Orientation Leader recruitment begins
Student Life is currently looking for UFV students to volunteer to be Orientation leaders this September. O-leaders, after being trained, help new students find their way around campus. The role may be best suited to students with an interest in volunteer opportunities on campus, as well as those who enjoy leading activities. It may also suit those interested in a free shirt.
Annual Career Fair results in mixed reactions
Similar to the years before, not a lot was noticeably different. The layout was the same, with aisles of different company concessions, which allowed for quick mini-information sessions, the ultimate purpose of the event.
Mi CASA es su CASA
As Student Union Society (SUS) candidates discussed a variety of student-related issues in the recent all-candidates meetings during SUS elections campaign which ended last week, a topic that continually resurfaced was that of SUS’s affiliation with the higher education advocacy group, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA). But what is this group, and why is SUS’s membership a contentious issue among SUS board members?
UFV student speaks out for animal welfare
Rather than being a pushy protest group, Lauren Hannem, who founded the Protection of Animal Well-Being by Students (PAWS) group on campus, has made an effort to ensure that PAWS is an organization with the goal of informing students about animal issues.
Supporting UFV athletics could get costly: SUS and Athletics Department to hold referendum on fee increase
For a full time fourth year student paying $2398 in tuition, that fee would be close to $72. That would make the Activity and Wellness fee larger than the U-Pass fee, the SUS fee, and the SUS building fee. For international students, the price would be even higher, as the fee is based on percentage of tuition.
Conference on equality on its way to becoming an annual event
The second annual Advocates for Equality Leadership Conference took place at U-House this past Friday evening and Saturday. Hosted by Student Life, the conference focused on cultural diversity, racism and self-awareness.
“What Can I Do with My Arts Degree?” event highlights career possibilities
It’s a question that all arts students have asked themselves. No one wants to be waiting tables while an English literature degree hangs on their wall. The variety of possible arts careers, however, often leaves students feeling overwhelmed. This confusion is what prompted the February 29 event.
Start the bus, UFV!
An Abbotsford-Chilliwack connector bus could become a reality if the candidates for VP east have their way.
CIVL Radio rolls out into the community
CIVL Radio has been working towards a stronger visual presence in the Abbotsford community in the form of advertisements on the side of three Trans-Link buses in Abbotsford and an application for a permanent broadcasting license.
Prospective SUS reps tackle student indifference
The hot button issue of student apathy once again took centre stage at last Wednesday’s Student Union Society (SUS) election’s all-candidates meeting, where hopeful SUS representatives offered a variety of solutions to this endemic problem facing an expanding and decentralized university.
Stickland alleges Beer and Beck campaign poster violates election rules
A new campaign poster for SUS candidates Marin Beck and Celina Beer is attracting some controversy over allegations that it violates a section of the UFV student union society governing manual.
Can evolution and faith co-exist?
The Biology and Chemistry Student Association hosted a talk last Friday with Dr. Barbara Moon, a biology professor here at UFV that began with her stating that in contrast to Richard Dawkins’ views, there doesn’t need to be a conflict between evolution and faith.
Is Canada pro-choice?
John Sutherland at a speech entitled “Canada Isn’t Pro-Choice: Why I Wish it Was,” hosted by UFV’s Life Link on February 21, attempted to shed some light on the heated abortion debate.
Tension rises in Iran and North Korea
“Iran like any society is a multi-tiered society,” said UFV Political Science professor Ron Dart of Iran’s Nuclear program. “There’s always the dilemma in politics – in how you defend yourself. There’s always the rhetoric, and there’s always the possibility. Whether [an Iranian nuclear program] is a reality is another thing entirely.”
Students take an interest in Senate
Every year Senate elects four students to serve on Senate as Student Representatives. Once elected to Senate these students are given the opportunity to have their comments and discussions held on equal ground with the President, Deans, faculty, and staff members of UFV.
Students from Mauritius flocking to UFV
UFV is proving to be a great education destination for a number of Mauritian students as more and more come to Abbotsford.
UFV’s Continuing Studies program plants seeds in Abbotsford’s thriving city centre
The UFV Clearbrook centre is 15,000 square feet of classroom, office, and meeting space located on the bottom floor of the Clearbrook library. The new setting boasts an additional 5000 square feet over the 35-year-old program’s former host, the Marshall annex.
WTF campaign for greater post-secondary funding makes Valentine’s Day visit to Victoria
The WTF (Where’s The Funding?) campaign, an independent collective of student unions from across the province with the goal of promoting the issue of student funding took to the back steps of BC’s parliament building as BC’s first legislative session resumed for the 2012 year.
UFV students embrace restorative justice in Abbotsford
UFV students are becoming more involved in the community as role models and mentors in the recently established Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy Association (ARJAA). Set up in 2000 by a group of citizens and community leaders, the ARJAA was incorporated as a non-profit society in 2001. The ARJAA serves as a Community Accountability Program under the BC Ministry of Public Safety and the Solicitor General. Their mentoring program was established in 2007.
BC Liberals visit with UFV trades students
Advanced Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto recently visited the Riverse Dining Room in Chilliwack Trades and Technology Centre. The event was also attended by the Agriculture Minister Don McRae and MLA John Les. They were there to meet with trades students and discuss various aspects of education, from funding to barriers of entry to such programs.
Human rights and the “War on Terror”
The Faculty and Staff Association (Human Rights & International Solidarity) and the Race & Antiracism Network (RAN) sponsored the lecture “Human Rights and the ‘War on Terror’” January 30 at UFV’s Abbotsford campus. Presenter, Dr. Sunera Thobani, Associate Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies at UBC spoke on the topic of “Imperialism, Feminism and the ‘War on Terror’.” Ron Dart, a faculty member in UFV’s department of Political Science presented on the topic of “Human Rights, Terrorism and the American Empire: The Double Hook.”
Student Union Society restructures executive positions
While the changes that were voted on at the UFV Student Union Society’s (SUS) Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) won’t be implemented until the new fiscal year that begins April 1, the 15-person quorum voted on a host of different motions on January 30 that will apply to the new board that commences this spring. According to Carlos Vidal, SUS president, the main issue that was addressed during the meeting was responding to how the SUS is changing and growing.
UFV Zombie outbreak traced to U-House
The event, aptly titled “Humans versus Zombies” on Facebook by its creators, was organized by UFV student Jonathan Bayrock, and UFV Student Life Programmer Martin Kelly. “We had somewhere between 44 and 60 people come out to play,” said Bayrock about the event.
Wikipedia in academia
The problems with Wikipedia are inherent. The information can be falsified or changed if an article is new, or if many users mob the site to overwhelm the truth. Perhaps best proven true a few years ago on the Colbert Report regarding ‘wikiality’, “together we can create a reality that we all agree on—the reality we just agreed on.” But arguably there remain many positive aspects of the site.
