Features Editor Arno Rosenfeld is a second-year Arts student from San Francisco. He has been writing for The Ubyssey since August, 2012 but his journalism experience goes back to high school, where he established his high school's first newspaper. His article about UBC's work in a Kenyan refugee camp won the Canadian University Press's John H. MacDonald award for newswriting and the Newspapers Canada award for best campus news story. You can find him on Twitter @ArnoRosenfeld and on the internets at arnorosenfeld.com.
In light of his new comments it is worth asking whether Toope’s disdain for Twitter speaks to a larger illiberal worldview unbecoming for the president of an international university.
It’s easy to overlook the human face behind all the building on campus: the hundreds of hardworking construction workers who have shown up to UBC every day of the year.
Michael Vick, the NFL quarterback who abused dogs, once told reporters, “I just think more precaution should be taken.” Vick is not someone whose example student housing should follow: sometimes precaution is not the most prudent.
For UBC, the transition from operating under the Access Copyright licence to going at it alone was not easy.
Forum theatre, an interactive type of theatre encouraging audience participation in plays about social issues, is being brought to UBC by student Gua Khee Chong.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campuses has endured even while other causes come and go. The Ubyssey explores why.
“I feel very passionate about rivers and about how people treat rivers — and concerned about it,” he said. “I’ve come to know about the environmental issues through the lens of rivers.”
A well-known Hollywood director and producer has started teaching at UBC, and she’s working to bring context to a field often considered to be a trade.
In addition to the standard romantic and sexual fare, this year we’ve tried to peel back Hallmark-coated Valentine’s Day illusions of romance and bliss.
Jason Robinson’s Sustainability Television has made documentaries promoting work by the UBC Farm and the Land Food System Faculty.
