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Headlines for Hacks – June 2010

It’s been a bit quiet around Insiders lately: writ­ing long posts take work, and we’d rather be enjoy­ing the sun­shine. But that doesn’t mean things have stopped hap­pen­ing. Make sure to check out AMS Confidential’s News for N00bs for the latest news (and lulz!); rather than over­lap, we’ll come up with our own allit­er­at­ive title […]

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Policy 116: Coca-Cola and the Freedom of UBC’s Information

Back in Janu­ary, UBC Insiders broke a story about email vot­ing by the Board of Gov­ernors. At the time, we inten­ded to actu­ally go into the board policies that were involved. Life and AMS elec­tions got in the way. Hubert Lai, Uni­ver­sity Coun­sel (ie. UBC’s law­yer), gave an inter­view about Policy 116: Com­mer­cial Agree­ments Initiated […]

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Summer News Recap

Happy First Week all. Here’s what happened while you were out.
On Cam­pus
The Stu­dent Board of Gov­ernors rep­res­ent­at­ives turned over. Tim Blair bids farewell, as Michael Duncan takes his place. Bijan Ahma­dian and Alex­an­dra Cald­well (UBC-O) were re-elected for their respect­ive second terms.
The Uni­ver­sity approved a plan to in-fill Totem res­id­ence. This was met with sur­prise and glee from […]

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UBC Tuition Increases! Thanks Again, Bijan

When Mr. Bijan Ahma­dian was cam­paign­ing for his re-election to the Board of Gov­ernors, people who opposed his can­did­acy argued that Bijan was noth­ing more than a pup­pet of the admin­is­tra­tion. Bijan’s sup­port­ers were very skep­tical of this claim. …

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