“Right now, what I really bring to the table is I can hit the ground running — I don’t have to do any learning, any research for the summer months. If I get elected, I [can] continue with the projects Mat and myself have been working on"
As the only contestant running for the VP finance position in this year's AMS elections, current Associate VP Finance Louis Retief appeared unopposed at yesterday’s debate to discuss the AMS’s upcoming fiscal year.
The idea for the AMS to develop a model which various resource groups could use to promote themselves came about when one group — Colour Connected Against Racism UBC — wanted to expand its membership.
Here’s a scenario: it’s 2 a.m., you’re on campus with your significant other and you want to get intimate. If you’re in residence, your situation is easy. But if a bed is a lengthy commute away, you are gonna have to find somewhere private.
UBC Library has started to transfer some of it’s low-circulation materials into Library PARC, a high-density storage facility located on the south end of campus. The items sent out to PARC will generally be ones with very low use histories.
The funds are contributing to an $80 million renovation of the building’s north wing and centre block. The BC government previously contributed $30.9 million to the renovations of the west and south wings in 2011.
182,115 animals were used in 869 research and teaching experiment proposals in 2014. This marks the fifth consecutive year that UBC has published their animal research statistics, being one of only two universities in Canada to do so.
The Centre is currently used to host special events, but has needed temporary licenses in order to serve alcohol. Acquiring a permanent liquor-primary licence will make the building easier to use as an accessible location for hosting social events.
Students Andrea Dsouza and Isabella Nursalin want the UBC administration to adopt a stricter stance towards the issue of tobacco addiction and smoking on campus.
UBC scientists are working to selectively breed Western honey bees with stronger genetic traits in order to make them more resistant against disease.
“This is honestly better for our club. We can make a lot of noise and it fits more of the Blank Vinyl Project culture thing to be down here,” she said. “I love it.”
As the university prepares its annual release of data on the program, which is expected by the end of the year, faculty and administrators continue to defend the necessity of using animal testing in the face of opposition.
The UBC Undergraduate Research Opportunities Club (URO) is offering grants for undergrads to go present their research at a conference at Harvard University.
We took the liberty of breaking down the three big names in the Vancouver Quadra riding so that you know where each one sits on the issues that matter to students.
Meet the Vancouver Quadra candidates and hear what they have to say on issues that matter to students like you.