This movie had all the ingredients necessary to make you bawl: puppies growing into dogs, prisoners working toward a second chance, veterans with PTSD desperate for a way to better their lives, and the heartbreak of saying goodbye.
The filmmakers got a few shots of gawking white people pointing and laughing at the Ju/'Hoansi, and asked some of the older members about what life was like when they could hunt -- and that's about all the digging they felt was necessary.
In a Q and A after the show, director Kevan Funk said that he wanted to make a film about institutionalized violence. He chose to make it about hockey because it's the "largest cultural institution in this country."
This article details not only how much executives at different schools are paid, but their varying responsibilities, and the sizes of the student populations they represent — and where that money comes from in the first place.
Three managerial positions were removed which cut more than 24 years of AMS experience, including a position responsible for overseeing executive actions. Since then, multiple people have reached out to The Ubyssey to voice their concerns.
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An account by the name of Danielle Schlumberger — who is purportedly from Toronto and has no Facebook friends — occasionally posts tempting offers like free textbook PDFs in exchange for students' emails.
The biggest name in stand-up is coming to UBC. Louis CK will play two shows on December 7 and 8 — both at 8 p.m. at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. The comedy juggernaut had humble beginnings, doing gigs at open mics in the 1980s.
The fees you pay the AMS are either discretionary — meaning they can spend them as they see fit — or non-discretionary — meaning the AMS collects the fee, but it's immediately passed into someone else's bank account.
Since your AMS executives have now been working for the entire summer, we asked each one about their goals for the school year, what they accomplished over the summer, and their strategy for student engagement.
The 2016 AMS Block Party, after months-long battles between the AMS, UBC and the University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA), lost $207,295, according to the AMS's 2016/17 budget presentation to Council.
We are on our phone all of the time so you might as well be doing something productive with your screen time (and no, Tinder doesn't count). These are our recommendations for the apps you need this term. What did we miss, what's your favourite?
I’ve been to Salt Spring a few times, and as far as I’m concerned, the best thing to do on the island is to have a friend whose rich parents own a nice house there, and to exploit that fact for all it’s worth.
In the pursuit of knowledge, The Ubyssey has compiled a series of wisdom nuggets from a panel of experts with the knowledge and experience on UBC so that they can responsibly push their opinions on unsuspecting first-years.
In the pursuit of knowledge, The Ubyssey has compiled a series of soundbites, advice and nuggets of wisdom from a panel of experts who we feel have the knowledge and experience on UBC to responsibly push their opinions on unsuspecting first-years.