Opinion • January 4, 2015
Last Words: Back to school blues and gaping holes in campus
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors discuss unsightly construction, the importance of going to class and a promising future for UBC football.
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Opinion • January 4, 2015
Letter: In response to “Minimum wage increase has pros and cons”
Shanee Prasad takes issue with a recent opinion piece on raising the minimum wage.
Opinion • January 9, 2015
Re: Prasad’s minimum wage letter
Firstly I would like to clarify that The Ubyssey did not state that an increase was a bad idea, it only questioned whether an increase of $4.75 is too drastic.
Opinion • January 10, 2015
Last Words: Animal testing, tech troubles and empty rez rooms
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors discuss UBC's progress — or lack thereof — in minimizing animal testing, empty rooms in rez and U-Pass and SSC troubles.
Opinion • January 11, 2015
Advice: Ask Natalie on keeping your New Year’s resolutions
In her first column of the new year, Natalie gives advice to readers on how to keep their resolutions and make the most of 2015.
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Letter: “I can’t understand my prof”: Linguistic diversity at UBC
With the drop deadline approaching, I decided to see what the research said about why people sometimes react negatively to different ways of speaking.
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Op-ed: One-screen cinemas aren’t the problem; one-week film runs are
The problem isn’t that indie, foreign and arthouse films aren’t screened at all, it’s that they don’t screen for very long.
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Letter: Proposed minimum wage hike would solve nothing
Contrary to what unions may say, the majority of minimum wage jobs are held by those who live in non-poverty households (e.g. teenagers working as waiters).
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Letter: The fight against student fee increases is far from over
These increases are not inevitable. Far from it. We can stop them, but it means showing up. It means being louder. We need to be louder.
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Advice: Ask Natalie on over-the-break breakups
Natalie advises on how to deal with breakups without much of a break and how to deal with people who won't let you sleep.
Opinion • January 12, 2015
Last Words: Ponderosa problems and disconnection stress
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors take on the ongoing troubles with Ponderosa's elevator and how not checking your email can be stressful.
Opinion • January 18, 2015
Last Words: Pay gaps and pretty clean kitchens
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors give their take on an apparent pay gap among UBC faculty and staff and compare campus kitchens to the rest of the world.
Opinion • January 18, 2015
The UBC Coyote is in a sad state
The UBC Coyote needs help. In the environment currently existing on this campus, this animal has no safe home.
Opinion • January 21, 2015
Last Words: Hapless hockey and AMS experience
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors discuss the 'Birds' lacklustre Winter Classic Performance and how the AMS can help create real politicians.
Opinion • January 24, 2015
Op-ed: The condition of my bicycle isn’t any of student housing’s business
Bike thieves have got to be one of the most galling collections of people that operate in our society. This is particularly relevant to students here at UBC.
Opinion • January 25, 2015
Last Words: The SUB stinks, survey concerns and public gay literature
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors discuss issues revealed by the AMS' academic experience survey, accessible gay literature and smelly SUB basements.
Opinion • January 27, 2015
Letter: Lack of communication is plaguing Ponderosa residents
Since its opening, Ponderosa has been a mess. We were skeptical if the residence was even going to open on time as the 2013 school year approached.
Opinion • January 27, 2015
Last Words: UBC – Allard, super sustainability and the fate of the SUB
Ubyssey editors weigh in on the future of the SUB under university control, UBC's sustainability success story and what else we can name after Allard.
Opinion • January 29, 2015
Letter: to UBC Rec, from the former Peter North Stars
In today's social climate, we must conduct ourselves in accordance with what other people think is right.
Opinion • January 29, 2015
Last Words: Bitcoin, censorship and Ponderosa problems
In this Last Words, Ubyssey editors discuss university-level censorship, Bitcoin patting itself on the back and Ponderosa's plethora of problems.