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A UBC thunderbird plushie with a wedding ring on its wing.

Will they, won’t they? Love birds Thunder and Birb, entering the mascot off-season, are ruffling feathers with speculation that they’re officially more than UBC-affiliated co-hype-fowl.

A student looking shocked surrounded by REESE'S University-related images.

It wasn’t long before I received a gold envelope in the mail with Dr. Reese’s encouraging words printed across it: “There is no limit to what you can do with chocolate.” Ripping it open, I gasped, finding Dr. Reese’s invitation to tour the world-renowned REESE’S U.

A collage resembling a satirical, fake Airbnb property advertisement for UBC dorm rooms.

This, however, is not another capitalizing-on-daddy’s-assets-for-a-little-extra-drinking-money-scheme. Instead, these listings are calculated, strategic financial moves by students trying to afford textbooks.

Students sitting at double-decker desks.

“So one day I was watching The Lego Movie, and it got to that part where Emmet builds the double-decker couch,” said Inna Vator, instigator of the Second Lifted Object Project (SLOP), in an interview with The Ubyssey.

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