The Insiders
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May
6
A Month Sober, What’s Next for Koerner’s?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 6, 2010 | 1 Comment
When UBC stopped liquor service at Koerner’s Pub in late March, it seemed to come out of the blue. It would have taken quite a bit of foresight to predict a possible shutdown of Koerner’s might be on the horizon… The Pub has had two under-age drinking incidents in the 2008-2009 period and a contravention […]
Mar
29
Koerners Now Explicitly All-Ages
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | March 29, 2010 | 8 Comments
Most of y’all have heard by last Friday that the Koerner’s Pub liquor license has been suspended by the UBC Treasury/Legal departments. In response, Koerner’s still has its doors open, but the taps are dry. According to a memo, the license was suspended because of two incidents this month. The first incident, a drunk underaged […]
Jan
20
GSS Executive Elections 2010
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 20, 2010 | Comments Off on GSS Executive Elections 2010
Nominations for GSS executive positions closed yesterday. Candidate lists and events lists after the jump.
Jan
6
GSS Elections: Nominations Now Open!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 6, 2010 | 2 Comments
AMS elections aren’t the only game in town right now. The GSS is also gearing up now for their executive elections this month. Are you graduate student? Are you interested in helping your fellow graduate students and representing them at the University, Government, and public level? If so… The Graduate Student Society (GSS) of UBC-Vancouver […]
Dec
10
GSS Needs a Sober Second Thought
Posted by: Neal Yonson | December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
It is with great sadness that we report the GSS has stopped the service of free beer at their council meetings. This motion was passed this evening: WHEREAS provision of drink tickets will facilitate further socializing of Council members at Koerner’s Pub, encourage shorter meetings, and encourage Councillor attendance until the completion of Council meeting […]
Sep
21
Children vs. Liquor
Posted by: Neal Yonson | September 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
Tagged: Massive Failures in Communication UBC’s Graduate Student Society (GSS), to put it bluntly, is dysfunctional. This in itself is not news since this has been the situation for some time now. However, the entire situation reached a new low at their last council meeting. What happened may not have been the most scandalous of […]
Jul
31
Koerner’s Pub Patio Project
Posted by: Neal Yonson | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off on Koerner’s Pub Patio Project
At the last GSS Council meeting on July 23, 2009, a plan to expand Koerner’s Pub came up for council approval. However, before it could be dealt with quorum was lost for the third month in a row and no decision could be made. This project has been on the table for quite a while […]
