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FEATURES The Peak talks with African Student Association president Salwa Abdi on being president

ARTS & CULTURE Six women-directed films, from comedy to coming-of-age

SPORTS Jahmal Wright on his first year at SFU and his biggest helping hands

HUMOUR Here’s 69 fun things to do at SFU!

March 28, 2022

FNSA TO FNMISA

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INDIGENOUS ART

“SIFF is one example of how SFU can support Indigenous voices, especially emerging filmmakers who may not have had one of their films play on the big screen.”

CAR R SAPPI E R // SIFF co-founder

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TRANSGRESSIVE TRUTHS

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FLAWED SOLUTIONS

Implementing hybrid options means adding onto the workload of instructors, likely without increasing pay or adding additional support and resources.

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Haruomi Nakajima

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SPORTS

COAST TO COAST

[My mom] is the hardest worker that I’ve ever encountered. There’s been times where she’s worked two or three jobs just so that she could pay for me to play basketball.

Jahmal Wright // SFU Basketball Player

SPORTS

March 28, 2022

BEST OF THE BEST

MEN'S GOLF

MARCH 28–MARCH 29 at Hanny Stanislaus in Turlock, California (all day) Finished sixth last meet Final meet before the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

MARCH 31–APRIL 2 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic in San Francisco, California

APRIL 1–APRIL 2 at the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California

WOMEN'S GOLF

APRIL 1–APRIL 2 at Rjga Palm Valley Classic in Goodyear, Arizona Finished fourth last meet

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APRIL 1 (9:00 A.M.) at California State Monterey Bay in Turlock, California Game one of Tournament of Champions

APRIL 1 (4:30 P.M.) at Holy Names in Turlock, California APRIL 2 (9:00 A.M.) at Academy of Art in Turlock, California APRIL 2 (4:30 P.M.) at San Francisco State in Turlock, California APRIL 3 (10:00 A.M) at California State Dominguez Hills in Turlock, California Last game of the tournament

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Touch the avocado Actually, maybe don’t touch the avocado Roast marshmallows at the fire pits Write for The Peak Join a sorority to figure out why the fuck people join sororities Have the AQ Wi-Fi crash in the middle of your Zoom lecture Go to puppy therapy Smuggle a puppy out of puppy therapy Run for the 144 Miss the 144 Complain about how cold it is Walk to Burnaby Mountain Park Go to the Trottier Observatory Wait outside the Trottier Observatory for hours because of COVID-19 restrictions — and you were too busy getting high to get there early Volunteer at TEDxSFU Complain about the construction Stand awkwardly outside of your professor’s office waiting for office hours Accidentally make eye contact with the person leaving your professor’s office hours Run away from a raccoon Vandalize the avocado Sell your right arm to buy an SFU hoodie Take a nap on the bottom floor of WMC Hope that nobody steals your laptop Take an astrology class Realize three weeks into it that you actually enrolled in astronomy Take a selfie with Joy Johnson Become Supreme Marshmallow Outdoor Roast Educator Switch majors Switch majors again Realise in your last semester you’d rather be majoring in your minor and while you could switch majors again, you’ve also already have spent one third of your life in university and are thousands of dollars in debt Just accept your degree knowing it won’t make a difference after graduation anyways Play one of the grand pianos Get day drunk at Biercraft Write a panic-email to ask your prof for an extension Save your panic-email as a draft and don’t actually send it Regret not sending your panic-email Buy a salad from the robot vending machine Take a nap in the nap room Get in an argument via Facebook comment section with someone from the SFSS Get in an argument with someone in an argument with the SFSS because, what the fuck, they are more annoying than the person in the SFSS you were arguing with to begin with Run for a position in the SFSS Regret it immediately Get lost in RCB and complain about it Buy a carrot muffin from Renaissance Buy a poster at the poster sale Become a TA Also regret it immediately Trip walking up the Saywell Hall stairs Post a screenshot of your schedule on Must Knows Make fun of people who post screenshots of their schedules on Must Knows Get stranded on campus when the buses stop running Attend an SFU Football game Cheer for the other team Take a selfie with McFogg Walk in circles around the AQ Walk in . . . lines (?) around West Mall Test out all of the bathrooms on campus Transit between all three campuses in one day Take a night class Take an 8:30 a.m. and hate yourself for the rest of the semester Fall off of the climbing wall at the Lorne Davies Complex Get a ticket the one day you decide not to pay for parking Walk through the AQ courtyard in October Realise you’re walking in the middle of a convocation ceremony Cry because, while you’ve been here for what feels like a million years, you’re not actually a part of the convocation ceremony Submit a meme to SFU Dank Memes Gang Put “SFU” in your Instagram bio Remove “SFU” from your Instagram bio Have sex in the avocado

