The Peak

3 weeks ago | the-peak.ca | Hannah Fraser |Winnie Byanyima

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News EditorIn February, the Trump administration undertook a number of “drastic” steps to reduce government spending on healthcare and medical research, according to PBS. On February 7, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the administration’s policy that would cut research funding by “limiting the amount of indirect funding for research projects” to 15%. This equates to $4 billion in reduced funding.

3 weeks ago | the-peak.ca | Petra Chase

By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief Dear SFU community,It’s time to say farewell to The Peak and welcome our board game magazine. The Pawn is now your weekly source for the latest news, trends, and tips in tabletop gaming on our beloved mountain (excluding table tennis, which has its own weekly campus magazine). Our new name is an homage to the fact that we needed to pawn off multiple kitchen appliances (sorry team, no more coffeemaker) to raise money for this venture.

4 weeks ago | the-peak.ca | John Easton

By: John Easton, SFU StudentIf there’s one thing the manosphere has managed to do with stunning efficiency, it’s strip sex of its joy, intimacy, and social complexity. According to the worldview, sex is nothing more than a transactional function of evolutionary biology, the linchpin of a so-called “” where men and women exist in rigid, pseudo-economic roles. Women, they argue, seek out “Alpha men” for genetic superiority while cruelly exploiting “Beta men” for financial security.

4 weeks ago | the-peak.ca | Sofia Chassomeris

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editorthis body aches for death, a cure? a resolution,like it longs to rest in the muddy embrace of a graveso that the earth may hold me as gently as my tender flesh allows. she will unbind my muscles from the bone,curl her fingers in my sinewand draw me open,feed me to her soil,quench the thirst of her children with plasmas and cradle them in my ribsin the dip of my pelvisor at the joints of my limbs.

1 month ago | the-peak.ca | Yildiz Subuk |Michelle Young

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Michelle Young, Copy EditorBefore the beginning of the 2024 fall semester, I saw a lot of promotion for an event called “Fall Kickoff.” The promotional material seemed to be advertising the fact that SFSS is on its way to build a more “fun-filled” student social life. It all seemed to start with this — a rave-like party. The event took place September 20 and expected around 2,000 students.