Olivia Vos

Senior Staff Reporter

Olivia is a staff writer for The Ubyssey as well as a fourth-year English literature student with a minor in creative writing. She started writing in early elementary school and was the kid who always needed extra paper to finish her stories. When not writing articles you can find her drinking never-ending rounds of coffee at Loafe. You can reach her at o.vos@ubyssey.ca.

A person with dark curly hair in the reflection of a car's rearview mirror. Another person's hand cradles their face.

For some people, it’s with a high school boyfriend in the back of his Honda Civic. For others, it’s with a stranger you met in college, or even on your wedding night with your new spouse.

This past January I watched my social media feeds fill with Lunar New Year celebrations, and I realized that in my 21 years of living, I have never truly learned about the holiday.

Illustration of an individual sitting on a dock in a gloomy Pacific Northwest environment holding a stick to the water.

As the days get shorter, the weather gets colder and the sun begins to hide behind grey clouds, it becomes harder and harder to stay positive, especially as a university student. With major deadlines happening as it seems to rain endlessly, it becomes harder to find a light at the end of the tunnel (literally).

A basket of cookies individually wrapped in plastic with a sign reading "gluten-free" and a list of baked goods and their prices.

I’ve recently become acquainted with someone who has celiac disease, meaning he not only can’t eat gluten (obviously), but also can’t have anything cross-contaminated with gluten — a part of having celiac that I wasn’t aware of.

A still from the film Scream. A close-up shot of a woman's face, distraught and covered in blood.

It’s a chilly October night. You’re in a dorm room somewhere on campus. Wind howls outside as rain patters against the window relentlessly, filling the sidewalk below with a slew of runoff and leaves.

Two men in blue shirts reading "UBC MMHC" and holding roses.

Started in 2022 by friends and co-founders Alex Beschea and Pierre Kahwaji, the UBC Men’s Mental Health Club (MMHC) has become a space focused on building community and supporting men through a variety of events designed to promote positivity and self-improvement.

A woman in a pink shirt typing on a laptop with a cup of coffee at her side, and a woman in a yellow shirt and man in a purple shirt seated across from each other in the background.

It’s a sunny day at Great Dane. Beams of light peek through the buildings that shade the patio, creating sunny patches where students gather, laptops out and coffees in hand.

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