This piece in opposition to the proposed $500 Commerce fee was written by Adrian Pape, an undergraduate student in commerce.
The point to this counterpoint can be found here.
Problems with the CUS Referendum
1. “Building fee” or “student fee”: call it what you want, this fee has already been rejected by the provincial government. […]
What exciting times we live in! The CUS this week has a referendum before their members to decide on a $500 fee to support the construction of Phase II of the Henry Angus building. This is one half of a point-counterpoint on the subject. This was written by Laura Silvester, outgoing CUS president.
For the counterpoint […]
With impeccable timing, the AMS chose the last Friday of the reading break to post a press release regarding allegations of voting irregularities in the last round of AMS elections. Due to the complete absence of details in the press release and the high potential for scandal, there has been quite a bit of speculation […]
Avid readers of this blog may recall a post from last summer entitled: “Did The Killers Kill the Liquor at Thunderbird Arena?”
The original post should be read in its entirety, but if you’re too lazy the synopsis is that in July 2009, UBC Athletics put an application forward to amend the liquor licence at […]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Rabi Sun, the man behind the much-beloved Portraits of UBC project, and the Just Shoot Me blog was kind enough to help out UBC Insiders with some debate photography last week. This is a huge step up for us, as it means not only are the pictures in focus (something we struggle with), they are […]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 This is an opinion piece by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007–2008; AMS Councilor 2006–2008; Former Hack, less so now.
[Cup of salt: I know both Chu and Frederick, but only in passing. I have spoken to both but have never spent any extended amount of time with either.]
Let me be clear: This is not […]
The following is a guest post by Bowinn Ma, EUS President 2007–2008; AMS Councilor 2006–2008; Former Hack, less so now.
We also took photos so don’t quit before the end of this post!
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Couldn’t attend the debate?
The Ubyssey held a liveblog, as did The UBC Spectator.
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Presidential Race
Natalie Swift
Bijan Ahmadian
Sean Kim
Pak Ho Leung
[Salt warning: I personally endorse […]
These are the last two referenda that need to be covered for this year’s elections. They’ll be covered together because they are relatively straightforward so there is not a whole lot to say.
Indexing AMS Fees to CPI
By not having their fees indexed, the AMS is losing money year over year as the value of the […]
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UBC Insiders Analysis
Click here to skip to profiles of the candidates in this race.
The President is the visionary and leader of the AMS. In the most fundamental sense, the job of the AMS President is to ensure the organization is fulfilling its mandate. This mandate is a set of eleven objectives which can be found […]
Saturday, January 23, 2010 As per UBC Insiders tradition, we asked this year’s president to make some endorsements. As Blake cannot due to slate rules, this is a guest post by Mike Duncan, the illustrious president of the AMS in 2008-09, and current Board member.
If you know me, you know that I care deeply for this school and for […]
