Guest Post
Point: Commerce Students Should Support the Fee Referendum
What exciting times we live in! The CUS this week has a referendum before their members to decide on a $500 fee to support the construction of Phase II of the Henry Angus building. This is one half of a point-counterpoint on the subject. This was written by Laura Silvester, outgoing CUS president. For the [...]
Why Frederick and Chu should not be fed to the wolves
This is an opinion piece by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007-2008; AMS Councilor 2006-2008; Former Hack, less so now. [Cup of salt: I know both Chu and Frederick, but only in passing. I have spoken to both but have never spent any extended amount of time with either.] Let me be clear: This is not [...]
Debate: Jan 25 Prez, VPAc, VPX
The following is a guest post by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007-2008; AMS Councilor 2006-2008; Former Hack, less so now. We also took photos so don’t quit before the end of this post! ********************* Couldn’t attend the debate? The Ubyssey held a liveblog, as did The UBC Spectator. ********************* Presidential Race Natalie Swift Bijan Ahmadian [...]
Debate: January 22 BoG, VPAd, VPF
The following is a guest post by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007-2008; AMS Councilor 2006-2008; Former Hack, less so now. ********************* Couldn’t attend the debate? The Ubyssey will be streaming and recording all the elections debates live! Archived debates and live streams can be found at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ams-elections-2010 ********************* The attendance at today’s debate was disheartening [...]
Debate: January 21 VPAd, BoG, VPAc
The following is a guest post by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007-2008; AMS Councilor 2006-2008; Former Hack, less so now. ************ First things first: I am no longer an “Insider” of UBC. Having been “out of the game” for nearly two years now, my now antiquated and highly outdated knowledge of individual AMS politicians is [...]
A New Hope
Today we are happy to present a guest post written by Dia Montgomery, Law Rep on AMS Council. The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose. BARACK OBAMA, press conference, [...]
Counterpoint: AMS Council Should Not Have Non-Voting Equity Seats
greyfade {color:#e8e8e8} Today we offer you a point/counterpoint on an upcoming resolution before AMS Council. We offered Tim Chu, present AMS VP External, to argue for and Matthew Naylor, past AMS VP External and current Arts Councillor, to argue against the resolution: “AMS Council should have non-voting equity seats”. This is Matt’s response, for Tim’s, [...]
Point: AMS Council Should Have Non-Voting Equity Seats
greyfade {color:#e8e8e8} Today we offer you a point/counterpoint on an upcoming resolution before AMS Council. We offered Tim Chu, present AMS VP External, to argue for and Matthew Naylor, past AMS VP External and current Arts Councillor, to argue against the resolution: “AMS Council should have non-voting equity seats”. This is Tim’s response, for Matt’s, [...]
City Steps Back from UBC Annexation Plan
The following is a guest post by John Tompkins, editor and publisher of the Wesbrook Journal, former editor of the Hampton Journal, and resident of UBC. If you would like to submit a guest post, contact us. Lack of local interest is cited; new thrust is to provide UBC more services The City of Vancouver [...]
Planning the Unplannable
The following is a guest post written by Dr. Darren Peets, former student Board of Governors representative and campus planning aficionado. We invited Darren to offer a critical retrospective on campus planning procedures, and to offer a solution. Dr. Peets is currently working as a post-doc in Japan. I was invited to write a short [...]
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