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Features • December 29, 2025
For 52 years, Dave Doroghy and his carollers have taken to the streets of West Point Grey to spread holiday cheer. But what started as nothing more than a few teenagers taking advantage of the lenient alcohol rules …
News • December 29, 2025
Senate met for the last time this year to discuss the student experience of instruction survey data, look at UBC’s research accomplishments and hear the annual library report.
Culture • December 25, 2025
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is a Russian romantic comedy that is equal parts silly drunken misunderstandings, reflections on how deeply the transitory nature of time is felt on New Year’s Eve and the reminder …
Culture • December 25, 2025
Bluntly-titled, Hot Frosty follows a widowed diner owner who wraps a magic scarf around the neck of a ripped snowman, not knowing he would come to life and bring joy to the small town.
Humour • December 24, 2025
UBC came to the conclusion that the way to increase student morale was simple: host a campus-wide talent show inspired by everyone's glory years — elementary school!
Culture • December 24, 2025
Is there anything more quintessentially suburban/middle class/North American in December than your parents powering down your Wii and telling you to “log off that game already,” only to turn on those relaxing, soothing, mind-numbing flames for hours on …
Humour • December 23, 2025
“The first time someone saw me, they screamed … they called me an ‘abominable snowman.’ It really hurt.”
Humour • December 23, 2025
Students will be forced to opt into the UBC Battle Pass as a part of their student fees, effective at the start of the new term, Jan. 5, 2026.
Features • December 23, 2025
It’s a regular afternoon for Nazreen Cameron as she prepares roti and chicken curry in her kitchen, when she gets the sudden urge to check her phone. She sees multiple missed messages alerting her she has received an …
Culture • December 22, 2025
The sets at Shindig, the annual Battle of the Bands hosted by CiTR/Discorder Magazine, spanned genres and aesthetics that drew in a crowd of all demographics.
News • December 22, 2025
UBC recently sent 14 students, staff and faculty — some attending in-person and others virtually — to COP30, held in Belém, Brazil from Nov. 10 to 22.
Photo • December 20, 2025
On the last day of classes, hundreds of students gathered on Wreck Beach for the Calendar's annual polar bear swim. Here are photos from the catharsis.
Humour • December 20, 2025
This holiday season, UBC has generously decided to give students and faculty the biggest gift of all — learning — which is why all finals will be scheduled on Dec. 25, effective immediately.
News • December 20, 2025
On the heels of their annual provincial lobbying trip, AMS executives said their campaign for pushing student-run food bank grants and voicing concerns for the provincial post-secondary education review went “quite successfully.”
Research • December 19, 2025
UBC’s first symposium on Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference and the Monolingual University (LLIMU) took place this fall as part of the Faculty of Arts’ Multilingual Week.
Features • December 18, 2025
Emily Tang has loved governance since long before she got involved with UBC’s Graduate Student Society. She thinks her passion started in elementary school, when she was involved in student council. But politics aren't everything to the master’s …
Culture • December 18, 2025
Every season of Gilmore Girls has one dedicated holiday episode and every rewatch, I reconfirm my opinion that season 2, episode 10 “The Bracebridge Dinner” is the best of them.
Culture • December 17, 2025
This holiday season, I was hoping for more Muppet-induced joy. But with Letters to Santa, that spark just wasn’t present the way it had been in the past.
Research • December 16, 2025
The inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium was held Nov. 7, hosted in the Graduate Life Centre in Thea Koerner House. The symposium was held for six award recipients to share their work with members of the UBC …
Sports • December 16, 2025
Nearing the end of the fourth quarter, UBC held a slim lead against the UBCO Heat — but with 52 seconds left, a foul call would seal their defeat, sending the 'Birds to their third straight loss.