The Insiders
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Apr
28
AUS Student Court Ruling: WTF?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 28, 2010 | 4 Comments
Might as well go a bit further into the Student Court ruling, for the sake of the archives. (The next time Student Court makes a questionable ruling, hopefully people will come here to find out why the last one was questionable too.) But not too in depth, so don’t be scared off. Unlike Naylor’s “Rising […]
Apr
18
Student Court: AUS Presidential Election “void and of no effect”
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 18, 2010 | 13 Comments
On Friday, Student Court handed down a decision in Trasolini v. AUS Elections Committee which concluded that this year’s AUS Presidential Election is “void and of no effect”. Upon reviewing the decision, Brian Platt sent an email to AUS council announcing that he was stepping down immediately. Elysia Pine, who was elected as AUS VP […]
Mar
13
The MASS Renew Project
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 13, 2010 | Comments Off on The MASS Renew Project
Our intrepid AUS reporter Crystal Hon knows a thing or two about projects involving the building of new student space at UBC. Here are her thoughts on a referendum question being put to Arts students. By now some of you will have found out about the AUS Fee Referendum that is on the ballot for […]
Mar
12
Arts, The Force is With You
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 12, 2010 | 2 Comments
UBC Votes! But none of us in AUS elections since none of us are Arts students. But that doesn’t mean we can’t provide coverage, and so without further ado, we present our first guest blogger who rarely wears pants. AMS Gossip Guy is going to be jealous. Don’t forget to vote in Continuous VFM. Dear […]
Nov
22
Arts County Fair is no more
Posted by: Neal Yonson | November 22, 2007 | 5 Comments
The yearly campus festival of music and debauchery synonymous with the last day of classes is no more. Ats County Fair, the last-day-of-class drinking extravaganza that has marked the end of the school year for 16 seasons of students at UBC has come to a sad end. The Arts Undergraduate society cancelled the event for […]
Nov
9
AMS meeting Nov. 7th – Nancy and Arts
Posted by: Neal Yonson | November 9, 2007 | 5 Comments
Lowdown on yesterday’s meeting: it was exhausting, and sort of charged up for some weird reason. I think order was poorer than usual somehow. Maybe it’s the pressure of the end of the year building up. Anyway. The meeting began with Nancy Knight, the Administration’s AVP campus & Community Planning. Nancy always puts on a […]
Apr
13
UBC Student falls off roof top, now in serious condition
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 13, 2007 | 5 Comments
This is taken from the RCMP website. Whoever the person in serious condition is, we wish them a speedy recovery.UBC student falls off roof top, now in serious condition at VHG Vancouver, UBC: Charges are pending against another student. On April 12th, 2007 at approximately 02:20 pm, RCMP members of the University of British-Columbia Detachment […]
Apr
4
Bigger is better?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 4, 2007 | 12 Comments
I’m very loyal to Arts. But people tend to respond defensively when I criticize, so I’m forced to preface this by saying “please don’t respond defensively.” In their most recent elections, the AUS had 400 voters. SUS? 1400. Which is quite the difference. But it’s even more stark if you realize for a second that […]
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 […]
