U THE UBYSSEY APRIL 11, 2017 | VOLUME XCVIII| ISSUE XXVI
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It’s been quite the year for UBC, whether you’re a student or otherwise. University can feel like a constant shitstorm, but occasionally, the sun breaks through (unless it’s between the months of October and March, in which case you’re never seeing the light again). Like when you’re feeling down, but a shot to the face during a massive snowball fight perks you right back up. Or when you’re slipping back into the lulling monotone of midterms, but just in time, a block of concrete is elected as your next AMS president. Or when you’re just trying to enjoy a peaceful nap in class, but you get interrupted by the worshippers of that same block of concrete singing Christmas Carols and chugging beer. Sure, sometimes school gives you bruises bigger than that time you tried to Storm the Wall, but maybe you’ll get out of your final because Vancouver can’t handle two inches of snow. It’s the little things. Whether you love this school or hate it, it’s rarely boring — just look at this issue. It wasn’t hard to cherry-pick our most prominent content this year, because UBC gives us a ton to choose from. Above all, we would like to say thank you. Thank you to our dedicated writers. Thank you to our contributors. Thank you to anyone that has even written a single article or taken a single photo or copy-edited a single line of text this year — we appreciate you so much. Most of all, thank you to our readers — you keep us humble (sit down), you keep us accountable and you keep us on our toes. You’re the equivalent of a nice tequila on the rocks. We hope that you enjoyed our content this year as much as we enjoyed making it.
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STAFF Natalie Morris, Matt Langmuir, Bill Situ, Gabey Lucas, Julia Burnham, Sophie Sutcliffe, Rachel Ong, Lucy Fox, Emma Hicks, Jeremy Johnson-Silvers, Diana Oproescu, Stephanie Wu, Emmanuel Villamejor, Moira Wyton, Patrick Gillin, Mischa Milne, Sebastian Mendo, Isabelle Commerford, Katharina Friege, Hana Golightly, Lauren Kearns, Oliver Zhang, Jerry Yin, Shelby Rogers, Tristan Wheeler, Arielle Supino, Mona Adibmoradi, Laura Palombi, Jonas Ordman, Samantha Searle, Helen Zhou, Marcus Yun, Arjun Singla, Barbara Neto-Bradley, James Vogl, Sarah Chay, Neha Sree Tadepalli, Daniella Jovanovic, Emma Loy LEGAL The Ubyssey is the official student newspaper of the University of British Columbia. It is published every Tuesday by The Ubyssey Publications Society. We are an autonomous, democratically run student organization and all students are encouraged to participate. Editorials are chosen and written by the Ubyssey staff. They are the expressed opinion of the staff, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Ubyssey Publications Society or the University of British Columbia. All editorial content appearing in The Ubyssey is the property of The Ubyssey Publications Society. Stories, opinions, photographs and artwork contained herein cannot be reproduced without the expressed, written permission of The Ubyssey Publications Society. The Ubyssey is a founding member of Canadian University Press (CUP) and adheres to CUP’s guiding principles. The Ubyssey accepts opinion articles on any topic related to the University of British Columbia (UBC) and/or topics relevant to students attending UBC. Submissions must be written by UBC students, professors, alumni, or those in a suitable position (as determined by the opinions editor) to speak on UBC-related matters. Submissions must not contain racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, harassment or discrimination. Authors and/or submissions will not be precluded from publication based solely on association with particular ideologies or subject matter that some may find objectionable. Approval for publication is, however, dependent on the