Return of the Political?

Stephanie Ryan Photography So I’ve been facebook-stalking the newly elected blood to AMS Council, and I think in general we have a good group. And with good I mean politically charged and fairly capable. Aside from Amy Boultbee and Kate Power, the bunch seem fit to enter the AMS arena and add some interesting discussions [...]

AUS Election Results

Who won the AUS elections? PresidentStephanie Ryan (Incumbent) VP InternalVicki LindströmVP ExternalTyler AllisonVP FinanceMichelle YuenAcademic CoordinatorStash Bylicki Social CoordinatorJeremy McElroy.Student ServicesMichael Serebriakov PromotionsAshley Pritchard AMS Reps (7)Jessica HannonNathan CromptonAmy BoultbeeSam HeppellJoel Koczwarski(Kate Power????Andrew Forshner???) SenatorErin Rennie General OfficerChris Chapman Mike Jerowsky Katherine McGill Sarah Howe Tom Lamb

New Tidbits from Senate

The UBC Vancouver Senate met and here are some updates: 1. We just established five new Chairs in the UBC Institute of Mental Health, three of which were donated by the Sauder Family through a $10 Million endowment fund, matched by the provincial government: The Sauder Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, SC in Geriatric [...]

I take issues with the AUS Elections

Hey if you’re in arts, you can vote in the AUS elections right now. Vote until the 30th. The polling booths are supposed to be on either entrance of the SUB and somewhere in Buchanan, 10-5pm. Also, since the people running the elections did not specify how many people you can vote for in some [...]

The Ubyssey Reportcard

The following was submitted Feb 15, 2007 to the Ubyssey Editorial board and was rejected based on “libellous grounds”. “The Ubyssey Reportcard” In 2005 the Canadian Medical Association Journal’s editorial board wasthreatened by its publisher, the Canadian Medical Association. Theeditor-in-chief John Hoey was dismissed after he published twocontroversial studies which put its publisher in a [...]

AUS elections

So, apparently the AUS Elections are happening. Apparently there are candidates.The AUS website has no information about candidates or voting. But we do! So here’s what we know of the elections:Campaiging March 16-23. Voting takes place at 3 separate polling booths in the SUB and Buchanan Buildings between March 25-30 We’re probably the only place [...]

UBC Insiders’ claim to fame!

Thanks to Tim’s latest post, we’ve been featured in Maclean’s 50

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY The Global Outreach Students’ Association presents: (in collaboration with the College of Health Disciplines ) Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge, and Access to Essential Medicines Saturday, March 24th, 2007 9:00 am-5:00 pm First Nations Longhouse (1985 West Mall) FREE ADMISSION, FREE FOOD http://www.health-disciplines.ubc.ca/GOSA/GOSA_events_conf0607.htm REGISTER AT gosa.ubc@gmail.com Speakers include: Kelly Bannister, UVic Accessing traditional [...]

SUS election results!

These are unofficial until next Thursday, but I thought I’d post them anyhow. Note the high voter turnout via WebCT! PresidentMichael Duncan – Yes 1079, No 206 Vice President ExternalJamil Rhajiak – Yes 989, No 227 Vice President InternalJimmy Yan – 474Stephen Yoon – 321Gregory Stegeman – 211Farzin Barekat – 157 Director of AdministrationAlex Lougheed [...]

The Science Undergraduate Society.

It seems to me that the current undergraduate society election taking place (link), which like many bureaucratized “representative” bodies suffers from self-prescribed self-importance yet in praxis reveals to be quite disconnected from its roots, has internally been turmoiled, yet externally invisible. Allow me to call this turmoil an internal collapse – an implosion, if you [...]