Neal Yonson

Neal Yonson has written 246 posts for UBC Insiders

Brian Sullivan to Step Down as VP Students

At last Wednesday’s meeting of the UBC Vancouver Senate, President Toope made the unexpected announcement that Brian Sullivan, UBC’s VP Students since 1999, would be stepping down on March 18, 2011

New Tuition Policy Question Added To AMS Referenda

New Tuition Policy Question Added To AMS Referenda

UBC Expands First Year Housing Guarantee

SHHS Expands First Year Housing Guarantee

BoG Forces Sauder to Repay $2M to Students

Two weeks ago, no one knew a Phase 3 of Sauder renovations existed. Construction will be starting in April. While it’s going forward, it has significantly eroded the Board’s trust in Dan Muzyka. But it’s commerce students who should feel most betrayed. They were swindled out of millions.

UBC Starts 2011/2012 Tuition Consultation

This will not come as a shock to anyone, but UBC is planning to raise tuition this year.

AMS Elections Results 2011

Your new AMS Executive: McElroy, Parson, Silley, Tyson, Tayyar

Ballots of Notable People: Azim Wazeer

The following piece is my endorsements and additional commentary on the race to become the next AMS President. I promise that it’s not as long as some of my more recent work. All the best to all the candidates!

UBC Insiders Presidential Endorsement 2011

We feel that Jeremy is the best candidate for the job because at the end of the day he is the one with the most hands on knowledge and an intimate understanding of what the position entails.

Council Poll 2011!

At the Jan 12 AMS Council meeting, we took a poll of councilors to see how they would vote if the election were that day. As an experiment, we used a two-sided ballot: First Past the Post on one side and Condorcet results on the other. Results below. First Past the Post Results Winners are [...]

Race: President

Neither candidate has made it clear what their pet project might be this year but please dear god don’t make it another talent show.

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