The amount of oxygen that fish can get is limited by the surface area of their gills, explained Dr. William Cheung. As fish get bigger, “the growth of the area of the gills cannot keep up with the growth of the body,” he said.
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Although the page has been almost entirely inactive in the past four months, the term “Sauder snakes” has nonetheless become a commonly used insult to refer to Sauder students.
The tournament, presented in conjunction with the Vancouver Giants, is designed to both promote intercollegiate hockey in the Lower Mainland and showcase the Western Hockey League (WHL) scholarship program.
“The 1st major difference between UBC and Glasgow is the course breakdown. How does 1 final paper worth 100% of your final grade sound? Well, that sort of class break down is very common in the United Kingdom.”
“For the past four years, I’ve always felt like the students in our university were particularly so amazing because of our ability to extend respect to one another despite (or maybe in spite of) the differences.”
Just after midnight on Saturday, September 9, a 20-year-old male was assaulted at the Fraternity Village. The victim sustained minor non-life threatening injuries to the leg after attempting to subdue the accused.
Three candidates are running to replace Jakob Gattinger as the permanent VP Academic and University Affairs (VPAUA) in the upcoming by-election. The candidates begin their campaigning period on September 12 at 12 a.m.
The drawings were brought to Vancouver by the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health in collaboration with neuroscientists and curators from the Universities of South California and Minnesota, and the Cajal Institute in Spain.
Some of you may have heard rumours of a creature called ‘the fish’ — they swim in water and eat pieces of filth that float in front of their two torpid eyes. They are one of the tastiest things around.
“They're there every year — dozens of makeshift graffiti signs spaced five to ten metres apart on both sides of the road leading to UBC. They serve no real marketing purpose and are highly distracting to drivers due to their frequency.”
Despite the win, head coach Blake Nill felt that the team still has room for improvement in the games ahead. “We’ve got to be more consistent offensively, finishing when we’re in the end zone. That’s something that’s plagued us for a season now."
Hundreds of people marched from the Art Gallery to Sunset Beach to protest the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Various chants could be heard as the crowd weaved through the streets of downtown Vancouver.
Three of the four National Democratic Party (NDP) leadership candidates came by UBC Friday afternoon for a chance to speak directly to students about their platforms, followed by an informal meet and greet session with attendees.
About 100 UBC employees involved in the Vancouver campus heating and cooling systems voted yesterday to take strike action against the university, should UBC not meet their demands. They have to give 72 hours notice.
The grants are awarded after a three-stage competition and a review process that focus on a number of factors, including research caliber, vision, program direction, and accumulated expertise and experience.