P.07 FEATURES An inside peek at VeggieSFU P.10 ARTS & CULTURE Empowering Black entrepreneurs P.05 OPINIONS Defending Just Stop Oil P.04 NEWS Addressing climate anxiety
Protecting the birds from windows 04 NEWS What are you doing about climate change? 05 OPINIONS Potlatch traditions live on in Keeping the Song Alive 11 ARTS & CULTURE Letter to my teenage years 08 FEATURES Men have to stop policing women sports fans 12 SPORTS This fire illuminates some other failures 14 HUMOUR the-peak.ca
3October 31, 2022 NEWS CLIMATE CRISIS CONCERNS
Birds cannot see glass. They either see straight through to the other side or see the reflection of the vegetation.
4 NEWS News Editor Karissa Ketter News Writer Pranjali J Mann news@the-peak.ca
VANESSA HUM // SFU STUDENT
BURNABY BIRDS CELEBRATING CONTROVERSY
Everyone’s been feeling it: the Earth is changing. The Earth is changing, and people are literally dying.
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TIKTOK TINFOIL HATS CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES
6 OPINIONS Opinions Editor Olivia Visser opinions@the-peak.ca Move in now. SFU’s Highest Value New Homes. osloliving.ca | (778) 688-1633 Special Incentives for the SFU Community. This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made by way of a Disclosure Statement. E.&O.E. Render is artist’s rendition only.
EVELYN O ’ NEILL VEGGIESFU EVENTS COORDINATOR
The mix of lifestyles in our club helps to create a more nuanced and less polarizing space to discuss different ways of living in relation to animals and the environment.
Artist Crystal Noir @crystalnoir.art
Noir is a New Westminister-based artist of Jamaican descent. With a background in fashion, she uses figurative oil painting and she specializes in expressionism and surrealism. To me, the colors she uses in her paintings have a vibrancy that showcases the nature of Black culture. So far, her work reflects the natural essence of the Black feminine.
Omega Balanced omegabalanced@gmail.com/ 604 880 4445
Omega Balanced is a financial solutions service for businesses and individuals. Owned by Elizabeth Magai, the business opened up offer accessible financial services to racialized and marginalized. Services include bookkeeping, payroll, financial consulting, and more. Magai has a master’s degree in accountancy and a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
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This is a Richmond-based business that offers a bit of everything to individuals and businesses. Their services include residential and commercial cleaning, moving services, hoarding cleanup, home organization, weddings, and events. La Toya Barrington’s business beginnings are a bittersweet testimony. As a 25-year-old single mother of three children, Barrington fled from an abusive relationship. Due to employment insecurity, she started offering services such as house cleaning and babysitting, but has since received eight awards.
Black Business Association of BC 604 593 0198
This is a non-profit organization registered under the BC Societies Act. This organization offers a variety of services and programs to help Black businesses and entrepreneurs, including a mentorship community and a sustainability incubator program. They also have tools and benefits available to members which helps them reach exposure, expand their network, and find opportunities.
BJ Mechanical bjmechanicalbc@gmail.com
BJ Mechanical is a mechanical servicing company offering services in plumbing, heating, gas, furnaces, boilers, hot water tanks, and new installations. They’re a family-owned business recently taken up by Edwards, who has plumbing apprenticeship experience and gained his Journeyman certificate in 2017.
10 ARTS & CULTURE Arts & Culture Editor Petra Chase arts@the-peak.ca
Go2Girl
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Yeah Yeahs
“Shallow Then Halo”
By Cocteau Twins
11October 31, 2022 ARTS & CULTURE “Lust for a Vampyr” By I Monster I Monster is an electronic duo that creates unique music with gothic motifs. “Lust for a Vampyr” comes from the perspective of someone falling for a vampire, struggling with “getting older” while their lover “stays young.” It’s quite a different sound from this group’s other albums, with a moody vocal lead and catchy guitars. Twins of Evil “My Body is a Cage” By Arcade Fire While not quite a Halloween song, this one still deserves a mention. One of Arcade Fire’s older hits, this is a haunting song about feeling trapped in your own body. With emotive vocals and eerie pipe organs, I could see this one playing in the background of some dramatic horror flick. Sony Music CG “No One Lives Forever” By Oingo Boingo This song has some serious retro vibes that are characteristic of all our favourite ‘80s Halloween tunes. It features a sharp new wave rock beat with low spoken vocals, funky brass lines, and playful lyrics. You can’t have a Halloween playlist without at least one ‘80s song! Geffen “Heads Will Roll” By Yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah — given the title I know it’s kind of predictable, but you can’t seriously think I would ignore this one, could you? “Heads Will Roll” is an unbelievably catchy bop that just screams Halloween. “Off with your head, dance till you’re dead,” will echo through every Halloween party at some point throughout the night. Interscope
Another ‘80s band — Cocteau Twins produces a lot of spooky, ambient, new wave music. This song is no exception, with a spectral vocal lead that contrasts against the raunchy baseline. If you’re looking for some ghostly music to enjoy this fall, look no further than Cocteau Twins. 4AD
The last thing anyone wants is to be quizzed about their sports knowledge
12 SPORTS Sports Editor Isabella Urbani Sports Writer Simran Sarai sports@the-peak.ca GUESS WHO’S BACK
HOCKEY HOARDERS
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14 HUMOUR Humour Editor Kelly Chia humour@the-peak.ca
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