book that will be featured here. They ...
An ode to my Tim’s
By Caitlin MacDonald
It’s finally happened. My dream has been thwarted numerous times, but after two and a half painful years, the day I’ve waited for has finally come. Over ...
Campus View: Why are the best classes kept just out of reach?
By Stacey McLachlan, Features Editor
Life is, as you no doubt have heard, unfair.
For some of us (well, me), the reason for whining about this undeniable circumstance is petty, and ...
Getting out isn’t worth the hassle
By Matthew Steinbach
Last week we heard that the SFSS is back in the Canadian Federation of Students, at least for now. One has to wonder, after so many SFSS candidates, many ...
Campus View: A referendum is our best option
By David Proctor, Associate News Editor
I’m sure that the vast majority of students who were at SFU during the March 2008 campaign to defederate from the Canadian Federation of Students were sick ...