This past January I watched my social media feeds fill with Lunar New Year celebrations, and I realized that in my 21 years of living, I have never truly learned about the holiday.
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The Hatch Art Gallery’s most recent exhibition may be reflecting on the past, but the conversation it creates is futuristic enough to blast off to Mars with Elon — although I’m not sure the curators would enjoy that journey.
Hand all the bookworms and budding scholars smartphones and bam: of course they’re on the nerdy social media, writes Colin Angell in the debut article in his column, "Hyperlinked."
Over the weekend, the UBC Thunderbirds took down the UBCO Heat in a two-game series — earning a narrow 85–80 win on Friday night before a 105–79 blowout on Saturday.
At 9:30 a.m. on February 3, two UBC employees — members of UBC Staff for Palestine — delivered printed copies of a petition to the offices of President Benoit Antoine-Bacon, Associate VP Equity and Inclusion Arig al Shaibah and Aquatic Centre’s Operation Manager Christine Saunders.
Entering the throes of the second term and starting a new class can be daunting — especially one you’re running.
The UBC men's hockey team won 3–0 on Friday against the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, before losing 3–2 in a shootout on Saturday afternoon at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
“I think art really helps you focus on tactile material things, and repetitive motions can be very reflective, at least for me,” said Naomi Leung. "And I find it a way to feel in my own body.”
The AMS has secured an additional funding of $250,000 for undergraduate research to be be distributed across the faculties of Arts, Science and Land and Food Systems (LFS).
Every Value Village has the same smell. If you know it, you know it. If you don’t, it can be best described as dust, cigarette smoke, peculiar perfumes and other mysterious odours all mixed together. I also happen to know what it smells like if you take that smell and set it on fire.
On Wednesday night, AMS Council met to announce the resignation of the VP Finance Gavin Fung-Quon and VP External Ayesha Irfan, adjust the AMS election timeline and discuss referendum items for the upcoming AMS elections.
On January 23, UBC Rec hosted their annual Adaptive Sport Day at the UBC Tennis Centre to promote inclusivity through sport.
On January 29, UBC’s Board of Governors (BoG) gathered to hear an update on the progress of UBC’s strategic plan refresh.
Citing a need for qualified HR mediation and better pay, members of the AMS Food and Beverage Department have filed to unionize every employee in the department.
Both AMS VP Finance Fung-Quon and VP External Ayesha Irfan Gavin resigned from their positions effective immediately as of 6 p.m. and 6:07 p.m. respectively, on February 5.