If you liked Terry Talks then you are going to love Terry’s next big event: Terry Tales!
This is your chance to meet and talk with like minded students about issues that matter to you. Think of it as a mini-Terry Talks. Each student comes with a 5 minute story in min about whatever topic they like. Everyone’s name is put into a hat and the names that come out get to tell their story to the group.
Its a great chance to meet new people, share ideas, and be inspired!
Terry Tales …

So I just received an e-mail from UBC asking me to fill out a survey on tuition. There are three questions and they read as follows:

To what extent will the proposed 2% tuition increase ($88.59 on a base Arts/Science tuition) be an impediment to you continuing your studies at UBC?
Your tuition currently pays for 28%-30% of the operating costs of your UBC education. A government grant and investment income pays the balance. Choose one of the following to rate this 28%-30%:
What is the most important thing for UBC to invest …

Are you going to the Student Leadership Conference this year? Its on January 9th and all of the information is available on how to attend at the SLC homepage. This years keynote speaker is Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire. I would highly recommend registering to attend the well recognized event! you can get all the necessary information on the SLC Homepage.
If you are attending (and here comes the shameless plug) I’m running two sessions that day that you might think about signing up for. They first is ‘Finding Your Element’ where …

I thought I would be an egotistical bastard and post up some papers I wrote this year for one of my all time favorite classes: POLI 310 – Parliament and Party: The Strategy of Politics. If you are in poli-sci you must take this course. I really liked writing the papers as a lot of the game theory concepts are parallel to evolutionary biology models.
Charles Tupper: A Measure of Patience
Stephen Harper: A James Dean for the 21st Century (based of of this editorial by Andrew Steele)
Comments and debate on them …

So where do we stand after Wednesday’s council meeting. Lets first look at what we have learned and move on to what what will happen in the coming days. I’m feeling very much like Alice today and so this post is influenced by Carrol’s fantasy world, one of my favourite books.
Where we stand
Now, I give you fair warning, either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time! Take your choice! – The Queen from Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland
I believe that there is little …

Well it sure has been a crazy 48 hours. That’s the biggest reason that I haven’t written one of these already. I wanted to take some time to let things filter out and crystallize a bit. Haste makes waste they say. That and throughout the whole process all I found myself wanting nothing more than a drink. Not the best mindset to be in when you have to weigh in on an issue such as this. But I believe I’m ready now to say what I think needs to be …

After seeing the Agenda for this month’s Senate meeting I thought I would post it up for everyone to see what Senate does on a month to month basis. I’ve included a little background on each item that I think is significant. If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
THE THIRD REGULAR MEETING OF THE VANCOUVER SENATE FOR THE 2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR – WEDNESDAY NOV. 18 7:00pm ROOM 182 IRVING K. BARBER

Minutes from the Meeting of October 14, 2009

Business Arising from Minutes

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A proposal went though recently to put a hospice on campus. This seems like a great way for UBC to make some extra coin on some of the campuses unused land. Problem though – one of the proposed sites for the hospice is behind St. John’s College – right next to first year residence Place Vanier (check out the proposed site here and the rest of them here). Obviously, PPPAC (the group with the responsibility to vet many of the incoming proposals) don’t have their heads screwed on straight.
Putting an …

Dear Terryverse,
If you have been following Terry for the past little while you will know that come this September, UBC MIX will be ushering in its first partnership between Science One Biology and History 104.

In order to help facilitate this partnership, we will be hiring a Graduate Academic Assistant for first semester. The involved work would be about 25 hours over first semester and would include marking of integrated assignments, curriculum development, and preparing a final report on the (inevitable) successes of the pilot.
Interested applicants should send an e-mail to …

I’m pleased to announce UBC MIX’s first partnership: Science One Biology and HIST 104!

This partnership is a great one and the faculty involved are certainly diving into it head first.

There are several components to this partnership. I’m going to go ahead and outline what the plan is.