Maayan Kreitzman
Candidate Questionnaire: Tim Blair
Tim Blair is a candidate for the UBC BoG Why do you want to be on the Board of Governors?The BoG need a clear voice in favor of the UBC Farm and one that has experience in promoting sustainable building practices. The BoG listens to students through the AMS, the two elected officials and through [...]
Candidate Questionnaire: Freeman Poritz
Freeman Poritz is a VP External candidate. Here are his answers. Why do you want to be the VP external of the AMS?Because I want to dedicate a year of my life to working for my University. I have gained so much from my time here that I really want to give something back. I [...]
Candidate Questionnaire: Bijan Ahmadian
Why do you want to be a student representative on the BoG?As a student senator of three years, I have built a constructive working relationship with the University administration. For example, I successfully drafted and negotiated a new policy for viewing marked work which requires instructors to respond to students’ requests within 30 days. I [...]
Candidate Questionnaire: Chris Diplock
Chris Diplock is a VP Finance Candidate. Here are his answers. Why do you want to be the VP finance of the AMS? I have the goal in my life of doing as much good as I can, not only in the local community but also the global community. When I was first introduce to [...]
Foresight: UBC’s annual report; AGM today!
UBC, over the last several years, has adopted the practice of holding an Annual General Meeting, to coincide with the release of its annual report. The AGM is happening today at 12:00-1:00, in downtown Kelowna. It is being broadcast live (at 12:00) in two ways so that we can watch it too: At the Michael [...]
Three green-tinted notes
A few notes of interest that come to mind for the environmentalist-lite on campus: UBC Farm Fee referendum: Yesterday I was at the farm. Getting there was a bit of a hazard due to the South Campus construction bedlam, and I ended up getting tangled in a barbed wire fence while attempting a shortcut, and [...]
Arts County Fair is no more
The yearly campus festival of music and debauchery synonymous with the last day of classes is no more. Ats County Fair, the last-day-of-class drinking extravaganza that has marked the end of the school year for 16 seasons of students at UBC has come to a sad end. The Arts Undergraduate society cancelled the event for [...]
AMS meeting Nov. 21- Frustrations
An excruciatingly long agenda was set for this last meeting before the winter break. After sitting on their laurels for a whole term, the Arts caucus decided to put everything they ever wanted in the AMS into this one meeting and throw it at us like a brick. Items of interest included re-establishing “unofficial” slates [...]
Jam spaces on campus – grassroots!
Two new posts today. Don’t forget to scroll down. So today I was walking along on the upper floor of the SUB, about to head downstairs to the pottery studio, when I heard this alluring jazzy music coming from the ballroom. I thought it might be a recording. So I headed over, thinking that I [...]
AMS meeting Nov. 7th – Nancy and Arts
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 [...]
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