While we don’t really know who CANDIDATE NAME is, our best guess is that he has been created by a group of really bored computer science students who know how to use a Markov chain generator, whatever that is, as the creators of the website for CANDIDATE NAME allege.
I had no idea I’d be confronted with student government before 10 a.m. But who am I kidding? It’s AMS elections. Nowhere is safe.
“From the Cult” will be churning out great, important content that I’m sure will truly change the hearts and minds of the voting population, make all the candidates block us on all social media, and have people on Reddit and Facebook comments saying that The Ubyssey sucks and is too much like Buzzfeed.
Though this year is a bit different from times gone by, as the voting period will last a raunchy three weeks period — thanks to not wanting to break the law. That’s a lot of time, so we wondered what other things could happen in that same amount of time. Here’s the skinny.
The AMS has announced the five questions it has put forward and the two questions submitted by petition to be voted on by students in this year’s referenda — and you’ll have the final say when voting is open from March 11 to 15.
Volunteers will collect garbage on campus, and later come together to weigh their bags to see who picked up the most in order to win those sweet Block Party tickets.
A petition has surfaced on change.org to rename the fraternity Kappa Sig to Peppa Pig, created by the account Official UBC Memes.
All you need to do is print off this card and start ticking things off as they happen. The first person to get a line – diagonal, across or down – WINS!
With an especially long campaign period — February 25 to March 15 — and a voting period of a week from March 11 to 15, we better start making sense of all this. The deluge of posters and Facebook events is a sensory overload that few people are able to discern.
While the seagulls make for good listeners and crows for excellent background noise, the real crowd-pleasers are the furry four legged visitors.
I say that as if you haven't had it marked in your calendars since August. With a whole 120 unadulterated academia-free hours, what ever will you do?!
The two pancakes I had covered in just enough maple syrup to be wet sat flaccid on my plate. I took my first bite, and they were better than I expected. I remembered that pancakes make me feel sick after a while, but I kept eating.
The snow has brought excitement, cancellation of classes and childish glee to UBC, and what better way to celebrate that than by making all sorts of snowpeople across campus such as this incredible replica of Santa Ono himself.
Whether you've got a Valentine or not, there's no excuse not to kiss some ass this Valentine's Day.
Buy your tickets home and get that summer job lined up, because the end of the academic year just got a little more clear.