Danni Olusanya

I was once told by a friend that I was Superwoman, a girl that no matter how many things she had on her list would always find time to do everything and do it well.

We get it you’re in a relationship. And being in a relationship on Valentine's Day is the perfect time to be acceptably obnoxious without being called out for it by your fellow peers.

At UBC, a second-year graduate student at the Social Justice Institute, Savoy Williams, brought forward an allegation of racial profiling by a security guard, raising questions about the role of policing here in Vancouver. Two years ago, former UBC Thunderbirds football player, Jamiel Moore-Williams was tackled and repeatedly tasered by seven police officers from the Vancouver Police Department for a jaywalking violation. Recently, former Board of Governors Chair Michael Korenberg resigned after receiving backlash for liking anti-Black tweets. Despite this, the Black community at UBC is fighting. Not just for survival or acknowledgement, but the right to thrive: to partake in a freedom that celebrates and foregrounds all Black lives.

But access to the kind of health care BC is renowned for is not a universal experience. People of colour often have to contend with language barriers, cultural assumptions and underlying biases when accessing health care spaces. Going to the doctor is far from a simple task.

You've seen The Shining, you've seen The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but believe me when I say that you can’t even begin to know the true meaning of fear until you have seen UBCs “Legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker.” Have you heard of it? Of course not.

Michel Tremblay’s play, Les Belles-Soeurs, tells the story of 15 women during the Quiet Revolution — a time of great sociopolitical and cultural change that is set against the humdrum backdrop of working class Quebec.

According to Dr. Kin Lo, Sauder's senior associate dean of students, the main reason is the “incompatibility” between Sauder's requirements and students' level of progress and maturity. This problem arises from how the degree is structured.

The President’s Excellence Chairs will be in biodiversity studies, brain health, forest bio-products, global development policy, media studies and precision oncology. The whole program will last for seven years and cost roughly over $22 million.

The Nest’s $68 million dollar construction loan will now be financed by RBC, saving students up to 50 million dollars. The original construction loan would have had students paying a levy for the Nest until 2045.

Despite the fact that it is frankly a terrible idea that will definitely end up in heartbreak and regret, here are four ways to prepare yourself for the inevitable.

According to the Focus on People’s Report brought to the UBCBoard of Governors this past summer, UBC recruits women and minorities at rates on par with the levels at which they are represented in the Canadian population. But examining statistics of those representations, there are discrepancies at the higher levels of UBC administration.

While UBC is now home to over 60,000 students, the campus that we know today is far from what it was 100 years ago. It is this that Sheldon Goldfarb tries to highlight in his book The 100 Year Trek.

Pride Week is returning to UBC this Friday, January 12. Hosted by The Pride Collective, the week-long celebration is culminated under the theme of “Revelry and Resistance” and will take place over several different locations across campus and around Vancouver.

In this season of midterms and essays, the best way to procrastinate is by heading to your cheapest liquor store and then turning on the Winter Olympics.

Before I knew it, I was living the coveted college experience. This short-lived happiness came at a price.