The Insiders
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Jan
23
Ineptitude? Carelessness? Cheating? Elections train is off the rails
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 23, 2008 | 21 Comments
In a surprising announcement today, Elections Administrator Brendan Piovesan confirmed that the race for VP Administration, between incumbent Sarah Naiman, “Scary” Mike “the Rabbi” Kushnir, and Yian Messoloras, has been cancelled. The exact reasons are yet unclear, but they involve campaign rules transgressions on the part of one candidate. Apparently, Messoloras broke the rules when […]
Jan
15
New rail line to UBC annouced today!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments
Peter over at the Cavalier (click) has this story. In short, the province is funding an expansion of the sky train to UBC by the year 2020 as part of a 14 biollion dollar transit bonanza announced for the province today. From the press release: UBC welcomes the provincial government announcement today of a $14 […]
Jan
13
The Campaign: important dates to remember
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 13, 2008 | Comments Off on The Campaign: important dates to remember
This years’ campaign period is short, and tightly packed. The nicety of an extra week of leeway time between the closing of nominations and the beginning of official campaigning has been dispensed with. That means we don’t have much time to get to know all the candidates, and they don’t have much time to convince […]
Jan
12
The new AMS bulletin board: right here.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 12, 2008 | Comments Off on The new AMS bulletin board: right here.
Seems like this here little blog is in some demand for plugging all and sundry AMS postings. Maybe we should start charging for them. Anyhoo, here’s two things y’alls might want to know about: From VP Admin Sarah Naiman: From AMS Executive Coordinator of Student Services (ECSS) Shagufta Pasta: AMS EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR OF STUDENT SERVICES […]
Jan
11
Allan McEachern, Chancellor of UBC, dies at 81.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 11, 2008 | Comments Off on Allan McEachern, Chancellor of UBC, dies at 81.
Allan McEachern, UBC’s chancellor passed away last night. No more details are available at this time. McEachern became UBC’s chancellor in 2002, and this year marked the end of his term. A UBC alumnus several times over, McEachern earned his Bachelor of Arts and his Law degree here. In 1990 he was awarded an honorary […]
Nov
23
Three green-tinted notes
Posted by: Neal Yonson | November 23, 2007 | 3 Comments
A few notes of interest that come to mind for the environmentalist-lite on campus: UBC Farm Fee referendum: Yesterday I was at the farm. Getting there was a bit of a hazard due to the South Campus construction bedlam, and I ended up getting tangled in a barbed wire fence while attempting a shortcut, and […]
Apr
16
Virginia Tech Shootings
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 16, 2007 | 3 Comments
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the campus shootings at Virginia Tech. Tragic, sad, shocking… all barely begin to describe it. It raises thoughts. Like when there’s a shooting at 7am and a murderer known to be at large, why don’t you lock down the campus and cancel classes to avoid exactly what happened two […]
