Now, I don’t consider myself an expert on food by any means. However, today I learned that not everyone is aware of what is available at UBC, so I thought I’d name a whole bunch of places. This is completely biased, of course.
Posted in Recreation, Residence Life, Wellness
Heeheehee. Only now, in the middle of the witching hour, do I realize the full extent of what I’ve done.
I have purchased a rather expensive book written and signed by a remarkable man who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and just so happens to go by the name of Muhammad Yunus.
This is what you get for going to free lectures. (Tickets ran out; there was a screening in the IRC.) It was a good lecture and it made me very happy. The Chan Centre gave him a standing ovation. I’m also rather glad the UBC Bookstore didn’t sell above retail price, but not glad that it’s USD$26 and CAN$32. Darn books that do not reflect the changing ratio.
But still. I had a good evening.
Hurrah!
Posted in International, Recreation
Everyone, even non-commuters like me, must know what it’s like to just flash our not-very-flashy U-Pass cards when we get on a bus.
Angeli has just sent me into a panic by saying that if fewer than 4505 students vote to increase our fees by a minimal charge of $1.75, the U-Pass will stop completely. Um. No. Bad plan. Not only I, but about a billion other students, need to commute next year. Even non-commuters want to get off-campus every now and then.
Now I am frantically trying to work out where and how to be one of those 4505 students who vote. 4506, just to be on the safe side. And for the sake of your fellow students, you should vote as well, if only out of pure compassion.
Or consider this: without the U-Pass, a single day’s ticket of $2.25 will be more than this incremental charge. $190 a year is easily covered by 84 trips. If you actually think about how useful and quick it is to have the U-Pass, it’s just nicer to have one than none at all.
P.S. For those of you who are staying in rez and don’t go out often enough to need a U-Pass, may I just point out that it’s possible to opt out. So, even if it’s cheaper to opt out, vote for the possibility of having one anyway! It’s better than having no choice at all, and every student wins.
Posted in Commuting
Wow, I had quite the midterm today. I already know that I’m going to lose 20% of my mark because there was simply no time to complete all the sections in my Chinese midterm. When our prof said to hand them in, there was a collective cry of, “Not enough time!”
“Alright, alright, you can have five more minutes,” he relented. Tiny relief. The fire alarm chooses to go off.
“Okay, now you can’t. Hurry up and give them in.”
Continued scribbling. “Hey, your lives are more important than this!” Continued scribbling.
Second midterm tomorrow. Hopefully this will go better!
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Posted in Academic
The Student Leaders reception did not get to laugh in my face.
I got some kind of dessert, a certificate and a free book called The Bottom Billion.
I love UBC.
Stephen Toope gave a speech and he seems like a nice guy. He gave us all a book. He acknowledges that universities exist for students. (Like hospitals exist for patients. I hate it when that’s forgotten.) He doesn’t like reducing people to human “capital”. I’m happy with the leadership.
Peeling an orange with one hand and typing with the other is surprisingly difficult. I give up.
Posted in Involvement / Leadership
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