Guide to UBC 2021/22

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Find The Ubyssey’s Office Write for The Ubyssey Do what you love Join the club with the least (or most) discernible culty vibes Vandalize the Cairn Polar Bear Swim on LDOC Gorge on Blue Chip Cookies Have an out-of-body experience at the Nitobe Memorial Garden Go to the Pit and immediately leave Vote in the AMS Elections Discover Santa Ono’s salary Write a paper shitfaced Storm the Wall Fall in love Fall out of love Bitterly divide up your friends Become a Residence Advisor, Orientation Leader and/or Student Ambassador (if you do all three, we will bully you in awe!) Make friends with the portraits in that bougie section of IKB — you know the one Avoid the Halloween Pub Crawl at all costs Buy an overpriced sweater from the bookstore to let everyone know you’re in first year Get your organization a mean nickname from a prof (e.g. “The Vilest Rag West of Blanca”) Stop and smell the roses (in the Rose Garden) Avoid saying the Arts cheer during Jump Start/make up a better Arts chant Get your legs pumping on that weird outdoor swing across from Buchanan A Take a nap in the stained red armchairs in the easternmost part of the Nest Order 6 hashbrowns from Tim Hortons to ‘show off ’ to everyone else in line Sneak koi fish into the UBC fountain and run away as fast

and far as you can 28. Learn about water chemistry in CHEM 115 and sneak the fish back out of the fountain 29. Stay in the Nest long enough to see the fencing and/or dance clubs practice out in the open 30. Acquire Blundstones and a mason jar full of hemp hearts, berries and sawdust to pose as a forestry student so you can sit inside the forestry building 31. Lose your shower sandals, wear socks instead 32. Rank every single turkey brie sandwich on campus 33. Join a frat just to ask why anyone would join a frat 34. Fall off the climbing wall in The Aviary and never return 35. Linger outside the UBC skatepark with a tech deck 36. Design a giant saddle for the whale skeleton 37. Go to the Botanical Gardens 38. Adopt a campus squirrel à la Stuart Little 39. Get lost in the Rose Garden Parkade and make peace with your fate 40. Follow a siren song to Wreck Beach 41. Discover the siren is a naked 47-year-old man named Jerry 42. Steal from the dining halls 43. Permanently borrow a JUUL from your philosophy prof 44. Go to that one cliff (you’ll figure it out) 45. Switch majors 46. Switch majors again 47. This one’s alright, I guess 48. Go clubbing and run into your mom’s friends 49. Get kicked out of an on-campus coffee shop for studying too hard 50. Create a new drinking game 51. Watch a sunset from the 18th f loor of Orchard Commons 52. Avoid dropping your phone out the window to get a picture


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How to get involved

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pages 105-108

Using drugs consciously

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pages 101-103

Keeping safe from illicit drugs

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page 100

Weed and where to get it

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page 99

Drinking consciously

3min
page 94

Sexual health 101

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pages 95-96

Consent

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pages 97-98

Best bars in the area

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page 93

Drinking on the cheap

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page 92

Are you a true Vancouverite?

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pages 90-91

Cheap eats vs. best eats in Vancouver

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pages 88-89

Outdoor attractions

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page 87

Navigating transit and U-Pass

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page 86

Vancouver attractions

2min
pages 82-83

Neighbourhood highlights

2min
pages 84-85

Legal resources

2min
pages 79-81

Grad student resources

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page 78

Queer student resources

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page 77

Indigenous student resources

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page 76

International student resources

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page 75

Accessibility resources

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page 74

Essential apps for students

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page 70

103 things to do at UBC

5min
pages 68-69

COVID-19

2min
page 71

Finding your community at UBC

1min
page 66

Returning to campus in a pandemic

1min
pages 72-73

International student experience

2min
page 65

Resumes and cover letters

3min
pages 63-64

Balancing work and school

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page 62

Budgeting

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page 59

Navigating health insurance

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page 58

Financial resources

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page 60

Student employment

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page 61

Mental health

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page 57

Staying healthy

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page 56

Getting around UBC and Vancouver

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pages 52-55

Roommates

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page 48

Campus eats

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pages 50-51

Greek life

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page 47

Exploring your sexuality

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page 49

Navigating off-campus housing

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page 46

Wisdom on living in residence

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page 41

Dorm essentials

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page 40

Campus traditions

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pages 38-39

Clubs at UBC

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pages 35-37

The Thunderbirds

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page 34

University governance

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page 30

Campus attractions

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pages 28-29

The Alma Mater Society (AMS

1min
pages 31-33

A brief history of UBC’s campus

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pages 26-27

The Panellists

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pages 8-9

A guide to studying effectively

2min
pages 21-23

Professors and TAs

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page 12

The basics

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pages 10-11

Hybrid learning

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page 13

From high school to university

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page 20

Learning beyond the classroom

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page 19

Academic resources

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