While students waited in line, dressed in their most colourful rave clothing, UBC Recreation staff and volunteers handed out glow sticks as well as glow-in-the-dark body paint. The entire ballroom is pitch black with different coloured lights.
Defeat Depression is a Canadian fundraising campaign that encourages discussion and raises awareness around depression and other mood disorders. They hold runs, walks and other physical activities throughout Canada.
Don’t worry, these ones are just actors. The Man in the High Castle, an American TV show about an alternative history in which the Nazis and Japan have split North America into three sections, is back and filming at UBC.
On Friday, April 8, Roots on the Roof is hosting a DIY moss art event. Students can form and figure moss on tile, whether it be words or shapes, that will grow and fix itself to the tile. Roots on the Roof is calling it “a living art piece.”
From cupcakes and cous cous, to baklava and nachos, the ISA had seven tables set up in the Marine Drive commonsblock, presenting traditional dishes from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.
Last night, the UBC Ski and Board Club hosted their seventh annual Undie Run and it surely won’t be their last. Hundreds of students stripped down to their underwear and went for a naked jog around campus.
Okay UBC, it’s time we had a little talk about our stairs. They are not a road in which you drive. This is the fifth incident on campus since fall 2014. To be fair, that was four accidents in two weeks — but let’s not allow history to repeat itself.
I kid you not, ice cream is probably my most consumed food. Remember Buddy from Elf and his obsession with candy and syrup? That is like me — but with ice cream. I have made it my mission to track down the city’s best ice cream.
On Wednesdays, the farm journeys to the heart of campus and sets up vendor-style right outside the bookstore. Yesterday, they had a quaint little set up with radishes, strawberries, parsley, thyme and spinach to name just a few.
Now that it’s finally warm in Vancouver and classes are out — with exception to the dedicated summer students — it’s time to relax with an ice cold brew. Preferably on a patio. Overlooking the ocean. And mountains.
The new bus stops include 44 Downtown and 84 VCC-Clark Station, and can take you on the express downtown and to Commercial Drive, respectively. This change will make the bus loop on Wesbrook Mall a little less hectic.
If you’re tired of the same old night out drinking at The Pit or partying at Koerner’s, check out some of these quirky spots around Vancouver where drinking is permitted and encouraged, but not the main event.
Sunday, July 31 marks the 38th Vancouver Pride Parade. While enjoying yourself, they uphold a zero-tolerance policy for hate crimes and ask everyone enjoy themselves and be respectful of all participants.
Do you ever have the problem of nothing being open because you’re awake so early or because you stayed up too late? Well, look no further my friends. Here is a compilation of 24-hour restaurants, coffee shops and study spots.
Meryl Bishop had her gecko taken away from her while boarding a plane last week. WestJet airplanes only carry dogs, cats, birds and rabbits in-cabin, so Bishop was forced to send her gecko, Nom Chompsky, in with the cargo.