Ron Gordesky, the student services manager, approached a student-run development company at UVic to provide software for Safewalk. While the new program has allowed Safewalk to keep up demand, the larger issue of consistently rising usage remains.
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While the “divestment criteria” from the Finance Committee's report asserted that there was a proven rationale to the decision, it also said that divestment was not an effective way to achieve the desired outcome.
As a long standing tradition, January 31 marked the finale of the annual UBC Concerto Competition. After success from preliminary rounds, eight performers marked the final stage which is open to public at Barnett Hall, UBC School of Music.
The protest was organized by a grassroots group of faculty "who have had enough of the kind of bad governance that goes on at this university," said Mark Mac Lean, president of the faculty association and also the first to speak to the crowd.
This past weekend, UBC’s annual Faculty Cup concluded with Forestry beating out the 13 other faculties to take the top spot. Nevertheless, the combined efforts of all the faculties made for riveting tournament.
Teams from the University of Idaho and the University of Montana attended the event hosted by UBC’s Forestry Undergraduate Society Thunderjacks with the intention of honouring the strong history of lumberjacks and jills here in British Columbia.
Alzheimer’s disease initiatives are starting to come to UBC campus with a student-organized initiative, All Against Alzheimer’s. The initiative was started in early September and a team has been working on it since to bring the club to life.
Living up to their reputation as the best eSports team in North America, UBC’s League of Legends team swept their SFU counterparts on Saturday, winning with gold advantages and superior success in securing kills.
UBC’s Office of Information and Privacy has consistently exceeded the legal time limits for fulfilling requests related to the Institute and, at times, requested extravagant fees for requests. UBC must be held accountable for its veil of secrecy.
A night at the opera often involves tragedy, death, politics or a combination of all three. Strauss’ operetta, A Night in Venice, couldn’t be further removed from this image. An operetta — the precursor to the musical — is almost always a comedy.
All of UBC and UBC Okanagan's academic and non-academic discipline reports from 1996-2014 are available online for your perusal. They range from your standard forged medical note to elaborate, ostentatious and sometimes horrifically stupid ideas.
This past Saturday, the UBC Thunderbirds defended their perfect record as they faced off against Capilano RFC tallying yet another win. UBC scored early as Brock Staller was able to capitalize on two penalty kicks giving the 'Birds an early 6-0 lead.
The protesters have three main demands: a greater emphasis on transparency and openness at the Board of Governors level, a proper documentation process of all meetings and sub-committees, and an independent external review of Board practices.
When asked whether he attended yesterday’s meeting, board member David Sidoo responded, “Yes, I was. I was at the phone, on the conference call. Most of us were.” Other board members could not be reached for comment.
The Calendar, in collaboration with UBC’s Arts and Culture district, hosted its first Arts and Culture night, an evening dedicated to celebrating student expression. Performing for over 300 attendees were members of BVP, UBC Slam and UBC Improv.