“Despite taking out a 68 million dollar construction loan the AMS shelled out money for furniture that is comfortable but unnecessarily overpriced.”
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I had zero expectations of the country when I first landed in it — perhaps this turned out for the best as I was pleasantly surprised and immediately taken to the beauty of the place.
The ’Birds will be looking to win their seventh straight U Sports national title.
“There were a couple of challenges for the girls in this game,” said UBC Head Coach Doug Reimer. “We’ve got people coming off from injuries, so I think mentally it was hard for us to play well for a long time in the third day [of the tournament].”
The Faculty of Medicine at UBC changed its curriculum this year to include a mandatory FLEX Program that encourages medical students to engage with meaningful research, community projects or volunteer work.
Pushing a human out of your body is scary enough before you add in the high-stakes Hollywood drama. According to new research from UBC, the fear of pain and damage associated with childbirth may be pushing women towards unnecessary c-sections.
The win puts UBC to a 2-1-1 record in the Vancouver Men’s Field Hockey League. Next up, the T-Birds have another home game against the Vancouver Hawks at noon on October 21.
All of human knowledge has only inched up to understanding four per cent of everything, so knowing 30 per cent of differential calculus isn’t too shabby.
If you’ve spent any time on Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube you’ve seen them. Taco Bell copycat crunchwrap supremes and jalapeno corn poppers. Tinker Bell cupcakes and unicorn dip. Caramel apple cheese balls and Oreogasm skillet brownies.
They called me at eleven on a Monday night. After the customary argument, I capitulated, and soon I found myself in a tiki bar with four boys, drinking with a two-foot-long straw out of a shared booze bowl in which floated flaming limes.
This year, the students of UBC iGEM are trying to attack a globally relevant plant disease using our microscopic friends — bacteria. So what is UBC iGEM?
We can learn a lot from our academics, but we can learn even more from our extracurricular activities. Whether it’s learning how to write, how to defend yourself or how to dance, UBC is full of various clubs that can teach you something outside of the classroom.
Over $400,000 was spent by 1,000 UBC students on textbooks during the first week of this semester, according to the AMS #textbookbrokeBC campaign. Its booth, set up outside UBC Bookstore for the third successive year, invited passing students to record how much they had spent on textbooks for the upcoming semester.
At the top of the Pacific Division with a playoff spot clinched and two more regular season games to go, the ’Birds are flying high.
UBC will have a lot to think about this week following two tough losses. They will look to regroup before next weekend’s home-stand versus the University of Regina Cougars.