The Insiders
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Apr
18
Student Court: AUS Presidential Election “void and of no effect”
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 18, 2010 | 13 Comments
On Friday, Student Court handed down a decision in Trasolini v. AUS Elections Committee which concluded that this year’s AUS Presidential Election is “void and of no effect”. Upon reviewing the decision, Brian Platt sent an email to AUS council announcing that he was stepping down immediately. Elysia Pine, who was elected as AUS VP […]
Mar
11
How the CUS has Failed Its Voters
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
This year on Insiders we’ve tried to stay away from ranty editorials but this time I can’t resist. I was brought into this commerce fee thing innocently enough, when Alex told me about a CUS meeting where they would be discussing the fee. I was happy to stay out of it and let him deal […]
Mar
10
The Henry Angus Tuition Fee
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | March 10, 2010 | 10 Comments
Commerce students are before the ballot now. There are some good backgrounders out there. We scrapped ours because frankly, it was too dry. The important lessons coming from the history are: 1. The rhetoric behind accreditation grew stronger with time. At first it was not being mentioned, then there were short references, now there’s direct […]
Mar
8
Counterpoint: Commerce Students Should Not Support the Fee Referendum
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
This piece in opposition to the proposed $500 Commerce fee was written by Adrian Pape, an undergraduate student in commerce. The point to this counterpoint can be found here. Problems with the CUS Referendum 1. “Building fee” or “student fee”: call it what you want, this fee has already been rejected by the provincial government. […]
Mar
8
Point: Commerce Students Should Support the Fee Referendum
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
What exciting times we live in! The CUS this week has a referendum before their members to decide on a $500 fee to support the construction of Phase II of the Henry Angus building. This is one half of a point-counterpoint on the subject. This was written by Laura Silvester, outgoing CUS president. For the […]
Jan
11
Board of Governors Invents Secretive Voting Procedure
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 11, 2010 | 15 Comments
Last fall, the Board of Governors gave its consent to UBC’s newest policy, Policy 92: Land Use and Permitting. Look closely at the top right-hand corner of the policy. The approval date listed is October 2009. . . One problem: the Board never met in October.. .. From BoG website.
Oct
19
Come on feel the noise
Posted by: Neal Yonson | October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
The UNA just started a public consultation about their proposed noise bylaw which runs until November 9. This process has been ongoing since well before the appearance of Bill 13, which would give UBC the ability to regulate noise all over campus. The University Neighbours’ Agreement, the document which defines the governance of the UNA, […]
Sep
15
A Forensic Examination of the War on Fun, Part 2
Posted by: Neal Yonson | September 15, 2009 | 4 Comments
Yesterday, UBC Insiders released a database of Special Occasion Licences (SOLs) granted at UBC that revealed 1 in 5 SOLs granted at UBC were approved by the RCMP despite being in breach of provincial liquor regulations. The overwhelming majority of these events were not student-run. There is another area to explore about how the RCMP […]
Sep
14
A Forensic Examination of the War on Fun, Part 1
Posted by: Neal Yonson | September 14, 2009 | 12 Comments
Last year, former Ubyssey reporter Bryan Zandberg wrote a piece for the Tyee examining whether there was a “War on Fun” at UBC. A year later, the piece is as dated as it is current. Sgt. Dan Wendland is no longer with us at UBC, but his legacy lives on through the policies he implemented. […]
Sep
9
Summer News Recap
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | September 9, 2009 | Comments Off on Summer News Recap
Happy First Week all. Here’s what happened while you were out. On Campus The Student Board of Governors representatives turned over. Tim Blair bids farewell, as Michael Duncan takes his place. Bijan Ahmadian and Alexandra Caldwell (UBC-O) were re-elected for their respective second terms. The University approved a plan to in-fill Totem residence. This was met with surprise […]
