One of two males arrested on Saturday at the UBC campus – Yuan Zhi Gao, aged 23 – has been released on bail as of this morning after posting a $50,000 bond. Conditions include staying off of UBC campus.
The RCMP arrested two men involved in a suspected break and enter and sexual assault just after 2:15 a.m. on Saturday. The men were apprehended after the RCMP received a report that an apartment building located on the 5700 block of Birney Avenue.
The province has introduced a new bill that will require all public post-secondary institutions to have a sexual-misconduct policy. If it passes, it would give universities one year from the time of Royal Assent to establish a working policy.
On Thursday UBC announced that it has been the target of what they are identifying as a “brute force attack” against their identity management infrastructure. Students and staff may be asked to reset their passwords as a result of the attack.
Facing troubles ranging from dysfunctional appliances, to creepy landlords and lost damage deposits, students seeking housing in Vancouver often risk being taken advantage of — especially if they’re uninformed about their rights as tenants.
Each blue phone will be equipped with an incident-driven camera — meaning that when someone uses the phone, the camera will automatically be activated and begin recording. Cameras that will record 24/7 are also being positioned at the bus loop.
UBC’s Board of Governors has been intensely scrutinized the last few months, facing accusations of lacking in transparency, in accountability and in oversight. These problems have led to calls for an external review of the board.
Omassi also mentioned being happy with the diverse group of people elected for the position. The Ubyssey was unable to reach Dawson, Castro and Williams for comment. However, the two that were visibly celebrating in the Pit were happy.
“What's going to set me apart from the other candidates is my experience personally dealing with students from my work in Arts Academic Advising and my intention to focus this year on finishing other projects.”
“I am really interested maximizing student spaces. Not in the way I’ve heard thrown around with 24 hour study spaces. I want to improve student engagement be informed making it easier for them to look up information on running next year.”
“It’s very difficult to come up with something new ... it seems more beneficial to actually achieve those goals that Senate decided on three years ago. My platform is working with what the Senate has done three years before.”
“Coming from a background where I’ve just been involved as a residence advisor, UBC in exchange, as well as clubs on campus, I think that I bring a different perspective to the role. I think that I bring enough fresh perspective.”
I would love to work with the ad-hoc mental health committee because I am a huge mental health advocate and used Access & Diversity before. I’ve seen the state of mental health on campus and it’s improving, thanks to the work of our current senators.
“The mental health aspects are definitely stemming from my experiences this year, where we have a regular standard time table where we take 8 courses ... It motivated me to advocate not only for better mental health, but for the smaller departments.”
"I’m a good advocate. I think I know the campus well enough to be able to advocate for students and really, it fits exactly my vision and what I think we should prioritize for UBC, to introduce the idea of a united campus."