The Insiders
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Mar
15
Final AMS Electoral Fraud Reports and Revised Results
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 15, 2010 | 8 Comments
We’ve uploaded and posted links to all of the reports arising from the AMS Electoral Fraud investigation on our Twitter feed but since not everyone is twitter-savvy just yet, here are the links to: Final Report from Isabel Ferreras (Elections Administrator) Report from Forensic Data Recovery (Independent Auditing Firm) Revised Elections Results presented in a […]
May
5
UBC in the news
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
I definitely don’t want to turn into a news aggregator blog, but there have been a number of UBC news items lately that I thought were interesting and wanted to share. And trust me, I think it’s totally lame when I read something that is just a recap of other stories I’ve already read or […]
Sep
11
RBF's triumphant return
Posted by: Neal Yonson | September 11, 2008 | 27 Comments
As you were wandering about campus this week, you might have noticed people strutting about in army fatigues, bright red shirts, and megaphones shouting vaguely about fun, beer, parties, beer, campus life, beer, politics, and beer. These are not drunk Russians left over from the soviet era. Nay, these are the members of the Radical […]
Apr
18
Note to our readers
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 18, 2008 | 18 Comments
Hi everyone: I just recieved an email regarding the new Voter Funded Media system: Only 15 people are registered to vote. Needless to say this is bad for democracy, because I can get my three roomates and brother to vote and sweep the contest. Now then. As approved by AMS council, VFM is now running […]
Mar
7
VFM launches at SFU
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 7, 2008 | 3 Comments
In my life, there’s always time to kill. And now I have a fresh method of doing it. Mark Latham has begun sponsoring a Voter Funded Media contest of a slightly different stripe over at SFU. Take a look at the SFU VFM page HERE. The idea is broadly the same as VFM here at […]
Feb
19
UBC Insider mission statement
Posted by: Neal Yonson | February 19, 2008 | 6 Comments
We here on the blog have been feeling that lately we’ve been losing some focus. With more boisterous and demanding readership, an election campaign, and fewer (non-graduating) writers, the pressure (and temptation) to spit out easy personality-centered posts is hard to resist. This is an attempt to step back and re-balance. Though it may not […]
Feb
2
Voter Funded Media results!
Posted by: Neal Yonson | February 2, 2008 | 20 Comments
Due to a hole in WordPress, this post’s author is misattributed. The follow was written by former Insiders editor Maayan Kreitzman. Well, here they are at long last! The Knoll – $1600 UBC Insider – Election Edition – $1500 The Devils advocate – $1400 Cavalier – $900 Let Them Eat Cake – $725 UVote – […]
Jan
28
The 432 isn't worth the paper it's printed on
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 28, 2008 | 14 Comments
This is where I get mad. The 432, the Science Undergraduate Society’s official newspaper, is … euuugghh. The very idea that students are funding such a worthless, offensive, and generally craptastic rag is insane. This newspaper, apparently, used to be good. It used to be smart and hilarious, and enjoy more readership than the Ubyssey. […]
Jan
27
How to vote in VFM – Interpolated Consensus,WTF?
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 27, 2008 | 11 Comments
Voter Funded Media, the contest that accompanied the AMS elections for the second year this year, is an idea that’s meant to award media public funds by the will of the people, thus fostering better journalism, more informed voters, better elected leaders, and healthier democracies. The assumption is that media, as opposed to candidates or […]
Jan
25
Elections Results: photos and mockery.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments
Last night, I took photos. This morning, I mock people. You know you like it. Aaron from UBC Devils, undoubtedly plotting. Austin from UBC Devils. I’m a firm believer in keeping one’s friends close and their enemies closer. Andrew Forshner, of whom I cannot take a photo without it looking like he’s singing. Stef Ratjen, […]
