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Koerners Now Explicitly All-Ages
Most of y’all have heard by last Friday that the Koerner’s Pub liquor license has been suspended by the UBC Treasury/Legal departments. In response, Koerner’s still has its doors open, but the taps are dry. According to a memo, the license was suspended because of two incidents this month. The first incident, a drunk underaged [...]
BoG Breakdown – Mar. 23 Meeting
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Final AMS Electoral Fraud Reports and Revised Results
We’ve uploaded and posted links to all of the reports arising from the AMS Electoral Fraud investigation on our Twitter feed but since not everyone is twitter-savvy just yet, here are the links to: Final Report from Isabel Ferreras (Elections Administrator) Report from Forensic Data Recovery (Independent Auditing Firm) Revised Elections Results presented in a [...]
CUS Board to Vote on $500 Building Fee Referendum
Update 5:34pm: Today’s CUS meeting has been moved to Angus 296 from Angus 310. Normally we try not to post snippets, but we feel this one is important enough. At tonight’s CUS Board of Directors meeting (6:00pm, Henry Angus 310 296) there will be a vote to have the CUS go to a student referendum [...]
CP&D Open Houses Galore
This is a little last minute, but if you want to be heard about the future of housing on campus, as well as the future of the heart of campus (the University Boulevard area, as well as McInnis Field and the current bus loop), there are two open houses forthcoming. All you need to do [...]
Toope Reconsiders Sullivan for VP Students
UBC’s longest serving Vice-President has been asked to continue to serve at his post as Vice-President, Students, pending the completion of a review process. Brian Sullivan, who came to UBC from his former post as Associate Vice-President (Student Affairs) at the University of Guelph in 1999, was appointed by then-President Martha Piper. Upon the arrival [...]
AMS Council: January 20, 2010
Hey! We’re back to no one taking interest in the AMS. Highlights: 1. Tuition Increase proposals from UBC 2. Student Housing demand report released 3. Council makes donation to Haiti relief efforts; doesn’t make donation to Haiti relief efforts Catch up on five hours in five minutes, by passing the jump. AMS Foundation Meeting The [...]
No YVR Add Fare for U-Pass Holders
The Translink Commission released a decision on how to implement the YVR Add Fare a couple of hours ago. Translink had originally applied to the Commission to introduce a $2.50 levy, to be collected each time a passenger were transporting between the Bridgeport and Templeton stations. The Commission, citing the “awkwardness” of the two-way fare, [...]
AMS Council: January 6, 2010
New year, renewed enthusiasm. Highlights: January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month Cheap rooms at Whistler Lodge during the Olympics 6 referenda for sure, with possibly more on the way Student Financial Assistance & Awards Presentation; Tuition Proposal and Consultation schedule There was a miscommunication and this presentation was cancelled. Will be occurring at the next [...]
Impeachment Petitions Being Circulated, Plus Riders
A copy of the petition currently being circulated made it’s way into my hands. There are six questions being asked: 1. The removal of Blake Frederick 2. The removal of Tim Chu 3. Creation of a $5.00 “Engagement Levy” 4. A code change to implement slates 5. Indexing all non-indexed AMS fees to CPI 6. [...]
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