February 03, 2025 Monday

The Walter C. Koerner Library — a green, glass rectangular building — on a snowy day in November 2022.

PSA: All in-person learning activities cancelled February 3

According to a UBC weather advisory, students should look for communication from instructors about whether other arrangements will be made like the class moving online.

Aisha Chaudhry Opinion February 2

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2024/25 interim AMS services report sees across-the-board uptick

The AMS released the 2024/25 interim student services report, which shows increase usage of nearly all services.

Annabelle Katz

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Zarifa Nawar wins VP AUA by‑election

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AMS Council approves and appoints new position to Elections Committee

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Students unable to vote in AMS VP AUA by-election

Culture

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January 29

Dr. Morna Edmundson CM appointed to the Order of Canada for extraordinary contributions to the Canadian choral scene

Dr. Morna Edmundson CM co-founded the treble-voice choir Elektra in 1987 alongside the late Dr. Diane Loomer CM because, in the world of choral music, women’s ensembles were once consistently considered secondary to men’s.

Stella Griffin

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Nosh Hunt: For all the gluten-free readers

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Is the bomb really ‘the bomb’?

The outside of BC Place lit up in purple, with a large friendship bracelet draped over it reading "Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour."

'What if I told you I'm a mastermind?'

Features

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January 28

Tradition: Catching the flight

I have a tradition I keep for myself: catching flights between two lives.

Srijaa Chatterjee, Illustrations by Emilia Onar

An illustration of two silhouettes sitting under a Christmas tree through a window. The star on the top of the tree illuminates the room in yellow and the tree is decorated in red ornaments.

Tradition: Abbi and our dopey Christmas tree

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Tradition: Silent threads of home

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Dr. Rosemary Ommer casts a line to fisheries and coastal communities

Opinion

February 2

PSA: All in-person learning activities cancelled February 3

According to a UBC weather advisory, students should look for communication from instructors about whether other arrangements will be made like the class moving online.

Aisha Chaudhry

The Ubyssey’s guide to the 2025 AMS VP AUA by-election candidates

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Opinion: We should ditch final exams in favour of papers and projects

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The Ubyssey is hiring opinion columnists

Humour

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January 24

A very new year ha-roscope

New year, new you!

Elita Menezes

The impulse add/drop: A four-part saga

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Official finals season weather forecast

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How to ditch indie shit-men and find yourself a Hallmark HUNK

Science

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January 30

Super-black wood: How UBC researchers created Nxylon

Imagine sitting in the movie theatre, enveloped in complete darkness. The walls absorb every speck of light, immersing you fully in the cinematic experience. This sensory journey may soon be made possible by Nxylon (pronounced niks-a-lawn), a new material created by researchers from the Faculty of Forestry that absorbs over 99 per cent of visible light.

Stuti Sheth