The Board is effectively saying, "We can’t be more transparent because we planned, drafted and signed agreements preventing us from being more transparent." There needs to be more accountability when the leader of a public university resigns.
There has been a lot of discussion on whether rape culture can be battled with humour, but we can all agree that this was completely inappropriate.
If student politicians were more concerned with taking a stand for their constituents than being able to quietly voice concerns at private meetings, perhaps we might see some real pressure for change.
The “victory lap” is becoming more and more common -- and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
During the 2011 federal elections, only 38.8 per cent of those between the ages of 18-24 who were eligible to vote actually did so. That’s embarrassing.
It's our job to find the truth. UBC's job, as a public institution, is to provide it.
The banners are out of sorts with what a school with anemic athletic attendance might expect, but perhaps they’re exactly what we need.
Every year UBC Rec holds Free Week which allows UBC students from all walks of life and fitness levels to try out all of their fitness classes for free.
We spend a lot of time on campus. As such, we tend to notice things that are wrong with it.
Forget Bring Back The Gallery, students should be calling to “Take Down the Perch.”
In the words of the Kone elevator spokesman Patrick O'Connell, the students were not “free falling,” but just “feel[ing] the sensation of coming down."
Voting as a UBC student is easier than ever, and the outcome of this election could decide some very important aspects of our lives in the coming years.
As students, we ask for an excellent education. We ask to be supported by our university. We did not ask for UBC to fight its way up an arbitrary rankings list. We did not ask UBC to become a “Place of Mind.”
Suggesting our history is squeaky clean is a lie and robs UBC of a rich education of students being spurred to protest and causing administrators' minds to be changed.
Professor of anthropology Charles Menzies took to Twitter to trash the Hotline Bling project put on by Dive Into UBC, The Calendar and the AMS.