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Yesterday at 10:21 PM

Razia, Wong, McAllister secure Ubyssey Board of Directors seats

Sultana Razia, Jason Wong and Callum McAllister won the three open Ubyssey Board of Directors positions.

Iman Janmohamed, Photos by Saumya Kamra

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Nawar, Lorien, Hassib, Gupta, Yi-Kieran win UBC Senate seats

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Cade Desjarlais, Jasper Lorien elected to UBC’s Board of Governors

A photo of a blue wall with the AMS sign on it in white text.

Three of four AMS-proposed referenda passed

Culture

March 9

Realwheels Theatre accepting artists to disability-led performance arts training program

The Vancouver-based company has announced the intake for The Academy, a three-year, part-time, fully-subsidized performing arts training program.

Thorn Austin

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In the middle of things — Medias Res Gallery platforms Farsi-speaking artists

Graphic of four hands with different skin colours holding a title card that reads "Don't Call Me Resilient." There are purple and green tiles in the background.

Don't Call Me Resilient podcast holds live recording at UBC

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The lesbian masterdoc (UBC edition)

Features

Igor Drljača wears a black turtleneck and smiles at the camera on the top floor of the Nest in front of the rooftop garden.

March 11

For Igor Drljača, film is about self-healing and reclaiming truth

As a kid, Igor Drljača could never get through the New Year’s Eve screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey that a local Toronto television station would play before midnight in the 90s.

Fiona Sjaus

Peter Wall photographed wearing a grey suit, white collared shirt, orange tie and purple scarf in front of the One Wall Centre.

Real estate developer and philanthropist Peter Wall dies at 87

Kamakshi Anand smiling at the camera in a green sweater outside IKB on a sunny day.

Kamakshi Anand’s poetry tells the stories numbers can’t

Sophie Co smiles at the camera while sitting in front of the UBC fountain in a white jacket and black top.

‘An essential part of life’: Sophie Co tackles food insecurity through the power of community

Opinion

American President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy (right) posing with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and his wife Olive Diefenbake (middle) on the steps of Parliament in Ottawa on May 18, 1961.

March 13

Opinion: What a Cold War-era foreign relations crisis can teach us about today’s

“For those familiar with modern Canadian history, the Bomarc Missile Crisis serves as a reminder of the pattern of aggression from the American executive when Canadian policy has not aligned with their immediate interests,” writes Juan F. Hernandez.

Juan F. Hernandez

Nathan Herrington, wearing brown pants, a black coat and a black and white keffiyeh being held by RCMP officers in navy clothing as he is being walked forward. Herrington is speaking to passersby, and his backpack is being carried by police.

Letter to the editor: UBC staffer’s detention is part of a pattern of racial and political profiling

A stack of print issues of the The Ubyssey pictured on a wooden ledge in front of a glass window.

Letter to the editor: On the RCMP’s visit to The Ubyssey

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(Dis)connection: Where is everybody?

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Humour

Panel 1: Two people sitting on the floor. Person One says "AMS elections are happening." Person Two says "Already?" Person One says "Yeah, and nobody's gonna pay attention, let alone vote." Person Two says "I know I'm not!"
Panel 2: Person One says: "Yeah, case in point. Drives me nuts. What's it take for people to get interested?" Person Two says "I dunno, it just doesn't have the feeling of a real election."
Panel 3: Person One says "A real election... What could make it feel more like a real election?"
Panel 4: Person One has a lightbulb over his head.
Panel 5: There's a box at the top of the panel that says "One week later." In the panel, Person One stands at a podium in front of a crowd. Behind them, there's a sign that says "Me for AMS president." Person one says to the crowd "Vote for me and I will punish the outgroup!"

Yesterday at 10:18 PM

Turnout

"I dunno, it just doesn't have the feeling of a real election."

Corwin Davidson

Icon of a person with question marks above their head. AMS positions — President, VP AUA, VP administration, VP external affairs and VP finance — are written faintly in the background.

Quiz: Which AMS executive position matches your personality?

A man with a shocked and appalled expression in front of an AMS elections banner.

Twenty tranquilizer guns trained on your neck at all times (and other ways to avoid the AMS during elections season)

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New UBC survey has professors rate their Rate My Professors ratings

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Science

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March 12

Help BC Hear Better is advocating for better hearing health care across the province

Three adult groups in BC have hearing health costs covered by the provincial health care system — people with disabilities, veterans (who are primarily covered federally) and workers who develop hearing loss due to work-related noise exposure, thanks to WorkSafe BC. The rest of the population? No coverage.

Yomna Bedaiwy, Illustrations by Emilija Vītols Harrison