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editor’s note t ’s hard to summarize a year in a Ireally few hundred words — so I won’t try. Instead we’ve given you

an entire issue that tries to span what this weird, wonderful year was. Much like everything we’ve done this year, these 16 pages were born out of a labour of love, but certainly aren’t perfect.

Even after 100 years — oh, you didn’t hear, we turned 100 this year?

— we haven’t nailed it, nor will we likely ever. But I am so unbelievably proud of the roster of people whose photos you see below this note and whose names you see to the right.

Through early-morning copyediting, late-night study sessions, breaking news and months-long features investigations, tears leaking out of our eyes at any given opportunity and bouts of uncontrollable laughter, we have been one team, one fight.

I hope that we’ve infused some of this (chaotic) energy into our work this year, and done this campus justice by reporting on student issues, fostering accountability, holding power to account and telling stories that wouldn’t have otherwise been heard. We can’t say that we always nailed it, but we can say that

we worked hard and we cared (a bit too much).

Speaking of working hard, we’d like to thank our tireless staff: without them, we would be nothing.

Whether they volunteered once or wrote a hundred pieces, they are the backbone of this paper. We merely curated their work for you while yelling at each other about our lives in closed-door conference rooms.

Cheers to the first rough draft of history, Samantha McCabe

samantha “chaotic energy” mccabe

zak “death.jpg” vescera

alex “raccoon hands” nguyen

marina “the sweetheart” mcduff

tristan “needs a haircut” wheeler

james “daddy dishes” vogl

moira “honestly, moira” wyton

ella “the coordinator” chan

liz “every day I risk my life” wang

bridget “red bull” chase

lucy “sports sports sports” fox

claire “the literate one” lloyd

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EDITORIAL

Pawan Minhas, Zubair hirji, Jack Yuan, Emma Livingstone, Jane Procyshyn, Matt asuncion, olivia Johnson, candice Lipski, Marissa Birnie, Rolando hinojosa, Lua Presidio, saloScience Editor mon Micko Benrimoh, chiJames Vogl medum ohaegbu, Ryan science@ubyssey.ca neale, hannah Feodorov, angela o’Donnell, cat Photo Editor hartt Towle, Johann cooper, Jack Lamming, KrisElizabeth Wang tine ho, clare skillman, photos@ubyssey.ca Zainab Fatima, Iain coates, charlotte alben, Riya Talitha, Tait Gamble, chelFeatures Editor sea Dumasal, Joshua azizi, Moira Wyton sammy smart, Danni olufeatures@ubyssey.ca sanya, shamit Rahman, Divija Madhani, Moe Kirkpatrick, Daphnée Lévesque, Illustrations Coordinator Benoit Dupras, sonia Ella Chan Kung, scott Young, Eve illustrations@ubyssey.ca o’Dea, andrew ha, anupriya Dasgupta, aki ota, amy shandro, henry anderson, Micah Killjoy, sonia Pathak, Maged, Brendan smith, Mitchell Ballachay,

Coordinating Editor Opinion + Blog Editor Samantha McCabe Tristan Wheeler coordinating@ubyssey.ca opinion@ubyssey.ca Visuals Editor Claire Lloyd visuals@ubyssey.ca News Editors Alex Nguyen & Zak Vescera news@ubyssey.ca Culture Editor Bridget Chase culture@ubyssey.ca Sports + Rec Editor Lucy Fox sports@ubyssey.ca Video Producer Marina McDuff video@ubyssey.ca

