{"id":77,"date":"2013-01-23T02:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T09:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/?p=77"},"modified":"2013-01-23T03:08:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T10:08:45","slug":"problematic-ubyssey-endorsement-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/2013\/01\/23\/problematic-ubyssey-endorsement-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Problematic Ubyssey Endorsement Article"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we know by now that the Ubyssey has released their highly problematic\u00a0endorsement article<\/a>. And we know that they are critical of candidates for things they either have no control over or for poor reasons. They have also said that the UBC Board of Governors “are\u00a0dominated by BC Liberals.” They need to fact check<\/strong> this.<\/p>\n

If any of you know me, I am highly suspicious with the criteria set by the\u00a0lieutenant governor of BC when appointing board governors. However, it is clear that by mandate, the\u00a0lieutenant governor of BC is to appoint people to the UBC Board of Governors in the best interest of UBC, just as, for example, the\u00a0lieutenant governor of BC\u00a0appoints people to the BC Multicultural Advisory Council in the best interest of British Columbians. In an ideal situation, someone should interrogate partisan influence on the appointments done by\u00a0the\u00a0lieutenant governor of BC and should assess the provincially appointed UBC BoG members individually to determine any potential conflicts of interests. But no. Ubyssey just calls them BC Liberals, probably thinking they are appointed by the BC government formed by the BC Liberals.<\/p>\n

Considering this, it is an uninformed assumption to think that having worked in a BC Liberal cabinet minister\u2019s office puts Erin Rennie\u00a0in a tough position to disagree with her fellow board members. To say that Erin Rennie\u00a0“was away from UBC for years and might not be up to date on the campus culture” is a complete non-statement, as it takes a phone call to Erin to know if she is up-to-date on campus culture. And really- what campus culture!? An assessment of her knowledge of campus culture is entirely up to the interpretation of the Ubyssey writers. In the debates, she had shown that she knew student needs and she knew enough about the UBC campus for them to really be able to critically analyze her POLITICS<\/strong> and not simply mention her not being a recent UBC student as a weakness.<\/p>\n

AMS Presidential candidate Ekateryna Baranovskaya\u00a0has written a dis-endorsement<\/a> for the Ubyssey as an organization covering the AMS Elections. A noteworthy point to bring up is that Ubyssey has suggested that AMS VP External candidate Tanner Bokor will have\u00a0to\u00a0take three courses while working as VP External, if he gets elected, because he is an international student and his student visa requires him to take three courses per term. The Ubyssey assumed. Tanner Bokor responded on Facebook:<\/p>\n

Regarding my immigration status, prior to becoming AVPX, I had taken necessary steps to ensure I was in full compliance with Canadian immigration procedures, and I had applied (and received) a full work permit. I informed The Ubyssey of this after the\u00a0endorsement had come out, and they had posted a correction. After speaking with the CIC a few weeks prior to making my final decision to run, I had been told the steps I am taking do not jeopardize my status in Canada, and I can continue as a UBC student even if I do not take a full course load. Hope this can clear up any confusion.<\/p>\n

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Be it known that I take problem with Ubyssey’s endorsement article this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So we know by now that the Ubyssey has released their highly problematic\u00a0endorsement article. And we know that they are critical of candidates for things they either have no control over or for poor reasons. They have also said that the UBC Board of Governors “are\u00a0dominated by BC Liberals.” They need to fact check this. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/spillingt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}