Neal Yonson

Neal Yonson has written 246 posts for UBC Insiders

The Present of Gage South

Students and the AMS need to come up with a new direction for the area, and fast. Otherwise, things will end up right back where they started.

Quadra All-Candidates Debate Liveblog

Quadra All-Candidates Debate

Decision Day for NCAA

Simply put, there are advantages as well as risks associated with NCAA membership. The advantages will only benefit the small minority of students in the varsity program. Meanwhile, the risks are assumed by the entire UBC community. On the whole, I don’t believe UBC will be better off as a member of the NCAA.

SJC Petition Forces CFS Referendum At UBC

After the conclusion of the UVSS referendum yesterday, CFS national chair Roxanne Dubois and CFS-BC Chair-elect Zach Crispin quickly traveled over to Vancouver and were spotted on campus today collecting signatures to put the petition over the 1000-signature threshold.

The Case for CASA

The AMS has been an Associate Member of CASA for 3 years now, and I am advocating that we either shit, or get off the pot.

The Cost for CASA

The portfolio is now financially robust, but the AMS should still think long and hard about financing their priorities, which need to become provincial lobbying.

EUS Election Results and Analysis – Part I

Lin Watt and Nick Sertic break down the recent EUS elections.

Headlines for Hacks, March 2011

Student Evaluations of Teaching case rejected by supreme court. UNA by-laws still unenforceable. UBC to NCAA a done deal? CASA AGM at UBC. UBC Votes. Point Grey By-election.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Fee Referendum*

*But weren’t told by the people who stand to gain from it.

New Developments in the War on Fun

Recent changes to laws surrounding Special Occasion Licences are both illogical and potentially devastating to the AMS.

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