http://www.geoffcosteloe.com/2009/09/04/ubc-prioritizes-octogenarians-over-student-life/ your #1 source for stuff i think Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geoffcosteloe.com/2009/09/04/ubc-prioritizes-octogenarians-over-student-life/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Mark Mac Lean Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:37:09 +0000 http://www.geoffcosteloe.com/?p=240#comment-11 There is certainly enough potential for the noise at Place Vanier to intrude on this care facility that its proposed location is a poor choice. However, I find the tone of argument you are taking to be insensitive to the needs of the residents of such a hospice. There are plenty of good arguments to be made that don't come across like typical Millienial self-centeredness. "We just wanna party" is far less effective than "1000 junior undergraduates are loud and likely to disrupt the lives of hospice residents on a regular basis." It is fine to represent students' needs as well, but no where do I get the sense that you give a rat's ass about the so-called "Soon-to-be-Dead" (a somewhat insensitive and undignified moniker to be handed by a young whelp at the end of one's life). There is certainly enough potential for the noise at Place Vanier to intrude on this care facility that its proposed location is a poor choice. However, I find the tone of argument you are taking to be insensitive to the needs of the residents of such a hospice. There are plenty of good arguments to be made that don’t come across like typical Millienial self-centeredness. “We just wanna party” is far less effective than “1000 junior undergraduates are loud and likely to disrupt the lives of hospice residents on a regular basis.” It is fine to represent students’ needs as well, but no where do I get the sense that you give a rat’s ass about the so-called “Soon-to-be-Dead” (a somewhat insensitive and undignified moniker to be handed by a young whelp at the end of one’s life).

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