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Ashley Fraser / Print News Editor
April 3, 2017 news@the-peak.ca
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News
Ashley Fraser / Print News Editor
news@the-peak.ca
Ashley Fraser Print News Editor
News
April 3, 2017
Ashley Fraser Print News Editor
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Zach Siddiqui Opinions Editor
Zach Siddiqui / Opinions Editor
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Opinions
Youeal Abera SFU Student
April 3, 2017
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SFU, SCOTLAND, AND ME
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE PARCEL 31 - FRASER DATE: Thursday, April 6th, 2017 TIME: 4:30-6:30pm VENUE: Lobby, SFU Community Trust 130-8960 University High St., Burnaby, BC Mosaic invites you to review plans for our proposed development, Fraser. Mosaic is working with SFU Community Trust and the City of Burnaby on a development proposal for Parcel 31 at UniverCity on Burnaby Mountain. Our proposal includes a 5 storey residential building with 84 apartments, 15 garden townhomes and 32 townhomes. The development embraces UniverCity’s Slopes Neighbourhood Plan. We look forward to hearing your feedback on Fraser.
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Jessica Whitesel / Arts Editor
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SPOTTED My best attempt at defining my style is “Futuristic Military Goth.” It sounds contrived, I know, but my style just doesn’t fall into a neat box. And I don’t want it to anyway. We all naturally think categorically, in terms of genre. But for me, genres are monkey bars, a very amusing conceptual framework to swing on and hang from. I’m all about subverting expectations with my style. For example, I like pretty things and looking pretty, but I also like including an element of harshness in my ensemble. I’ll pair a pretty pastel-coloured dress with clunky punk boots with spikes. People should be warned that this flower has thorns. I also like to mix typical masculine and feminine pieces of clothing, aiming for an overall androgynous look. My first degree was in philosophy. Now I’m balls deep in a mathematics degree. As a girl I’ve been a minority in both, but by now I’m well used to it. My experience has really blurred the line between what’s masculine and feminine — arguably the most prominent genre distinction of all. And now no classification is very steadfast to me anymore. I used to dress to be like a certain type of person. But I don’t want to be them anymore. I kind of just want them to want to be me.
This modern reboot of an ’80s classic would make more sense as anything other than a MacGyver reboot. Starring Lucas Till and That Guy From CSI, the show adds into the mix a sexy hacker, for some reason, and gives MacGyver a roommate that fills all of the black best friend stereotypes. Even the absurd “inventions,” a staple of classic MacGyver, are worse in the hands of this adaptation. A perfect example appears in one episode where, to evacuate civilians from a crowded hotel, Mac mixes some broom closet chemicals into a bucket before adding a wad of tinfoil to make some allegedly harmless smoke to set off the fire alarm. He could have also, y'know, pulled the fire alarm. In short, the new MacGyver reboot is, like his inventions, convoluted and unnecessary.
This DC Comics comedy show has several recognizable faces: Abed from Community; the girl from High School Musical; the pilot from Firefly; and others. So it is surprising that the jokes are as obvious and predictable as a Disney Channel tween sitcom. It doesn’t have a laugh track, so that’s a plus, but that’s about it. The main character is perpetually cheerful, the co-worker is constantly abrasive, the boss is always incompetent; the clichés go on and on. Overall, Powerless has a super cast, but civilian writing, and its biggest crime is that it is ‘sort of okay’ at best. And, in today’s world of blockbuster, five-star, spoil-the-ending-and-our-friendshipis-over television, ‘okay’ is not a passing grade.
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Nick Bondi / Sports Editor
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Sports Sports
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NOTICE: BY-ELECTION THE PEAK PUBLICATIONS SOCIETY WILL BE HOLDING A BY-ELECTION FOR THE POSITIONS OF COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PPS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 AT 12:00 P.M. IN THE PEAK OFFICES TERM: MAY 1 TO AUG 31, 2017 QUALIFICATION: MUST BE A CURRENT COLLECTIVE MEMBER (HAVE CONTRIBUTED 2 OF THE PAST 5 WEEKS) COMMITMENT: MIN. 1 MEETING PER MONTH REQUIREMENTS: SUBMIT A NOMINATION FORM SIGNED BY 5 COLLECTIVE MEMBERS BY 4:00 P.M. ON APRIL 4, 2017 TO BOARD@THE-PEAK.CA OR MBC 2900 CONTACT BOARD@THE-PEAK.CA OR VISIT THE-PEAK.CA/CONSTITUTION/ FOR DETAILS
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Janis McMath / Humour Editor
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April 3, 2017
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Friendly reminder to all lesbians that we will be holding our Spring Equinox Evening of Witchcraft. Please do your best to come as we will need optimum attendance for the Mother Goddess to rise. Laura is in charge of snacks afterwards, so please forward all dietary restrictions to her. Join us for book club at 2:00 p.m. in the Forum Chambers. This week, we’ll be discussing homoerotic subtext between Remus Lupin and Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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