Welcome to Spilling T
January 14th, 2013 • Uncategorized • 1 comment
This year, it’s just AMS Confidential and Spilling T for VoterMedia!
We’re a day away from seeing a ton of candidate Facebook pages 🙂
Let’s take a look at what to expect:
UBC Board of Governors: Erin Rennie, grad student Conny Lin, undergrads Harsev Oshan, Tristan Miller, Mike Silley  (incumbent) and Matt Parson
AMS President: Caroline Wong, Ekateryna Baronovskaya, and Jay Shah
AMS VP Academic: Montana Hunter, Kiran Mahal (incumbent), Anne Kessler
AMS VP Finance: Joaquin Acevedo, Mateusz Miadlikowski
AMS VP External: Tanner Bokor
VP Admin: Justin Fernandes, Derek Moore, Olivia Yung, Barnabas Caro
OKAY, so far I know 16 people!
Student Legal Fund Society: slate – Dawei Ji, JJ MacLean, Roshak Momtahen, Aaron Sihota, Jordan Stewart
UBC Senate: Anne Kessler, Elaine Kuo, Kiran Mahal and a bunch of others
From the looks of it, besides the obvious need to cover the presidential race, it looks like student profiles on Tanner Bokor and on the BoG candidates are much needed! I mean, first off, what- Erin Rennie’s back in student politics!?
That’s it for now. Good luck everyone! Get those posters printed and blogs running! Can’t wait to see themmmm.
AMS Tuition Fee Policy in 2011
January 14th, 2013 • Tuition • No comments
AMS Tuition Fee Policy, passed Aug 31 2011
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“Whereas the cost of education makes undertaking post-secondary studies at UBC often inaccessible; and
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Whereas UBC students have a vested interest in maintaining the quality of their university, their education, and their degree; and
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Whereas the AMS must balance its advocacy to reflect both its members’ interest in a lower cost burden to pursuing academic studies and its members’ interest in a quality academic experience,
Therefore, be it resolved that the AMS oppose any annual increase of UBC student tuition that would be in excess of 2%.
Be it further resolved that the AMS oppose any percentage annual increase of UBC international student tuition greater than that of UBC Vancouver domestic student tuition.
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Be it further resolved that the AMS support in principle the reduction of UBC student tuition, when such a reduction would be met with an equal or greater supply of funds to UBC from non-student sources, such that UBC’s academic quality would not be diminished.
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Be it further resolved that the AMS respectfully request the UBC Board of Governors to consider any proposed increases to tuition fees in light of the cost burden that tuition represents for students, and seek wherever possible to minimize this cost.”
Note: Requires 2/3rds
 … Carried