The Ubyssey strongly disindorses Alex Zheng and recommends students vote no in the VP External election. Zheng is unprepared on all fronts — AMS politics, organizing, external politics. As someone who aims to advocate for students, Zheng demonstrated minimal knowledge of municipal politics, which is one of his main advocacy fronts. Read More.
Live coverage of the VP External candidate at the Great Debate. Present at this debate was Alex Zheng who is running for the position unopposed. Read More.
Community leaders at the AMS SkyTrain rally on Oct. 1 called on the provincial and federal governments to support the construction of a SkyTrain extension to UBC’s Point Grey campus. Despite the rain, event organizers reported over a thousand attendees at the rally held outside the Nest. Read More.
The AMS sent an open letter to B.C. Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside on Sept. 17, urging the government to formally recognize graduate research assistants (GRAs) as workers protected under B.C.'s labour laws, giving them the right to unionize. Read More.
The AMS — UBC's student union — SkyTrain petition has surpassed its sign up goal with 10,000 signatures, after a months-long campaign spearheaded by VP External Affairs Solomon Yi-Kieran. Read More.