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thank you to all our contributors Ryan Neale Sherwyn Kalyan Scott Young Diana Hong Brendan Smith Salomon Micko Benrimoh Angela O’Donnell Mitchell Ballachay Emma Livingstone Vikram Parahoo Daniel Li Ella Chan Lua Presidio Jack Yuan Saman Shariati Ileana Soza Natalie Morris Rolando Hinojosa Marissa Birnie Pawan Minhas Brandon Wei Olamide Olaniyan Charlotte Alden Andrew Ha Henry Anderson Thea Udwadia Sonia Pathak Sarah Zhao Benoit Dupras Bailey Martens Kevin Jiang Aidan Jefferson Zainab Fatima Maneevak Bajaj Eashan Halbe Oliver Zhang Joshua Azizi Sammy Smart Garima Singh Ben Mussett Rithikha Rajamohan Yunji Hwang Faiz Vagh Riya Talitha Katie Vogler Hannah Kruse Alastair Spriggs Marisa Ortiz Paige Mayo Grace Nie Allison Barn Mario Salazar Sara Flamer Victoria Ranea Jaanam Jaswani Ainsleigh Hill Jane Procyshyn Samantha Peng Rumneek Johal Dalya Al Masri David Nixon Lawrence Ge Vicky Huang Arshiya Malik Megan McEvoy Benjamin Ngo Erin Lee Olivia Johnson Andrew Sandfort-Marchese Darby Lynch Cassandra Betts Shakti Ramkumar Zachary Kourgialis Jenny Chantrakool Helen Zhou Nicola Braun Jack Willis Braydon Black Emily Paterson Isabelle Ava-Pointon Ali Haghani

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the best of our campus

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by moira wyton

Photo graham mcDowell/art claire lloyD

dr. david boyd

Boyd, an associate professor of law, policy and sustainability in the UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, was appointed as the second-ever United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and the environment — a five-year position he began in August.

by aleX ngUyen

by moira wyton

elizabeth wang

dr. ben cheung

erin fields

Cheung created Bagels with Ben, an initiative where he invites students from his classes to eat bagels each week and talk about life in a casual, low-stakes environment outside of class time.

Elevating the voices and perspectives that knowledge structures have ignored and marginalized is central to Fields’s work as a liaison librarian for the humanities and social sciences at the UBC Library, where she focuses on gender, race, sexuality and social justice topics.

by aleX ngUyen anD zak Vescera

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dr. jo-ann archibald The inclusion of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives became a singular focus for Archibald over her 45-year career — in her teacher education assignments, in her development of K-12 curriculum and in her research and work at UBC.

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by samantha mccabe

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abdulrahman alnaar Whether it’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, the now-reversed proposed cuts to the Sexual Assault Support Centre or historic tuition increases, Alnaar kept his cool as the former speaker of AMS Council.

coUrtesy Jamie mccaslanD

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the top stories of the year

aug 30

marina mcDUff

qeqən house posts video gives tour of Musqueam house posts on campus marina mcduff

shaVonne yU

sept 14

wildfire smoke will continue to lower summer air quality unless policies changes rithiKha raJamohan and clare sKillman

sept 17

briDget chase

‘not a trophy for uBc’: Five months after opening, Indian Residential school history and Dialogue centre is shortstaffed, undersupported and effectively empty bridget chase

claire lloyD

higher education: universities across canada are taking drastically different approaches to legal cannabis Jason herring, matt gergyeK, Karen-luz sison and zaK Vescera

ayesha Diwan, claire lloyD anD elizabeth wang

oct 25

elizabeth wang

Last words: apologizing on behalf of whoever defaced the cairn the ubyssey editorial

oct 16

oct 30

stubborn baseline: amid efforts to update ‘clunky’ policy, widespread experiences of racial discrimination at uBc persist moira wyton

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oct 31

Victor saUca

Indigenous students speak out on halloween: we are people, not costumes rebecca hope gouthro, dene petti, rodney little mustache, lenaya sampson, tanner neufeld, memegwans Johnson-owl, cole daley and amber rose Josh kamiJan

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Breast density report reveals important public health findings James Vogl

noV 21

briDget chase

Questions of belonging: how local institutions are handling Indigenous repatriation initiatives

elizabeth wang

bridget chase

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‘You’re too late’: Faculty, wall scholars criticize wall Institute restructuring in wake of director’s resignation Jason herring, matt gergyeK, Karen-luz sison and zaK Vescera

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zaK Vescera

file geoff lister claire lloyD

The hunger Gap: Rising food bank usage is just the tip of the food insecurity iceberg alex nguyen

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uBc Board of Governors moves away from rubber-stamping annual tuition increases alex nguyen

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Jan 30

Jack yUan

Playing probabilities: how data helped break a 35-year national championship drought lucy fox and marina mcduff

file mackenzie walker

feb 19

Bc eliminates interest on student loans alex nguyen and zaK Vescera

feb 25

ryan neale

Thunderbirds claim double championship titles and continue national swimming reign ryan neale

samantha mccabe

feb 28

capital ‘B’ Black: The uBc Black student union is making space for expansive identities riya talitha

mar 15

coUrtesy Don VoaklanDer elizabeth wang

sasc funding, u-Pass and Indigenous student Fund referenda approved; Bylaw updates defeated moira wyton

mar 16

Following final set win over Ryerson, uBc women’s volleyball are national champions scott young

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mar 27

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citizen scientists pair with researchers to investigate tracking pollution with beehives allison gacad

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since lines what is a since line?

