Neal Yonson

Neal Yonson has written 246 posts for UBC Insiders

American Library Students Caught Up in Loan Snafu

American Library Students Caught Up in Loan Snafu

Underground Bus Loop Cancelled Again

Campus and Community Planning has revealed that the current plan for a new transit terminal at UBC has been deemed unfeasible.

Start an Evolution, Stop a Pedestrian

It’s hard to think of worse designs for a busy sidewalk than to deliberately obstruct half of its width with giant poles.

UBC Peddles Non-Refundable Master Degrees to Naive High Schoolers

The reason the Bachelor + Master of Management program is first of its kind in Canada is because no other school in Canada is sketchy enough to sell Master’s degrees to high school students.

UBC Releases New Student Housing Survey: Rez Rents at or Above Market Compared to Most of Vancouver

UBC would have you believe that an hour-plus commute from a far-flung suburb is necessary to find rent on par with the “below market” rental rates offered by student residence. In short: [citation needed] – the evidence in this survey simply doesn’t support that claim.

Student takes The Ubyssey to the BC Human Rights Tribunal to prove he’s not apathetic

The illustration depicting a panda in a suit probably didn’t help.

C+CP discards 10,000+ students from campus population counts

Deliberately underestimating population numbers by 20-40% is one of the more irresponsible and dishonest things C+CP has tried to do. Twice.

How To Get A Condo Built At UBC

The charming story of a condo developer offering UBC money, and UBC responding by giving the condo developer favourable treatment.

UBC hands out $11.8M in interest-free mortgages to admin, faculty

Mortgage interest paid to UBC by students living in residence this year: ~$18 million. Mortgage interest paid to UBC by upper admin and faculty: $0.

More Than A Bystander

The true colours of many of UBC’s student athletes were made very clear last night. Supportive of outright sexism and harassment. Shame on them.

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