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If you have ever watched a movie in the Norm or listened to live music at Koerner’s, then you have been lucky enough to experience the rich arts and culture on campus. However, most students don’t get a chance to see that due to a lack of support.
On the AMS elections voting site, after you’ve voted for all of the candidates you’ll notice some Tumblr blogs and other websites, mainly dedicated to providing blog-style elections coverage. Most of them are legit.
The AMS is endorsing a yes vote for most of the 2016 referendum questions currently open to students. Others have been more critical. We'll break down what each question means, and how we'll be voting.
This election features two powerhouse women who have given an incredible amount to students on this campus already, and who are capable of giving even more as president. With either candidate, the AMS and the student body would be in good hands.
This is a question that had valid criticisms, which were addressed. That is why it is the only question on this ballot to have been unanimously approved and endorsed by the elected student representatives without a single abstention.
Every year, the AMS finds various bits of its bylaws to change — sometimes small changes, sometimes larger. This year, the AMS has proposed a significant bylaw change that will severely undermine student voices.
Think about it. For the price of a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza, you can support eight human beings to come to the amazing country and university we live and study in. We need to ... commit to long-term support for refugees.
The elections staff this year are lovely — they’re warm, welcoming, friendly and eager to help. They’re also, for the most part, categorically useless at their jobs. How did they get their positions? Who knows.
While we occasionally butted heads over policy, Jenna Omassi was a force of nature. I never failed to be impressed by her intelligence and mastery of both the substance of the issues and how to turn that knowledge into action.
I am already past my mid-20s and still have no idea how to cook. I just naturally don't have the motivation and neither the interest in cooking and food at all. Is there any way to really get me learning something that's plain dull and boring?”
In the “best interests of the university,” I ask that you support the call for an external review of board procedures and structures, and a suspension of the presidential search pending this review. Only then can we learn and move forward.
The UBC Board of Governors (BoG) appears to be ignoring the advice of its own lawyers on the need to assess the investment risks linked to climate change and the transition to low carbon energy systems.
We understand that UBC is under financial pressure and we appreciate the university’s need to make efficient use of its funds. Similarly, we want you to understand that we students are under financial pressure.
Every few weeks, your student government spends a Wednesday night talking about a bunch of things. In most cases, what we talk about won?t affect a students’ day to day activity, but there are always a few tidbits that might interest you.