{"id":10448,"date":"2015-09-24T20:43:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T04:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=10448"},"modified":"2015-09-25T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T18:23:09","slug":"sfubc-merger-sfu-ubc-for-parties-ubcnews-ubysseynews-bced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2015\/09\/sfubc-merger-sfu-ubc-for-parties-ubcnews-ubysseynews-bced\/","title":{"rendered":"#SFUBC now! #SFU parties & pickets while #UBC non-discloses #sfu50 #ubc100 #ubcnews #ubysseynews #bced #ubcgss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Fraser University is rockin its 50th birthday<\/a> while the University of British Columbia is trying desperately to throw\u00a0a 100th<\/a>, but unable to send out invitations on account of a secret agreement to not disclose the time or location.<\/p>\n

Think of the loud, talkin bout my generation\u00a0frenzied\u00a0crazy house\u00a0party of 1965 versus the slow, quiet waltz where no one makes it to the gymnasium\u00a0in 1915. Think of the all night surfin barefoot beach party of 1965 versus the reserved colonial cricket club afternoon meet-n-greet of 1915. Think of James Brown I feel good blowin the roof off campus in 1965 versus the somber timbre of the barbershop boys crooning at\u00a0the Great Trek tea sandwich lunch break in 1915.<\/p>\n

Jealous? Yes we are!<\/p>\n

Yes, you bet, SFU is partyin down while threatening to lockout its\u00a0Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU)<\/a> from the gig. If TSSU’s\u00a0Teaching Assistants (TAs), Tutor Markers (TMs), and English Language & Culture and Interpretation & Translation Instructors can’t even get to the keg in the kitchen, they might as well just picket the party again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sounds like\u00a0fun inside and out, in 1965 and 2015, partying and picketing at SFU!<\/p>\n

At UBC, we’re still wondering if President Gupta said he would open the doors to the gym and give a toast at the waltz. Non-disclosure. Guess we may never know what he planned for the big event.<\/p>\n

Please SFU, dear Mr. Fantasy<\/a>, take us out of this gloom, get UBC\u00a0out of\u00a0this funk. Merge with us!\u00a0If we were SFUBC we could rock a 150 years total party and\u00a0have a blowout\u00a0mixer with with Cornell<\/a>, gangnam style<\/a>, or a rave!<\/p>\n

Think About It<\/a> (remember when President Piper\u00a0rocked that brand?) if we were SFUBC\u00a0we could\u00a0share executives. One\u00a0President presiding over SFUBC, throwin down raucous, all nighters on both campuses, at the same time. 150 is way better than 50 and you bet better than 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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