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Piper Plaza: A Fitting Tribute to UBC’s 11th President
Martha Piper Plaza is both a wonderful tribute to UBC’s 11th President, in both a sincere and snarky way.
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.
UNA seeks consultants to take them seriously
To campus denizens not in the Neighbourhoods, the UNA may as well just be a group of people standing on the top of Save On Foods screaming “Respect my authoritah!”
Open Textbooks Project Needs to Open Minds
This project is less about creating open textbooks, and more about convincing people to actually use them.
Save the Farm… Again
Here’s an idea to make the future of the UBC Farm even more secure: put it into BC’s Agricultural Land Reserve.
Here’s Why The UBC Liquor Store Moved
Saying Wesbrook Place is a “better location” for a liquor store implies that some sort of fomal comparison was made between two or more locations, based on a measurable set of criteria. This did not happen.
More Cellphone Towers Coming to UBC
“UBC is experiencing an increasing number of requests for new voice-based cellular installations on campus and in the adjacent university neighbourhoods.”
Block F ‘Freight Train’ Tears towards UEL
Using graphic language from the world of railroads, leaders of the University Endowment Lands community sought to articulate their concerns about the coming development of a large tract of UEL forest by Musqueam First Nation at a meeting on July 16th.
Here’s the Mahony and Sons Lease
The ban on liquor stores in U-Blvd is not protecting Mahony’s from competition for something they do, it’s protecting them for something they don’t do. Even if they wanted to do off-sales, Mahony’s is unable to under the current terms of their own licence. It’s protectionism for protectionism’s sake.
Waiting For Waitlists
The annual stress that is the UBC course enrolment process has passed, for some, at least. For everyone who didn’t get into all the courses they wanted, the process remains ongoing. Fortunately for those people, two websites exist to make their lives easier.
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