Since 2020, Gropper has improved meteorically, achieving a self-professed top speed of 100 km/hr. Last year, she finished third in Canada for women’s downhill racing, qualifying them for Team Canada.
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Being 'kapwa' is about duty and care, about honouring your moral and social responsibilities toward one another. This support is desperately needed for scholars of colour.
For our final print issue of the 2023/24 academic year, we asked five Ubyssey sports writers the most important questions about the Thunderbirds' year.
In mid-January, when everyone else was sitting at home during a snow day, UBC Musical Theatre Troupe (MTT) director Lauren Coulson was sitting in Swing Space holding auditions for their rendition of Anything Goes, wondering if anyone would show up.
Last night, Senate met to vote on the disestablishment of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and received a presentation on UBC’s $3.8 billion budget for the next academic year.
On Monday night, AMS Council approved a new code change allowing the society to launch an investigation into the Social Justice Centre (SJC) after the group allegedly consulted lawyers without informing the AMS.
When STEM tutorial YouTube channels were “popping off” in the early 2010s, Uytae Lee wondered how he could address the lack of comprehensive videos dedicated to teaching people about their cities.
Six years since UBC's Accessibility Shuttle launched, students, staff and faculty are weighing in on what's been working and what needs to be improved.
Construction of UBC Okanagan’s new downtown Kelowna tower is on hold after safety concerns lead to the evacuation of a nearby affordable housing facility.
On April 8, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced that effective August 1, 2024, female transgender athletes will not be allowed to compete in female competitions.
On the way to Koerner’s Pub, out of the corner of our eyes, a menacing goose locked our gaze. The writing was on the wall before we’d even arrived at the function — Blank Vinyl Project (BVP) had really gone all out this year, because it managed to get an enticing paid actor to guide patrons to Goosehunt.
The Chan Centre has been waiting for Oumou Sangaré for a year and a half. Her concert, originally scheduled for October 2022, was delayed due to visa issues.
Nine lecture recordings, eleven hours, one Brita full to the brim with water.
"UBC students are hungry for connection, culture, a sense of pride in our community and an accessible way to get fired up on the last day of classes to good live music. Block Party doesn’t provide that, but it could," write Tova Gaster and Elena Massing.
Food outlets in the Nest have suddenly been hit with a string of closures. Flavour Lab and Porch are set to close by April 26, and the AMS has announced that Soup Market would not be renewing its lease either.