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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

ENGAGING THE WORLD

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Nominations are now being accepted for Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

All continuing full and part-time faculty members (tenured and tenure-track professors, lecturers, and lab instructors) who have taught a minimum of 5 years in a continuing position at Simon Fraser University are eligible for the awards.

Nominations may be made by Simon Fraser University students, alumni and/or faculty.

To make a nomination, please write by October 15, 2018, to: University Committee for the Excellence in Teaching Awards c/o Office of the Vice-President, Academic Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Phone: (778) 782-3925

Fax: (778) 782-5876

Include your name, address and telephone number, and reasons why your nominee is deserving of this award.

The winners of the Awards will be selected based upon the following criteria: • Ability to stimulate students to think creatively and critically • Demonstrated caring for student learning • Ability to present complex information clearly • Demonstrated enthusiasm and innovation in teaching • Sustained record of excellent teaching • Diversity of course level More information on the nomination and adjudication of the Excellence in Teaching Awards can be found on our website at: http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/Committees_TaskForces/Sta nding_Committees/Teaching-Excellence/ Or you may contact the Office of the Vice-President, Academic at (778) 782-3925.

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ATTENDTHE PEAK’S 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 — 1:30 — MBC 2294 FREE FOOD AND DRINK AVAILABLE! RUN FOR 1 OF 3 POSITIONS ON OUR BOARD!

AGENDA: 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of Agenda 3. Approval of annual general meeting minutes from October 18, 2017 4. Auditor’s Report by Andrea Knorr, Certified General Accountant 5. Approval of Auditor’s Report and Financial Statements 6. Appointment of Auditor 7. Election of At-Large Representatives 8. Adjournment

IF YOU ARE AN SFU STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE OF THE PEAK, YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE PEAK PUBLICATIONS SOCIETY, AND WE NEED YOU AT THIS MEETING! If you are interested in running for one of the three at-large positions on the Peak Publications Society’s Board of Directors, contact BOARD@THEPEAK.CA for more information, or visit www.the-peak.ca/constitution/

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LAYOUT BY TIMOTHY CHOW

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Aaron Richardson / Humour Editor

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“The Cannabis Act has received Royal Assent.”

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October 1, 2018

More lies to tell your kids

A Student’s Letter to Generation X We are all lazy, self-centered, and addicted to our phones: together Written by Youeal Abera Although I’m inundated with caffeine and stress, As a student, there’s some things I’ve got on my chest.

You’d probably hate it if I sent this through a text, So here’s my letter to Generation X. We’ve fought and we’ve bickered, it’s been the same game — “Who has it harder? Who is more lame?”

If you ask for my two cents, and some further loose change, Gen X and millennials? I say we’re the same.

We’ve both faced vices at low-paying vocations.

We’ve both been young with financial limitations Before you question the validity of our vexations, Do you know what we’re facing in our education?

You see: our life as a student is like running on glass shards, Even with sharp minds, we all end up scarred.

With stricter GPAs to stay up to par, when it comes to school, we have it the most hard.

Like getting hit in the shin with a grey-tint, razor scooter, There’s pain in a student paying rent in Vancouver.

Like the price of Bey and Jay renting out the Louvre, SFU’s room and board? An expensive manoeuvre!

You say we complain, but here’s an inquisition: When you were our age, how much was tuition?

I’m trying to explain, I sure hope you’ll listen — With thousands of more dollars, our tuition is different.

I’m not trying to quarrel, but here’s a question to instill: Do you know the price to have our gas tanks filled?

To park one day at school costs two Netflix bills! $25? Can SFU chill?!

You’re probably thinking: it’s still not as bad as it seems.

OK, let’s look beyond the student-cost means.

To get a good job, you needed one degree — We need two or three, and a cure to a disease.

Y’all had it rough too, we do understand, Life as a student doesn’t always go to plan.

Our only difference is time — but no matter the scheme, nor how grand, Your failures didn’t end up on Instagram.

I know that you think all we do is complain, That we Snapchat dinners with cheap-bought champagne.

This may call for eye-rolls, but hear when I say — Gen. X and Millennials: we both wanted the same.

“Fooling your child into being truthful has never been so easy!”

Written by Jennifer Low Illustrated by Marissa Ouyang Let’s be honest: we were all told some interesting lies by our parents to make our childhood more “magical” or keep us out of trouble. Now that we are “all grown up” (or at least enough to ride the bus by ourselves) it’s time to start thinking about how we can screw up our own children in our own very specific way . . .

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Convince your children that every holiday is actually a week later Boxing Day sales are way better than that mad Christmas shopping rush; but it always occurs after you need it most. Similarly, prices of Valentine’s Day chocolate and Easter eggs drop substantially after the day of the event.

Imagine how much of that hard-earned cash you could save if you could actually take advantage of these deals.

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Show your children Pinocchio and convince them that their nose gets a little bit bigger every time they lie Ah, there’s nothing quite like the fear of a disproportionate facial structure, and of course the looming threat of an eventual transition into a donkey, to keep your children honest. From slowly filling your house with fun-house mirrors to using the photo booth app on your laptop as evidence, fooling your child into being truthful has never been so easy! You’ll know for sure that it works when every time your child does lie, they feel the immediate urge to cover their nose.

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Tell your children: “Eating watermelon seeds will grow a watermelon in your stomach” My parents convinced me of this particular lie for years. Not only was I living in constant fear of growing fruit in my stomach, insisting on poking out every seed I found in my fruit salad, but also I never choked and died, so that’s a plus.

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Convince your children that the monster under their bed will eat their toys if they do not keep their room clean The fear of a monster under the bed is already there, so why not take advantage? You can take this a step farther by making scary noises while your child sleeps. If your child is still not convinced, slowly begin throwing away some of their toys when they are not looking, shred a few of their socks, or disfigure some stuffed animals.

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