The Insiders
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Jun
21
Headlines for Hacks – June 2010
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 21, 2010 | 6 Comments
It’s been a bit quiet around Insiders lately: writing long posts take work, and we’d rather be enjoying the sunshine. But that doesn’t mean things have stopped happening. Make sure to check out AMS Confidential’s News for N00bs for the latest news (and lulz!); rather than overlap, we’ll come up with our own alliterative title […]
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 […]
Apr
20
BoG Holds Extraordinary Meeting to Pass CUS Fee
Posted by: Andrew Carne | April 20, 2010 | 11 Comments
The UBC Board of Governors will be holding an extraordinary Board Committee meeting tomorrow, April 21st, to approve the new Commerce student fees and a Board 3 for the Sauder building upgrades (agenda). It’s important to note that the date-stamp on the agenda is April 19th. This means that there was only two days of […]
Mar
23
BoG Breakdown – Mar. 23 Meeting
Posted by: Andrew Carne | March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
The Board of Governors meeting for March/April has once again rolled around. Today is the Board Committees Meeting, with the full board meeting being April 8th. The agenda has a number of interesting elements on it, including details of UBC’s next budget, updates on the UBC Transit Line study, the tuition fee increases for next […]
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 […]
Jan
22
Race Profile: Board of Governors
Posted by: Andrew Carne | January 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Race Profile: Board of Governors
. UBC Insiders Analysis Click here to skip to profiles of the candidates in this race. The 21-member Board of Governors at UBC is composed of “the Chancellor, the President, eleven persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (representing the province), three students elected by students, three faculty members elected by faculty, and two […]
Jan
11
Board of Governors Invents Secretive Voting Procedure
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 11, 2010 | 15 Comments
Last fall, the Board of Governors gave its consent to UBC’s newest policy, Policy 92: Land Use and Permitting. Look closely at the top right-hand corner of the policy. The approval date listed is October 2009. . . One problem: the Board never met in October.. .. From BoG website.
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 […]
Dec
3
UBC Farm Saved?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments
UBC Board of Governors Chair Brad Bennett caught developing the UBC Farm. After a number of secret meetings, it looks like the UBC Board of Governors may have decided to protect the full 24 hectares of the UBC Farm and surrounding forest. Here’s the press release they issued on Monday: UBC Board of Governors Requests […]
Jan
18
BoG rep Darren Peets's Words of Wisdom
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
Darren Peets, by the incomparable JJ McCullough (don’t sue me JJ!) Governor Peets’s priceless pearls of wisdom. Listen up BoG candidates!!Can a bog rep actually make a difference?Yes, absolutely, but it may not always be obvious to more than ~50 people, very few of whom are students. The turnaround time may also be very slow. […]
