Nosh Hunt: A midterm review of the Hot Chocolate Festival
Is Vancouver's annual Hot Chocolate Festival nothing more than a very well done marketing ploy? Yes. Will I continue to happily hand over my money? Also yes.
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Global Lounge undergoing restructuring, programming temporarily paused
The Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, or the Global Lounge, has been temporarily closed since September 2023. It is set to re-open this term, with changes to programming.
UBC emphasizes personal emergency preparedness in response to winds, outages on campus last month
Last month, strong winds caused multiple power outages on the UBC Vancouver campus, resulting in many students taking to social media to share updates.
International students no longer eligible for Trek Excellence Scholarship
Starting this fall, international students will no longer be able to receive the Trek Excellence Scholarship, which was previously available to all students at UBC.
Researchers, academics speak out against encampment evictions in Vancouver’s DTES
Following the city of Vancouver’s evictions of homeless encampments in the Downtown Eastside, several UBC and non-UBC academics signed onto an open letter calling on the city of Vancouver to stop the evictions.
UBC says residence building targets limited by finances amid AMS criticism
UBC plans to add 3300 beds to on-campus housing in the next ten years, but the AMS says that this is not enough to meet growing student numbers.
Rescheduled final exams leave some students, professors frustrated
Due to snowy conditions towards the end of the final examination period last term, UBC canceled and rescheduled December 20 exams to the beginning of term two.
AMS continues to review sexual violence, workplace harassment policies
The reviews began in summer 2021, and were projected to be fully implemented by September 2022, but have not been complete. The policies were passed in 2019, and are supposed to be reviewed every two …
Campus clubs: Turning pages with UBC Book Club
The book club brings together a community of avid readers at UBC, meeting monthly to discuss pre-selected books, and connecting online to share their favourite reads.
Senate Summed Up: Senators grant degrees to fall grads, approve new courses in Faculty of Arts, graduate studies
The UBC Vancouver Senate met this Wednesday to welcome new staff and senators, grant 2022 fall graduates their degrees and discuss some changes and additions to existing academic programs. Here’s what you might’ve missed.
UBC removes caloric information from residence dining rooms to improve students' relationship with food
Gloria Sun, manager of nutrition and wellbeing at UBC and the in-house dietitian for first-year residences, said the broader goal of removing nutritional information was to help students “improve their relationship with food in the …
Campus Clubs: Men's Mental Health Club
The UBC MMHC was formed officially just this past summer, by a group of friends with the goal of encouraging open discussion and support for men.
AMS VP finance by-election candidate profile: The Arts Student Centre
The Arts Student Centre (ASC) is running to be the next AMS VP finance on a platform based on communication, financial transparency and increased support for student involvement in clubs.
'I can't believe this is real': Lauv’s Vancouver show was a visual fever dream
I remember being thirteen, having my first crush, and finding this one song on Youtube that perfectly described how my paper mache teenage heart felt.
Safety improvements are coming to NW Marine Drive, province says
Since two separate pedestrian-involved car collisions along NW Marine Drive last fall, members of the UBC community have been calling for safety improvements on the road.