The first time “founded in 1918” appeared in the paper was on September 15, 1989. The ‘since’ line, which blends office inside jokes and the founding date, was first seen on September 17, 1993. The first since line was “Loving the AMS since 1918.” Obviously our feelings are still the same.

— Angela O’Donnell, unofficial office historian

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photos of the year

Hundreds marched through downtown Vancouver in January in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s anti-pipeline camp in Northern BC.

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elizabeth wang

isabella falsetti

Holi is one of the most exciting and popular cultural celebrations on campus. This year, more than 3,000 people participated in the event.

shamit rahman

UBC students held a vigil on March 18 to honour the victims of the March 15 terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand. Amidst the anger and grief, many also pointed out the strength of the Muslim community and the need to live with compassion. isabella falsetti

Two years after the first march protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Women’s March in Vancouver remains part of a global movement — but has now shifted its focus inwards to Canada. The rally on January 19 put the spotlight on Canadian institutions and injustices.

ryan neale

Salomon micko benrimoh

UBC hosted the 2018 U Sports men’s soccer national championship in November 2018. The Thunderbirds’ men’s soccer team lost to the Carleton Ravens in the national quarterfinals. The University of Montreal Carabins took home the championship trophy.

In the home-hosted nationals, held from February 21 through February 23, the Thunderbirds came out on top in the 2019 U Sports Odlum Brown Swimming Championships — the teams’ third win in as many years.

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illustrations of the year

This year, I had the amazing opportunity to work with a team of creative, talented and driven illustrators! I couldn’t have asked for a better year and a better illustrations team. A big shout-out to everyone who provided illustrations to articles this year and shared their unique art styles with The Ubyssey!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, Ella Chan Ubyssey illustrations coordinator

jack yuan

maged

I took up illustration at a young age because I always loved the idea of showing others cool concepts that I’d cooked up in my head. The idea of giving others joy also brings me a sense of fulfilment. Lastly, it’s just really fun!

I grew up drawing moustaches for every single picture I found in my textbooks. When I was done with all of them... I started drawing people to give them moustaches.

alex vanderput

This year, I was struggling to find somewhere at UBC where I could feel like I fit in. I’m so glad I found out about illustrating for The Ubyssey and decided to try it out. It has honestly been the highlight of my term. I love having the opportunity to be creative (I’m in science) and getting to see my artwork in print!

maja maj

Like most people, I’ve been making art since I was a kid, but I started to properly fall in love with digital illustration after I bought my first drawing tablet.

Over the years, my style has evolved and currently I am most interested in graphic design, minimalism, paper craft and expression of the human body. I’ve always found art to be a very rewarding skill and pastime, and I love noticing how it’s being used in the world around me!

kristine ho

For this piece, I really wanted to convey the weight and scope of the emotional labour that racialized faculty can end up carrying. I hope that the tilted angles and shadow, as well as the size and placement of the people, captured that sort of physical and psychological gravity.

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things that made us laugh this year

IaIn coaTEs

FILE GEoFF LIsTER

FILE chERIhan hassan

reddit has created a new meme format out of a picture of santa ono holding a crying baby

a review of the best and worst construction sites on campus

how to celebrate new year’s eve when you have to be back at Ubc on January 1

IAIN COATES

NATASHA GREGG

TAIT GAMBLE

ELIZaBETh wanG

FILE saLoMon MIcKo BEnRIMoh

FILE Joshua MEDIcoFF

riP connect, the learning management system that tried its best but failed miserably

celebrate cannabis legalization by getting high in a concrete plaza with hundreds of strangers

a linguistic analysis of why the new exchange residence is poorly named

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Good luck on your exams.

