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"Dear Natalie, I feel dumb asking this, but here it goes: how do I deal with my family?"
Every few weeks, your student government spends a Wednesday night meeting talking about a bunch of things.
Here?s what to watch out for in the upcoming AMS Council meeting on July 8, 2015:
I’m stuck alone in a city that I’m slowly beginning to hate because everything in my life sucks and I’m alone. Any advice?
In most cases, what we talk about won’t affect a student's day-to-day activity, but there are always a few tidbits that might interest you.
You made a promise. It does take a great deal of commitment to follow through with this promise and in this case, you have not.
Armageddon has been predicted for UBC Thunderbirds, but it has yet to arrive.
The Board is effectively saying, "We can’t be more transparent because we planned, drafted and signed agreements preventing us from being more transparent." There needs to be more accountability when the leader of a public university resigns.
This round of code changes to AMS executive duties will hopefully make them more in line with what the Execs actually do, and what we want them to be doing.
There has been a lot of discussion on whether rape culture can be battled with humour, but we can all agree that this was completely inappropriate.
The UBC Board of Governors is clearly out of its depth and failing in its responsibility to provide transparent and accountable governance.
If student politicians were more concerned with taking a stand for their constituents than being able to quietly voice concerns at private meetings, perhaps we might see some real pressure for change.
Uber is reliable, inexpensive and the future of private transportation.
Uber is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad company, and the AMS should waste not an iota of its limited resources promoting their interests.