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UBC student union president impeached—for one day

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Error in vote read­ing changes “Yes” vote from 76% to 71% and fails to get 75% needed to pass

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A Round-by-Round Breakdown of the UBC Insiders/Ubyssey Presidential Debate

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Before the debate begun, Nat­alie had man­aged to rack up a bunch of endorse­ments from media out­lets. Yet Bijan has had the lar­ger face­book group, the smoother cam­paign, and hadn’t been attacked for his per­ceived weak­nesses on tuition\UBC rela­tions. Would there be clash? Would one can­did­ate stick out? The esteemed Alex Lougheed and I were […]

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Campuses as viral political hotbeds

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Stu­dents join groups and pro­fess­ors sign peti­tions against pro­roguing, but whether the momentum can last is questionable.

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“Frathouses evict students” story misses the mark

Thursday, December 31, 2009

UBC stu­dents knew of Olympics dis­place­ment when they signed their contracts

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Botched coup at UBC

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

AMS exec powers neutered over unau­thor­ized UN tuition complaint

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Update on UBC Student Union complaint to the UN

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Emer­gency Coun­cil meet­ing being set up to retract com­plaint, ask AMS Pres­id­ent Blake Fre­d­er­ick to resign

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UBC student union complains to UN about tuition fees

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Yes, you heard that correctly.

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UBC votes to leave CASA—in six months

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Stu­dent execs say they are excited about the pro­spects of a lar­ger lob­by­ing budget

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UBC to decide on CASA membership tonight

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

But will the motion pass? This time, for a vari­ety of reas­ons, the res­ult isn’t certain

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Should colleges teach alternative medicine?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

If someone wants to pay $3,439 for a Inter­grat­ive Energy Heal­ing Prac­ti­tioner Cer­ti­fic­ate, they prob­ably know what they’re get­ting into

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