The Insiders
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May
10
Policy 116: Coca-Cola and the Freedom of UBC’s Information
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 10, 2010 | Comments Off on Policy 116: Coca-Cola and the Freedom of UBC’s Information
Back in January, UBC Insiders broke a story about email voting by the Board of Governors. At the time, we intended to actually go into the board policies that were involved. Life and AMS elections got in the way. Hubert Lai, University Counsel (ie. UBC’s lawyer), gave an interview about Policy 116: Commercial Agreements Initiated […]
Mar
15
AvEd Strikes Down UVic’s Athletics Fee Increase but not UBC’s
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 15, 2010 | 9 Comments
As has already been discussed in a number of places already, UBC has recently created a Student Editorial Team to go along with The Administration Blog, where Pierre “zeeVP” Ouillet and Brian “BowtieBrian” Sullivan can communicate directly with the UBC community. The fact that the various different media have managed to each take something different […]
Feb
1
Yes, The Killers Killed the Liquor at Thunderbird Arena
Posted by: Neal Yonson | February 1, 2010 | Comments Off on Yes, The Killers Killed the Liquor at Thunderbird Arena
Avid readers of this blog may recall a post from last summer entitled: “Did The Killers Kill the Liquor at Thunderbird Arena?” The original post should be read in its entirety, but if you’re too lazy the synopsis is that in July 2009, UBC Athletics put an application forward to amend the liquor licence at […]
Jan
24
Referenda: CPI Indexing and Engagement Levy
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 24, 2010 | 3 Comments
These are the last two referenda that need to be covered for this year’s elections. They’ll be covered together because they are relatively straightforward so there is not a whole lot to say.
Sep
9
Summer News Recap
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | September 9, 2009 | Comments Off on Summer News Recap
Happy First Week all. Here’s what happened while you were out. On Campus The Student Board of Governors representatives turned over. Tim Blair bids farewell, as Michael Duncan takes his place. Bijan Ahmadian and Alexandra Caldwell (UBC-O) were re-elected for their respective second terms. The University approved a plan to in-fill Totem residence. This was met with surprise […]
Jul
23
Did The Killers Kill the Liquor at Thunderbird Arena?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | July 23, 2009 | 10 Comments
The new Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre is currently applying for an amendment to their liquor-primary licence. The matter will be coming before Metro Vancouver’s Electoral Area committee for approval this Friday and there seems to be a significant hurdle in the way: as a result of past violations, the RCMP does not support it. Read […]
Jun
21
More from the CIS AGM
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 21, 2009 | Comments Off on More from the CIS AGM
The Coles notes version of this post was already published: CIS restricts dual membership with NCAA. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the organization that governs high-performance sport at the post-secondary level, held its Annual General Meeting from June 8-12 in Gatineau, Quebec. When UBC decided to defer its decision on NCAA membership until at least 2010, […]
Jun
12
CIS restricts dual membership with NCAA
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
The Ubyssey-edited version of this can be found at ubyssey.ca. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), the organization which governs high-performance athletics at Canadian universities, sent a bold message to schools looking to join the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at their annual general meeting on Thursday. Voting 55-20 in favour, CIS members instituted a policy which […]
Mar
25
NCAA Committee Results
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments
After almost a year, the NCAA Division II Review Committee has finally released its final report regarding UBC-V’s potential application to NCAA Division II. At 588 pages including appendices it’s a monster, but unless you are an absolute nut for documents, the first 28 should suffice, along with the Consultation Summary Report which was posted […]
Mar
12
UBC and the NCAA
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 12, 2008 | 18 Comments
[I’d meant to write this sooner, but work commitments sapped my time and writing energies. As well, there’s a very good Ubyssey article on the subject; read it here. I also note that there has been some discussion at AMS Exec about the Athletics fee; I’m not sure what it is, and I’m not sure […]
