“When I say that sexual assault is an epidemic, I don’t say that lightly. In terms of creating that cultural change and making sure that survivors and people who have caused harm are getting the support they need, we do need more.”
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“You can easily create a video game out of my job. ‘Food Truck Tycoon’ or something like that, where you get to design your own food trucks, menus, and send them out into a little imaginary world where people could buy from them."
According to Tolentino, CVC is much more than just the parties and ski trip that non-members have come to recognize the club by. In fact, the sense of community is so strong, the exec body refer to themselves as a “family.”
In CPSC 110, "I’m basically trying to say to people, “Do not get the idea that you can learn one specific language.” [At UBC,] you’ve got to learn the core of how software works. Otherwise, your career is going to be extremely short.”
Perzow believes that “the ombudsperson can serve as a really crucial role in the AMS and the university.” As the only mediator of conflicts between students and student bodies at UBC, this definitely is the case.
Sugiyama was in some way fated for the Nitobe Memorial Garden. “This garden is a place for understanding Japanese garden and Japanese culture. [It is] also the place for the people which come from all over the world to communicate with each other.”
“We at the bookstore don’t choose the textbook — the faculty member does. If a faculty member goes to the class and says, 'You don’t actually need that book,' now we’re the bad guy because we brought them in and the student doesn’t need it."
Steven Yzerman is overhauling the food truck menus. The first to get a culinary update is Roaming Bowl, with its new menu that was introduced on November 7. All five trucks will be offering new food items by the end of January 2017.
Sure, we’re all university students who are learning what it takes to be accountable. [Even so], the AUS is failing to meet any sort of professional standard. That’s just unfair to the 12,000 undergraduate students who fund their agenda.
“I would say there are people that are better suited to fixing these problems on a government level. We’re science students, and we’re doing what we believe is the most direct and most effective way to help."
Despite recording close to 70 visits per month since Singh took over the coordinator role in April, many students don’t have a good sense of what the service is for. This has led to some amusing experiences for Singh.
Perhaps due to the popularity of Chinese food, or maybe because one-third of UBC students identify in some way as Chinese, My Home Cuisine is the best performer in the food court. Carrie Xiong works part-time at her parent’s successful restaurant.
One of the goals of the Our Campus section is to offer exclusive insight into the lives of UBC’s hidden stars. From a cello-loving president to the chef hitting the refresh button, I’ve compiled a list of the top six Our Campus stories of 2016.
The project began as a way for computer science majors Subion and Zhu to fill what they thought was an unmet need for students: a tool to connect with classmates, check past grades for courses and get into preferred sections.
Pop Danthology 2012 received approximately 80 million views. “The success of this one project actually cannibalized my entire channel and OCPD blog. It’s not giving me the voice I want to have — it’s just mixing other people’s voices.”