The Insiders
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What can the endowment do for us? The Berea college example.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | July 23, 2008 | 6 Comments
UBC Student Senator Alfie Lee posted this New York Times article on facebook a few days ago. I think it’s worth thinking pretty hard about. Berea College, which outwardly looks like a typical New England private school, uses it’s 1.1 billion dollar endowment for students. From the Berea website:/ Berea continues to build upon a […]
Jul
21
The Underground Bus Loop – analyzed to death
Posted by: Neal Yonson | July 21, 2008 | 11 Comments
This is a guest post by Dr. Darren Peets, who just completed both his Phd in physics, and his term as a student represetitive to the UBC Board of Governors. One issue at UBC that’s particularly bothered me, and which wasn’t resolved to my satisfaction during my Board term, is the proposed underground bus terminal […]
