The Insiders
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Sep
3
GSS Handbook Upheld
Posted by: Neal Yonson | September 3, 2008 | 9 Comments
Nothing like a little controversy to start the fresh school year off! The Graduate Student Society (GSS), like the AMS, releases an agenda and handbook that’s distributed to students for free every year. This year they asked a well-known campus activist, Nathan Crompton, to put it together. Supervising it was the GSS Handbook Committee chaired […]
Apr
2
UBC school of music takes a stand against CBC Radio 2 butchering
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 2, 2008 | 7 Comments
I admit, this is a topic that I would have written about regardless of the UBC angle. I’m that angry over it. And you should be too. Our wonderful public broadcaster needs to listen to its listeners, for once. CBC management, with the wisdom of it’s lobotomized-gerbil brain trust, decided last Thursday to disband the […]
Mar
31
UBC Farm politics, elaboration of.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 31, 2008 | Comments Off on UBC Farm politics, elaboration of.
If you’ve voted in the current student referendum, you may have noticed that there is no question about the UBC Farm. Most people of course, wouldn’t have expected one, but it is a surprise to some. The Friends of the Farm started a campaign to get a question on the referendum ballot which would see […]
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 […]
Mar
2
UBC Farm: Why they aren't taking a referendum question to students this March
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 2, 2008 | 20 Comments
Due to a hole in WordPress, this post’s author is misattributed. The follow was written by AMS VP Academic ’07-’08 Brendon Goodmurphy. Most students know by now that the future of the UBC Farm is shrouded in uncertainty and controversy. This year strong student supporters of the Farm (particularly Friends of the Farm), wanted to […]
Feb
26
Right To Be Cold – Sheila Watt-Cloutier at UBC
Posted by: Neal Yonson | February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
Terry* presents the latest in our Global Citizenship Lecture Series: Sheila Watt-Cloutier’s talk, “Right to Be Cold” will take place this Friday, February 29th, at 12 noon in the West Atrium of the Life Science Centre. Map. In the past two decades, Inuit across the Arctic have reported profound changes to their environment and wildlife […]
Feb
23
A place to sprout?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | February 23, 2008 | 8 Comments
About 20 students crowd sociably around tables cradling bowls of vegetable soup and mugs of coffee in mismatched dishes. Others wander in empty handed and leave munching apples or organic chocolate. Two people behind the counter cut thick slices of bread and open jars full of brownies and muffins which they hand over on plates, […]
Jan
15
Issue of the day: Campus life
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Issue of the day: Campus life
Boy, it’s hard to write “Issue” posts when there’s no candidate platforms four days before voting. Oh wait, the campaign just started today. Never mind that, then. Last year I spent a lot of time harping on what I see as the slow and steady decline since I first came to UBC in the good […]
Nov
25
The townie theory of social engagement, or lack thereof.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments
ACF is one of the only UBC events I attend. I’m lazy and antisocial, so I don’t prioritize things like beer gardens and storm the wall and pit night and whatever else. When I do socialize on campus, I’m getting drunk with a few friends at Koerner’s or the Gallery. I really have trouble believing […]
Nov
23
Three green-tinted notes
Posted by: Neal Yonson | November 23, 2007 | 3 Comments
A few notes of interest that come to mind for the environmentalist-lite on campus: UBC Farm Fee referendum: Yesterday I was at the farm. Getting there was a bit of a hazard due to the South Campus construction bedlam, and I ended up getting tangled in a barbed wire fence while attempting a shortcut, and […]
