Spooky season is here friends, but there are some things on campus that are spooky all year long. So, in the spirit of Halloween (pun intended), here are some phenomena that occur on campus without an expiration date that I am absolutely terrified of.
Please! I have all the skills of an ethnographic sociology student to do a deep psychoanalysis of you based on your seating choice in lecture — and before you start doubting my capabilities, yes, I have taken a single psychology class.
If you liked any of these ideas I hope you are full of thanks for me. I am full of thanks for me. Happy thanksgiving.
Vancouver is taking to the streets for the Global Climate Strike tomorrow, 27 September, and UBC – or at least parts of UBC – is standing in solidarity.
A new local celebrity in the making, Birb is going down in UBC history as more than just an ordinary seagull.
You need your least favourite dark grey hoodie and make sure you keep the hood on and hunch a little. Shove your hands into your pockets as well. You want to look as dignified as possible.
On Friday, September 6, UBC hosted UBC Pride which featured resource booths, activities and performances. Before the event took place, many UBC community members expressed cynicism, considering the university’s recent track record with the LGBTQIA2S+ community. We sent a few writers to attend the events and share their thoughts.
Reassess your battle plans and holster your iClickers, UBC, because on September 5 at 10 a.m., we are collectively storming the UBC Bookstore, because, “they can’t stop us all.”
Are you running out of things to keep yourself busy this summer and need a hit-list of things to do so you don’t collapse and crumble under the weight of your boredom?
Co-chairs Neema Rimber and Maddy Schulte helped lead a diverse team of students to deliver this year's student leadership conference.
This would allow the user to remotely send in iClicker responses and potentially skip lectures and still acquire participation points and/or quiz points.
There’s a sense of comfort in knowing that public bathrooms form such a significant part of our existence.
The much-awaited annual Storm the Wall is here, and if you’re not hyped, then what are you even doing here? The first time I heard about Storm the Wall, I wondered: what is the verb ‘storm’ and what does it mean?
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 wonder why my friends hesitate to say ‘no,’ or why they think respectful men are not attractive or exciting enough. I wonder why my friends have to constantly reiterate who they are to people they barely know, just to feel a little bit safer in their non-binary bodies.