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Ten-year-old Sarah, with her distinct Northern London accent, would hardly have imagined herself at UBC, growing and challenging her mind, immersing herself in social justice activism on campus and racing to find a chair at IKB.
The idea of a Black Collegia was but a single bullet in the six-page-long BSU co-president transition document, but we took it to heart.
There is power behind the name / The unspoken strength
The throughline in Rogers’ interview with The Ubyssey was student participation at Council, and why and how he’ll make Council a safe space for public discourse.
Whenever I go home, I visit a bench overlooking the river valley. It’s one of my favourite spots in Edmonton. The city, and the memories it contains, spread out in a panorama.
Move over Rice Purity Test. It's UBC's time to shine.
The vibrators, condoms and cock rings at your local sex toy store are here for a good time and a long time. But that’s not as fun as it sounds. How can a sex toy be biodegradable, durable and hygienic?
Dating in university is definitely not the romanticized image I had in my mind — the closest I’ve come to a loving relationship here is a grand two-week “situationship.”
Why would I try for a future that would make me unhappy?
Print media allowed 2SLGBTQIA+ people to communicate efficiently and anonymously, sometimes hiding in plain sight when it would have been dangerous — or illegal — to be out. UBC's Queer Collections Project aims to make this media accessible to students.
For me, and so many others, sex scenes in movies acted as our sex education.
I thought my first time would feel natural. I thought everything would be smooth and painless and perfect. Never have I ever been so wrong.
I had no idea what the word “gay” meant until I saw the third episode of Glee.
I figured I’d gotten a decent sexual education in high school. But it’s possible there were some oversights.