PHOTO: Krystal Chan / The Peak BACKGROUND: João Vítor Duarte / Unsplash LAYOUT: Kitty Cheung

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HUMOUR

ARIES — Mar 2–Apr 19

LIBRA — Sept 23–Oct 22

You love a good sitcom prank. As overdone as the whipping cream-sleep-feather routine might be, it also never fails to get you a laugh (track). Watch out this April Fool’s day though, there’s a warm cup of water with your passed out finger’s name on it.

You’re going to sleep through April Fool’s this year after pulling a hectic all-nighter. Sucks to suck.

TAURUS — Apr 20–May 20

SCORPIO — Oct 23–Nov 21

You like to go all out with your pranks. Which would be great if you didn’t waste all your time on blueprints. Now you don’t have enough time to set up your materials for April Fool’s and Mercury was so excited to see that one with the windmill . . .

Scorpio, you’re an absolute expert when it comes to pranks and the stars respect you entirely for it.

But as long as we’re being honest, the stars also think that secret prank lair you have is an odd, unnecessary waste of $5,000 dollars.

GEMINI — May 21–Jun 20

SAGITTARIUS — Nov 22–Dec 21

What goes around comes around. And in your case it’ll be the ketchup you (hilariously) switched out for hot sauce last week. Gemini, this would all be avoidable if you just stop getting your prankees to make lunch for you, c’mon.

You tend to plan extravagant pranks, but someone always spoils them for you and you can’t figure out who. It’s you, Sagittarius. You and your inability to keep a secret. We get you’re proud and want the credit, but just try playing it cool for like three days this year.

CANCER — Jun 21–Jul 22

CAPRICORN — Dec 22–Jan 19

You’re a newbie when it comes to pranks, but don’t be shy. Just start off with something small, like a whoopie cushion. It’s guaranteed to blow your friends away. It’s an absolute gas! Victory will be in the air! . . . You know . . .

The smell of success . . .

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but, your pranks are pretty predictable. Literally everyone can see those whoopee cushions coming from a mile away . . . Try mixing it up this year! Early bird gets the worm! (And then immediately puts the worm in their roommate’s cereal.)

LEO — Jul 23–Aug 22

AQUARIUS — Jan 20–Feb 18

It’s never enough for you to do a prank. You always have to go about starting a prank war with the most random people and it’s honestly exhausting . . . Take the day off this April Fool’s.

Why do your pranks always involve random costumes?

And how do you keep losing pieces of your sets? Now you have half of a Buzz Lightyear costume, a unicorn head, and a lot of explaining to do to the person who just opened your secret closet.

VIRGO — Aug 23–Sept 22

PISCES — Feb 19–Mar 20

Instead of doing the pranks, you’re the target. But don’t worry, it’s not too late to turn the tables. Next time you discover that your sugar is salt, bake the most elaborate and least suspect revenge cake your friends have ever tasted. Start working on your victory dance kid, this is going to be an absolute winner.

You got your days mixed up and have all your elaborate jokes prepared for April 2 instead. It looks like poor Pisces is April’s fool this year.

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