I think I felt like that once, excited to walk around in the rain for an hour, huddled on narrow cement walkways while I watched real university students hustle through dirt pathways carved by years of academic feet. But now, in my rain-soaked shoes seven years into my degree I can barely remember my parents.
By now, most of campus is probably aware of the beauty that is the dogspots.ubc account run by Jack Liu. It’s an iconic instagram account and a treasure of our time. If you want to dive deeper into your love of UBC canines, here are 10 floofers to enjoy.
The only way to make it through the rest of term is to change your mindset from “rain is the absolute worst” to “rain is definitely a lot of fun!” Here are some ideas to get you started.
For a lot of people, this dreary weather makes it a bit harder to get through the day. Here are some tips for getting through it.
As things escalate, you engage in "the walk to class along Main Mall." This becomes complicated when you belong to different faculties, but there is always "the sunset stroll along Wreck Beach" or "the meander in Nitobe Garden." On a special occasion, you meet for a classy dinner at The Point or Mercante, inevitably followed by Rain or Shine for dessert.
Our walls our littered with trophies proclaiming our excellence in the field of journalism. With this in mind, we would like to present you with our latest, earth shattering article – Buchanan’s ranked best to worst
Maybe you could spend time watching those videos and learning how to code, but what’s even better is impressing your computer science prof with your Adobe Premiere Pro skills.
Have you ever associated a colour with a number? Look up why. Figure out that maybe you have synaesthesia. Look up what synaesthesia is. Go down a Wikipedia hole of famous synaesthetes. Now you’re an expert on it. How fun is that?
If you doodle, draw and can navigate Photoshop or Illustrator, we’d love to have you on our editorial. We’re looking for someone with visual verve to oversee the illustrations The Ubyssey pitches and publishes.
A swim couldn’t be counted if it didn’t last for at least a minute and if my head wasn’t submerged for half that time. Any onlooker would have had good reason to view my frantic splashing and yelps of pain as someone in serious need of a lifeguard.
She is being honoured not only because of her groundbreaking performance as sexually independent PR agent, but also because of her "informed activism on important social issues associated with gender, sexuality, and identity."
That’s a green caterpillar called a cankerworm. Keep your eyes peeled for them — you don’t want them ending up in your hair, face or mouth. We don’t mind if you do the limbo.
Welcome to midterm season — which if you’re a first year, or just very unfortunate, ends around the time of your first final exam. Every UBC student is familiar with the beginning of the never-ending avalanche of written assignments, practice exams and Crash Course emails.
To get the ice cream you’ll need to do a quick goal setting activity
“No safe space for the FAR RIGHT,” read the posters. “Join Gritty in the fight against racism, colonialism, capitalism and all forms of oppression!”