Camille Crowther
University Briefs
September 16, 2013Rape-promoting chant lands UBC Sauder frosh in hot water Just a week after St. Mary’s University in Halifax found themselves in the middle of a nationwide controversy after a rape-condoning frosh chant found its way onto Instagram, a Twitter outing is forcing UBC’s Sauder School of Business to face similar headlines. The UBC version of the chant allegedly goes: “Y-O-U-N-G at UBC we like ‘em young, Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for under age, N is for no consent, G is for go to jail.” According to Commerce Undergraduate Society’s co-chair Jaqueline…
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University Briefs
July 8, 2013Federal government to write-off huge amounts of student debt The federal government is planning huge write-offs in unpaid student loan debt in the 2013-2014 year totalling $175 million. Write-offs are valid in situations like bankruptcy and settlement offers, which are…
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Research Roundup
July 1, 2013Insite leads to fewer ODs, lower HIV rates A prominent figure of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Insite is the first and only legal supervised injection site for drug users in North America, providing drug users with clean syringes, healthcare professionals…
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University Briefs
June 24, 2013McGill researchers look into Maple Spring One year after the protests, a research group at McGill University has been analyzing data from a survey filled out by Montreal university students. The questions centred on last year’s proposed tuition hikes in…
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