Since 2020, Gropper has improved meteorically, achieving a self-professed top speed of 100 km/hr. Last year, she finished third in Canada for women’s downhill racing, qualifying them for Team Canada.
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In mid-January, when everyone else was sitting at home during a snow day, UBC Musical Theatre Troupe (MTT) director Lauren Coulson was sitting in Swing Space holding auditions for their rendition of Anything Goes, wondering if anyone would show up.
On April 8, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that effective August 1, 2024, female transgender athletes will not be allowed to compete in female competitions.
On March 27, UBC and SFU student delegates gathered with students, faculty and the public at SFU’s downtown campus to discuss their experiences at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28).
When I was 17, my nana gave me a mega-set of aluminum knitting needles. I keep them in Vancouver because they remind me of home.
It didn’t matter how hard I played in gym class, how tomboy-ish I dressed or how much I knew about a sport — everyone seemed to see my gender before they saw anything else.
And I’ve realized that I can’t be the exception to love. If I have so much love to give, then I have to give some to myself too.
i think i’d been in denial about it for a long time. i never wanted to admit but i’m the third wheel.
Most people spent their reading break traveling, studying or catching up on sleep. Thunderbirds Piper Logan, Florence Symonds, Phil Berna, Jack Carson and Matthew Percillier spent it playing professional rugby in front of 67,753 fans at BC Place.
“You start to feel a little bit better, and you’re doing a little bit more, and things are really going great,” Trainor said. “Then you tweak something or it’s not holding up as well. Then all of a sudden, your thoughts are like, ‘Oh my God, this is all for nothing.’”
Vancouver is a hub for fitness classes, but for most students, they aren’t an option because of their price tag. The AMS supports over 50 different sports and recreation clubs, who provide options for students to try disciplines without breaking the bank.
my mother’s advice: / ‘there is no box’ / was meant to be kind
Humans seem to only ever think about ourselves. Why are we only ever thinking about ourselves?
Humans seem to only ever think about ourselves. Why are we only ever thinking about ourselves?
Every year, Ubyssey contributors pool their money together and set off to Pender Island for a weekend full of laughs, friends and making memories.