The Insiders
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Jan
20
Issue of the day: The UNA – Interveiw with Mike Feeley
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 20, 2008 | 4 Comments
The UNA aren’t the fat-cats we students like to imagine. The University Town Neighbourhoods are the five outlying areas of UBC’s campus that have been leased out to private developers for the purpose of building high-end residential neighbourhoods, and thereby growing UBC’s financial endowment. The university has envisioned these neighbourhoods as part of making UBC […]
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 […]
Oct
27
Unpublished U-square consultation results!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | October 27, 2007 | 4 Comments
Well, results from the September U-Square consultation have been compiled, but not yet published. I thought they were pretty interesting, so here they are, in handy graphical format. Click the graph images to enlarge them. Thanks to Margaret Orlowsky for sending me the results. If you filled out the forms, you’ll recall that the 1-5 […]
Oct
24
Trek Park update, and related topics.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments
Trek Park, the space “liberated” from the old bus loop as a protest for the U-boulevard re-development project, is looking a little worse for wear. The park, consisting of some grassy areas, a large checkerboard, and some benches and furniture, was set up to create a student-friendly, free public space, and raise awareness and opposition […]
Oct
18
Want to be consulted? It's your fuckin' week.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | October 18, 2007 | 9 Comments
There’s a veritable cornucopia of consultations going on right now. So get your voices and obnoxious views into those final reports, dudes. For serious. Sub Renew – AMS is starting the consultation process for the prospective expansion and renovation of the SUB. Everything from buying out Pacific Spirit Place (the university-owned and operated cafeteria) to […]
Aug
28
AMS council kills Musqueam support motion
Posted by: Neal Yonson | August 28, 2007 | 7 Comments
At last Wednesday’s AMS council meeting (the last one of the summer), the embattled external motion regarding the Musqueam native band finally came to its demise. This policy, which has been tabled repeatedly in past meetings, has gone through a few iterations and adjustments. AMS president Jeff Friedrich took on the task of rewriting it. […]
Jul
4
U-Blvd re-consultation kickoff
Posted by: Neal Yonson | July 4, 2007 | 1 Comment
The wonders of free food. Yesterday, if you were ambling by the south side for the SUB, you may have noticed a crush of people scribbling on questionnaires, brandishing barbecue vouchers, and collecting delicious AMS catering fare. Yesterday marked the first event in the renewed push for re-imagining the much loathed University Boulevard development project […]
Jun
14
University Golf Course to be handed over to Musqueam
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 14, 2007 | 15 Comments
Isn’t it ironic that the University is now the the valiant protector of parkland in the face of development and the Musqueam are the rabid private interest group? From today’s Globe and Mail: Gary MasonJune 14, 2007VANCOUVER — One of the most prime pieces of real estate in the country, home to one of the […]
Jun
5
Campus Plan Report
Posted by: Neal Yonson | June 5, 2007 | 6 Comments
You’ve all seen the signs carpeting our pavements and draping our buildings at UBC, asking you “what’s the plan?”. This fancy publicity campaign is promoting the process of coming up with a ten-year strategic plan for the academic campus of UBC. The Plan addresses the holistic, and specific vision for all of the university’s institutional […]
May
25
BoG goes ahead with tunnel, utilities.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 25, 2007 | 2 Comments
In an embattled, but clear decision, the UBC board of governors passed final approval of the University Boulevard project’s first phase on Tuesday. Though the faculty, staff, and student representatives were opposed, President Toope remained staunchly in favor of the the phase, which ensures the future of an underground bus terminal on the site of […]