We know that summer is just around the corner, but we’ll still be here for you.

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In the final edition of our T-Birds Q&A for the 2018/19 school year, we are taking the questions to our very own team of sports columnists here at The Ubyssey and asking them to reflect on a year full of expectations, upsets and unexpected triumphs.

Best Thunderbird team of the year?

Most disappointing team this year?

Underrated athlete of the year?

Athlete you expect big things from going forward?

Who will be the best/most eyecatching team next year?

BONUS from our sports editor

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The men’s soccer team.

With Michael O’Connor moving on to the CFL and Trivel Pinto moving on to somewhere else, the UBC football team missed out on making the most of a stellar graduating class.

UBC swimming — big dynasty energy.

Our fantastic swim teams, due to their consistency in bringing the championship banners home.

Maddison Penn from women’s basketball and Olivia Furlan from women’s volleyball.

Mason Bourcier. The sophomore point guard was the most important player for the basketball team this year, buried in a starting lineup of big stat producers.

I’m always going to have my eye on the women’s stellar goalie, Tory Micklash — eager to see her styling with those consistently impressive saves.

The men’s soccer team’s spectacular exit from the national tournament hosted at UBC was a sad but slightly funny ending to their season.

Grant Shephard, men’s basketball.

Garrett Hawkins. The rookie pitcher has already found his way into a young starting rotation for UBC baseball and has flashed great potential.

Baseball pitcher Garrett Hawkins.

The men’s volleyball team.

With all the faith in my heart, I believe in the women’s hockey team, so make sure to keep your eyes peeled for their championship run next year.

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Women’s cross country.

They ran across the whole country.

Men and women’s swimming teams. UBC swimming might be the most dominant program in U Sports right now.

The person in the Thunderbird costume — what a thankless gig.

Tory Micklash. She was the backbone of a team that exceeded expectations and will challenge for nationals next year as long as she is in the crease.

Men’s field hockey. It’s supposed to be played on ice, duh.

The Thunderbird Marching Band.

I expect big things from Thomas Gardner. Men’s soccer will be one of the favourites to win nationals next year, but whether they succeed will depend on the play of their star midfielder.

Football. They had the talent to win Canada West but dropped a heartbreaker in the semi-final at home.

The volleyball squads.

Men’s basketball, no doubt. They sent an almost brand-new lineup to nationals this year. They’ll send five even more experienced players at the end of next season.

What was the best sports moment of the year?

The best team next year will be the men’s basketball team. Most of their starters are returning, so it would not be a surprise if they win nationals for the first time since 1972.

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Women’s volleyball.

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Maxwell James from men’s hockey.

Olivia Furlan from the women’s volleyball team transitioned from playing almost exclusively as a go-to outside hitter last season to being the setter this year with 755 assists.

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Grant Shephard from men’s basketball.

Kiera Van Ryk. The women’s volleyball kill leader won enough awards to warrant renting a U-Haul truck.

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Men and women’s swimming.

For more of the sports columnists’ takes on this year, visit ubyssey.ca/sports

Men’s basketball. If the fourth-year players return, the cohesion we saw this year should allow them to make another run at the national tournament.

Mikayla Ogrodniczuk’s tweet alleging gender inequality in the hockey playoff schedule. Though the policy that resulted currently only applies to hockey, this entire event was a huge stepping stone in the direction of gender equality within Thunderbird athletics and was a brave step from a Thunderbird athlete to call the department’s scheduling into question. I hope this translates into continued change, across not only UBC Athletics, but U Sports as a whole.

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THE 2019 OPEN INNOVATION CALL I CUSTOMER SERVICES & AMENITIES

If you have an idea, we want to hear it.

The 2019 Open Call for Innovation is now open, and TransLink is asking for your ideas on how to improve its Customer Services & Amenities. For more information on this year’s theme and how to submit, please visit translink.ca/opencallubc What happens if you win?

For successful submissions, TransLink offers funding and collaboration to incubate, develop, pilot and implement your idea. We’ll work with you to make your good idea even better, and help turn it into reality.

Deadline for submissions: 11:59 PM PST, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

The Open Innovation Call is a public collaboration initiative from TransLink, focused on creating better mobility solutions through better partnerships – so together, we can help make this a better place to live, for everyone.

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