In the latest episode of UBC making their own rules and then breaking them, the university plans to build private housing on academic land.
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"What should I expect for finals? It’s my first time and I’m nervous.”
COP 21 may be our last, best chance to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change and it’s about time UBC got excited.
Since it operates as a business, it is entirely understandable why the university would choose to silence survivors of sexual assault in the interest of preserving their brand, securing profit and attracting the support of stakeholders.
Here's what I have learned from my study of other international students on our Vancouver campus.
In a November 18 letter, student Mike Cameron took the AMS to task for our Afford UBC campaign, which he sees as a cynical PR move that the AMS supposedly knows will have no impact. Nothing could be further from the truth.
AMS, don’t waste our student fees any longer on a campaign that is too little, too late.
On the big screens in front of the dance floor of the Pit, there was a constant stream of pictures from a range of battles, one of which looked a lot like Passchendaele.
Professor of anthropology Charles Menzies took to Twitter to trash the Hotline Bling project put on by Dive Into UBC, The Calendar and the AMS.
Right now, many of us have friends who are resting after a long and strenuous season of midterms — so why aren’t we?
While the university’s own proposal calls for accountability and transparency, they have failed to articulate a clear and comprehensive strategy to students. The plan, as it stands, just doesn’t add up.
"I’m tired and I’m losing speed for everything. I’m barely making it to class because all I want to do is sleep and not have the stress of everything hanging over my head like a black cloud of doom. I’m just so sick of feeling burnt out.”
Access and Privacy waited until nearly the end of the work day on the absolute last possible day to respond to our FOI requests — with a new deadline that is right before the biggest holiday of the year.
Our university administration apparently sees us as a watered-down McGill or Harvard rather than as one of the most affordable top-rate institutions in the world; a university that aims to be accessible to students from around the world.
A boycott, like the one endorsed by the AMS, jeopardizes the livelihoods of the hundreds of women and men who are currently employed at UBC Food Services and threatens their job security, as well as the university’s ability to provide a valued service.