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Victoria Day Business Hours

By webeditor | Published: May 18, 2011
The following hours of operation will be in effect for the upcoming holiday dates of May 20-23, 2011: The Pit Pub: Friday 12pm-12am; Saturday-Monday CLOSED Burger Bar: Friday 11am-9pm; Saturday-Monday CLOSED Gallery Bar: Friday-Monday CLOSED The Pendulum: Friday 8am-4pm; Saturday-Monday CLOSED Blue Chip: Friday 7am-7pm; Saturday 9am-3:30pm; Sunday 9am-3:30pm; Monday 9am-3:30pm Pie R Squared: Friday [...]
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Online feedback for AMS Sustainability Fund

By webeditor | Published: April 20, 2011
An important part of the successful AMS Referendum earlier this month was establishing an AMS Sustainability Fund. This new Sustainability Fund gives us the opportunity to unite sustainability efforts across campus while taking student engagement to a new and exciting level. With $2.25 per student going towards the fund, we’ll have approximately $92,000 for the [...]
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AMS Referendum Results

By webeditor | Published: March 11, 2011
The following are the results of the 2011 AMS Referendum: Question 1: Bylaws – Housekeeping Changes - This question PASSES - YES: 4937 (~79%) - NO: 1308 (~21%) Question 2: Bylaws – Substantive Changes - This question DOES NOT PASS (fails to meet quorum) - YES: 3334 (~58%) - NO: 2395 (~42%) Question 3: U-Pass [...]
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Worm Composting in the SUB

By webeditor | Published: March 7, 2011
One of the most recent AMS Sustainability initiatives involves using worms to compost food from the Pendulum. The worms are located in our AMS Food and Beverage prep kitchen and are fed with fresh scraps on a daily basis. This pilot project is part of a semester long directed studies SEEDS project in partnership with [...]
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UBC’s Got Talent and United Way!

By webeditor | Published: January 11, 2011
January 11, 2011 For immediate release UBC’s Got Talent and United Way! UBC’s Got Talent highlights musical, dancing, theatrical, spoken word, singing and other performing talents of the UBC community. This an initiative by the Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver, UBC’s student society, with support from the following generous sponsors:  UBC, University Neighbourhood Association [...]
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2011 AMS Elections News

By webeditor | Published: January 10, 2011
Due to unforeseen challenges with the development of the new AMS Elections platform between UBC and the AMS, the Elections Committee has ruled to ask Council to suspend the Elections procedural code requiring Condorcet voting. What this means is that the voting for the AMS Executive positions will be conducted under the “first-past-the-post” style of [...]
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AMS Council Passes Motion on Donation for a Flotilla to Gaza

By webeditor | Published: December 2, 2010
December 2, 2010 The Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS) received a transfer request from the Social Justice Centre (an AMS Resource Group) to Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), which is an AMS Club, to donate $700 for a flotilla to Gaza. Due to complaints that the SJC had not followed its own [...]
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Executives leave approval to AMS Council

By webeditor | Published: November 24, 2010
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) received a transfer request from the Social Justice Centre (an AMS Resource Group) to Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), which is an AMS Club, to donate $700 for a flotilla to Gaza.  Due to complaints that the SJC had not followed its own constitution and since petitions were made [...]
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UBC Students Seeking Rapid Transit Score a Win

By webeditor | Published: November 15, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2010 Vancouver, BC—The Alma Mater Society of University of British Columbia Vancouver (AMS) has achieved a significant win in their campaign for rapid transit down the Broadway Corridor to UBC. The Metro Vancouver board today approved a set of amendments to section 5.1 of their Regional Growth Strategy. As AMS [...]
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UBC Students Launch Campaign for Rapid Transit Now

By webeditor | Published: October 22, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2010 Vancouver, BC— The Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS) has launched an aggressive campaign to express students’ concern about Metro Vancouver’s recommendation to de-prioritize a rapid transit line down the Broadway Corridor to UBC in its Regional Growth Strategy. In a letter submitted to Metro Vancouver today, the [...]
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