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Headlines for Hacks, June 2011

A collection of random tidbits: Extra, Extra! Read all about the Ubyssey!; Magical Mystery Sauder Money; The Taxman Cometh to the AMS; CIS AGM

Hospice to go ahead at current site, despite UNA opposition

A Board of Governors agenda item released today indicates that, despite vocal opposition from some residents at the nearby Promontory high-rise, plans to build a 15-bed hospice on the UBC campus will go ahead at its current location across from Thunderbird Stadium.

UBC and SFU: Cracking Open Two Sets of Books

Should private companies which are wholly-owned by BC universities be subject to the same FOI requirements as their parent universities? A case involving UBC will be trying to get the answer to that question soon.

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

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 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.

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.

AMS Referendum Results

The question everyone was waiting for: The fee changes passed by 52%.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Fee Referendum*

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

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