“I got airlifted from Wreck beach for alcohol poisoning. I had never had a drink before that night so I am pretty hesitant to drink again. I know my parents are going to kill me once the bill comes. Please help me!”
You're homesick and that's completely normal. It's hard being away from your friends and family who were happy to support you. You're with new people in a new environment and you're a little disoriented. That's fine.
The easiest way to find out if it’s for you is to go through recruitment. You won't be doing yourself a favour by deciding against going through recruitment based on what you think other people will think of you.
"I don't want to let her down by saying I'm not interested in that type of sex and am fairly open minded, but I'm concerned about what entering into this type of sex could lead to in our relationship."
I find many people during the school term have trouble justifying a night out because they know they have school work to do. If you don't give yourself time away from school, then you won't be able to fully engage yourself in that school work.
Do you want a relationship? You've got to figure that out. Don’t try to start something just because there’s the possibility of something happening. Serious relationships aren’t something you should just enter willy nilly.
The UPass is nothing but a distant memory at this point in the summer and you just can’t force yourself to dish out the $91 a month for a one-zone. That’s fine, because Vancouver is a Canadian hotspot for car sharing.
"I'm having such a hard time with the long classes in summer school. I'm so unbelievably bored in three-hour lectures and zone out, not retaining any info. Any tips for avoiding this slump and actually learning something?”
Knowing your own limits helps you communicate them properly. Instead of keeping everything inside, you can tell your partner why you're upset or why you're breaking up. One of the best ways to communicate in a relationship is knowing yourself.
The UBC Housing website has fun descriptive words like “extraordinary experience” and “study-oriented atmosphere.” But what does that even mean? (The correct answer is nobody knows what it means, but it’s provocative — it gets the people going.)
I confided in my significant other because I often have anxiety attacks and he's become my anchor. However, I learned he told one of our mutual friends to vent and ask for advice because it's become a strain on him to always be my emotional pillar.
I get a lot of matches and I start talking to people, but I never really want to meet up with anyone and I’m really turned off by the whole thing. How does anyone actually get into Tinder without feeling like crap about it?
At the start of every semester, UBC Recreation offers free instructor-led courses to students and other members of the campus community. One of our resident columnist here at The Ubyssey decided to take on some of the classes and write about them.
“I was so happy and nice last year, but this year... I don't know. I've gotten lazy and my grades show. I have no motivation to do anything. I just lie down every day, watch movies and do nothing productive. What should I do?”
Summer should be the liveliest time for a university student, but the reality can be fairly lonely. If your friends leave Vancouver for the summer, your social life can be left in the cold. But it doesn't need to be like that!