The Insiders
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Mar
31
AUS Election Results
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 31, 2007 | 8 Comments
Who won the AUS elections? PresidentStephanie Ryan (Incumbent) VP InternalVicki LindströmVP ExternalTyler AllisonVP FinanceMichelle YuenAcademic CoordinatorStash Bylicki Social CoordinatorJeremy McElroy.Student ServicesMichael Serebriakov PromotionsAshley Pritchard AMS Reps (7)Jessica HannonNathan CromptonAmy BoultbeeSam HeppellJoel Koczwarski(Kate Power????Andrew Forshner???) SenatorErin Rennie General OfficerChris Chapman Mike Jerowsky Katherine McGill Sarah Howe Tom Lamb
Mar
30
The Knowledge Gap
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 30, 2007 | 12 Comments
I don’t want to draw attention away from the post below. Read it, too. But that’s why I’ve hidden this one behind a jump. But don’t let that stop you from reading this one, either. Read it all! Just remember there’s two new posts tonight. We’re busy.Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about the Ubyssey. […]
Mar
30
New Tidbits from Senate
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 30, 2007 | 2 Comments
The UBC Vancouver Senate met and here are some updates: 1. We just established five new Chairs in the UBC Institute of Mental Health, three of which were donated by the Sauder Family through a $10 Million endowment fund, matched by the provincial government: The Sauder Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, SC in Geriatric […]
Mar
28
UBC on CBC radio! (X2)
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 28, 2007 | 10 Comments
I’m always on the lookout for UBC-related news in the mainstream media. And today, since I had the scholastically inauspicious displeasure of being sick as a dog at home, I had lots of time to mope around the house listening to CBC radio and doing not much else. To my happiness, two pretty interesting stories […]
Mar
27
AUS Presidental Slap-Fest
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 27, 2007 | 4 Comments
I don’t like writing about elections. But it’s kinda our bread and butter, and people seem to enjoy it. Hmm. To begin, my colleague has taken the AUS to task for its elections administration. In short, I differ in her assessment, to a point. The voting has been highly visible, well-planned and well-executed; I suspect […]
Mar
27
I take issues with the AUS Elections
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 27, 2007 | 33 Comments
Hey if you’re in arts, you can vote in the AUS elections right now. Vote until the 30th. The polling booths are supposed to be on either entrance of the SUB and somewhere in Buchanan, 10-5pm. Also, since the people running the elections did not specify how many people you can vote for in some […]
Mar
26
Victory!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Victory!
Athletics has decided not to close the Aquatic Centre gym! They apologized for the process, and agreed to find other ways to deal with the (minor) issues raised like liability, class space, and old machines. This is a victory that happened because the AMS and students at large worked together. The AMS reps couldn’t have […]
Mar
26
The Ubyssey Reportcard
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 26, 2007 | 22 Comments
The following was submitted Feb 15, 2007 to the Ubyssey Editorial board and was rejected based on “libellous grounds”. “The Ubyssey Reportcard” In 2005 the Canadian Medical Association Journal’s editorial board wasthreatened by its publisher, the Canadian Medical Association. Theeditor-in-chief John Hoey was dismissed after he published twocontroversial studies which put its publisher in a […]
Mar
26
AUS elections
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 26, 2007 | 13 Comments
So, apparently the AUS Elections are happening. Apparently there are candidates.The AUS website has no information about candidates or voting. But we do! So here’s what we know of the elections:Campaiging March 16-23. Voting takes place at 3 separate polling booths in the SUB and Buchanan Buildings between March 25-30 We’re probably the only place […]
Mar
25
The UBC Farm's example: how UBC should catch up to its vision.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 25, 2007 | 8 Comments
Juxtapose what pops to mind when you think of:1. UBC administration’s main prerogatives.2. UBC’s only broad, encompassing mission statement, trek 2010. For me, it goes something like this for the former, “Martha Piper-endowment-development-endowment-ivory tower-endowment-elite research-endowment-ivy league-endowment”and something like this for the latter: “complete community-global citizenship-sustainability-global citizenship-community outreach-global citizenship-public responsibility-global citizenship-innovation-global citizenship. Now why is this? […]
