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“Every time I walk into the washroom on the second floor, I'm faced with a horrifying sight. There's an Alesse birth control advertisement and it shouts a horrible message: if you don't get the brand name version of the Pill, you've gotten the wrong Pill.”
UBC is a cage, and not just for the Thunderbirds. After a couple months the campus feels like how Buchanan Tower looks; plain, imposing, and vaguely Stalinist.
Thamer Almestadi, who has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon in connection with an attack that happened at UBC in October 2016, appeared at his second day of trial Wednesday.
This November, five undergraduate students from UBC will have the extraordinary honour of sitting in on the United Nations Climate Change Conference, called Conference of Parties (COP 23) in Bonn, Germany.
Although her ability has a great say in the matter, both Williams' coaches were enthusiastically drawn to who she was a person and her effect on each respective team.
Yesterday, UBC hosted a Day of Learning to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Japanese-Canadian internment, which saw the “mass exodus of 23,000 Japanese-Canadians” during the Second World War and their forced relocation from BC following the war.
Bask in the glory of finishing your midterms for awhile, but then realize your term papers are due on the same day of an exam. Then come hug our features editor before she turns into a puddle.
“The details of how it’s served up may change over time,” said Parker. “But the heart of librarianship is still about making sure that people get what [information] they need with as little trouble as possible.”
The day started at 7 a.m. in the Nest with a yoga session, followed by a dance party. Upon checking in, students chose a name tag with their inner party animal written on it.
“Agenda items can seem long, mysterious and confusing without the proper background, making it difficult to see how these issues affect students. Here’s what to watch out for in the upcoming AMS Council meeting on October 11.”
“When I arrived at the University of California San Diego I was a first year all over again. Ushered into a day-long orientation where I met people from all across the globe, it all felt eerily familiar to last September.”
In recognition of our world-class science, on September 8, the federal government announced that the University of British Columbia will receive $42 million to fund science and engineering research.
Today was the first day of the BC Supreme Court trial of former UBC student Thamer Almestadi, who has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon after allegedly attacking a fellow UBC student last October. Almestadi has pled not guilty to all charges against him.
The AMS has declined to discuss the financial impact of its failed or revamped businesses, though meeting minutes from 2013 provide insight into how much the union has spent on several logo changes in a two-year period.