Editorial
Dear President Toope
Dear President Toope, would you like to sign my petition?
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.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Endorse “Yes” for the Fee Referendum
Actual deficits mean actual cuts.
Million Dollar Condo Lessees Complain About Site of Research Hospice
Citing “culture and religion”, a number of residents of Promontory (2688 West Mall) are complaining about the proposed location of St. John Hospice. “Eighty percent of the resident in Promotory are Asian,”(sic) said Janet Fan, resident and organizer of the opposition to the site via email, “having dying people in our backyard is against our culture and religion.”
A Place of Mind Your Own Business
Stephen Owen often champions the UBC Farm campaign as an example of successful governance at UBC. In fact, it’s the opposite: having to get 15,000 signatures on a petition reveals a failure in governance because no one took their concerns seriously before that point. Now is the time people’s concerns should be taken seriously about the LUP, and they’re not doing it.
How to get your point across, yelling or research?
How to get your point across, yelling or research?
AMS Budget Already Broken
Well, that didn’t take long. After being passed at the last council meeting on August 11, the AMS’s 2010/2011 budget is already broken. In short, they didn’t plan for something they were planning. 
Debt-Restricted, Campuses Seek Private Investment for New Housing
Universities are strapped for cash. Being debt-restricted by recession-paranoid governments, many schools are looking to alternative delivery models to meet the demand for housing stock across the country. (Bander Jumah photo #)
The Fallacy of Absolute Grading
There’s a common assumption many students, media, and parents hold. It’s an assumption that’s flat out wrong, and only those who don’t understand how academic institutions work hold it. It runs wild in the media, in parents’ minds, and is abused by many for cheap political gain.
The Case for Heavy Rail
By Alex MacKinnon, fifth year student in Mining Engineering, and fan of transportation planning. If you would like to pitch us a guest post, get in touch–we’re a well-read forum for you to get your ideas out. I’m sure the vast majority of people reading Insiders are pretty familiar with the transportation problems of the [...]
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