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Student leaders say campus spirit needs to improve. Can the Blue and Gold Society change things?

7+ hour ago  (735+ words) Building community on campus is not an easy task, AMS VP Student Life (VPSL) Kevin Heieis would tell you. Since 2018, around 60 per cent of students have felt a sense of belonging on campus, according to the AMS's annual Academic Experience…...

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ubyssey. ca > humour > sassy-sage-match-your-freak

Sassy Sage: On finding people to match your freak

6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (169+ words) Selena Sallay with illustrations by Seneesha Ekanayake Sassy Sage is Ubyssey humour's satirical advice column, written by Selena Sallay. You can seek her misinformation disguised as heartfelt counsel by writing to her at advice@ubyssey. ca. Letters will be edited…...

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ubyssey. ca > opinion > the-movie-doesnt-need-to-be-the-book

The movie doesn't need to be the book

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (504+ words) I was struck by "Wuthering Heights's divergence from Bront's novel. But it was clear that it had no intention of being a faithful adaptation. Fiona Pulchny with illustrations by Hannah Cheng Fiona Pulchny (she/her) writes Close Up, a column…...

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ubyssey. ca > culture > united-playerss-network-is-a-good-retelling-of-a-great-story

United Players's Network is a good retelling of a great story

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (398+ words) Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing the United Players of Vancouver's stage version of Network. An adaptation of the 1976 film of the same name, the play was written for the stage by English writer Lee Hall in 2017 and directed…...

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ubyssey. ca > culture > analogue-revolution-documents-feminism-before-the-digital-age

Analogue Revolution documents feminism before the digital age

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (431+ words) As a young girl, my identity was always in a state of negotiation. From discovering my queerness to exploring my politics and religious beliefs, nothing felt straightforward in my early adolescence. There was one thing though that always felt simple,…...

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ubyssey. ca > culture > student-composers-perform-work-school-of-music

Student composers and musicians perform work at School of Music concert

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (189+ words) As part of its composer concert series, the UBC School of Music held a concert at Roy Barnett Recital Hall to spotlight new contemporary works by UBC composition students. The composers presented four original works which varied in instrumentation, technique…...

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ubyssey. ca > humour > vague > sex-lives-stupid-dry

Sex Lives Stupid Dry

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (691+ words) ubyssey. ca You stick a bunch of twenty-somethings into the same oceanfront campus and you probably think they're getting it on. But, truth be told UBC students just aren't having sex these days. Maybe tangles in the sheets feel pointless…...

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ubyssey. ca > culture > moas-explores-life-afterlife-in-ancient-andes

MOA's new exhibition explores life and afterlife in the ancient Andes

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (871+ words) The Ubyssey The entrance to the Museum of Anthropology's latest exhibition, Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision, is flooded with light coming in from the window to the left. The Andean artifacts " mostly clay-painted ceramics " have a view of the sunny pond…...

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ubyssey. ca > sports > womens-soccer-column-defence-03-30-2026

Why does Women's Soccer succeed? It's about the defence

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1314+ words) IN OUR COLUMN ERA// Maia Cesario with illustrations by Ayla Cilliers Maia Cesario (she/her) is The Ubyssey's Women's Soccer Reporter, and she has been covering the team since Sept. 2024. She is a fourth-year student studying Psychology and English Literature....

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ubyssey. ca > humour > vague > ubc-is-expecting

UBC is Expecting!

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (522+ words) It's official: UBC is expecting. After several new construction projects, the odd film set and around 60, 000 students complaining through it all, the university is set to announce something else. And between us, it's of the googoogaga variety. A couple months…...