quality of the argument and The Ubyssey editorial board’s judgment of appropriate content. Submissions may be sent by email to opinion@ubyssey.ca. Please include your student number or other proof of identification. Anonymous submissions will be accepted on extremely rare occasions. Requests for anonymity will be granted upon agreement from four fifths of the editorial board. Full opinions policy may be found at ubyssey.ca/submit-an-opinion It is agreed by all persons placing display or classified advertising that if the Ubyssey Publications Society fails to publish an advertisement or if an error in the ad occurs the liability of the UPS will not be greater than the price paid for the ad. The UPS shall not be responsible for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value or the impact of the ad.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS! Adi Pick Agnetha De Sa Aidan Qualizza Aiken Lao Ainsley MacDougall Alan Ehrenholz Alex Bowlin Alex Dye Alex McKeen Alex Nguyen Alexandra Cole Alexandra Nordstrom Alexis Gervacio Alexis Wolfe Alice Sorrentino Alicia Margono Alison Knill Allison Barn Allison Gacad Alyssa Low Amanda Bamford Amelia He Amy Cheng An Te Chu Ana Maria Oproescu Andrea Gonzalez Andrew Hung Anita Rudakov Annie Charlat Annika Steiro Arianna Leah Fischer Arielle Supino Arjun Singla Arno Rosenfeld Arthur Lockwood Ashi Mann Audrey Popa Avneet Athwal Bailey Ramsay Barbara Neto-Bradley Ben Geisberg Bill Situ Boluwaji Ogunyemi Bridget Chase Camelia Alikashani Camille Brown Carly Formosa
Carly Jones Caroling Gao Cathy Yan Charlotte Beaulieu Chase Kelliher Cheneil Antony-Hale Chimedum Ohaegbu Cormac O’Brien Curtis Seufert Dana Kim Daniel Lam Daniella Jovanovic Danielle Olusanya Danisa Rambing Danni Shanel Danny Arafa Daphne Tse Daphnée Lévesque David Deng David Nixon Denny Tian Diana Oproescu Dominique Berg Edison Huang Eldon Graham Eleanor Panno Elif Kayali Elise Mance Elliott Cheung Emilie Kneifel Emily Truong-Cheung Emma Hicks Emma Loy Emma Partridge Emma Russo Emmanuel Villamejor Eric Douglas Eve O’Dea Faiz Vagh Faye Yu Ford Atwater Frances Perry Gabby Switzer Gabey Lucas Gabriela Doebeli Grace von Simson Graeme Wheeler
Hailey Rollheiser Hamza Tariq Hana Golightly Hannah Kahn Hannah Scott Hannah Tanna Haoyuan Li Hartley Banack Helen Zhou Hilary Leung Hussein Hatim Ian Sapollnik Igor Mihajlovic Isabelle Commerford Jack Lamming Jack Willis Jacob McFarlane Jade Liu Jake Mullan Jake Rusnak James Binks James Vogl Jeanie Malone Jeffrey So Jenny Gu Jenny Xu Jianna Faner Jiyoon Ha John Harvey Jonas Ordman Jordan Chang Joshua Azizi Joshua Shepherd Julia Burnham Julia Pinnock Julia Wong Julian Del Balso Kaitlyn Tissington-Turner Kate Colenbrander Katharina Friege Kathryn Ney Katie Radcliffe Katrina Wozniuk Katya Downey Kelsea Franzke Kristine Ho
Lara Gillatt Laura Bagk Laura Palombi Lauren Kearns Lilian Odera Lucas Worsdell Lucy Fox Maayan Cohen Mackenzie Lockhart Maddie Thomas Maddison Zapach Madeleine Link Madison McCord Maham Kamal Khanum Malcolm Wilkins Marcella Muse Marcus Yun Margarita De Guzman Margret Rand Marissa Birnie Mary Buckland Marya Atassi Matt Langmuir Melicia Zaini Michael Choi Michael Dobson Michael Stone Michelle Kim Micko Benrimoh Miriam Teich Mischa Milne Moira Wyton Mona Adibmoradi Natalie Morris Neha Sree Tadepalli Niki Oveisi Nivretta Thatra Noah Kussin Nolan Janssens Nuala Turner Olamide Olaniyan Oliver Zhang Olivia Law Orchid Chen Patrick Gillin Peter Chen Peter Siemens
Philippe Roberge Priyanjali Maitra Qadeem Salehmohamed Qingsheng Qiu Rachel Ong Ranil Prasad Rocio Hollman Rohit Joseph Rory Hoffman Rosemary Hu Salomon Micko Benrimoh Samantha McCabe Samantha Searle Samuel Du Bois Sana Fatima Sandeep Middar Sarah Chay Sarah Neubauer Sarah Pribadi Saurav Acharya Sean Harbottle Sean Wong Sebastian Mendo Shanae Chiu Shelby Rogers Sienna Cohen Sofia Shamsunahar Sophie Sutcliffe Sruthi Tadepalli Stephane Delisle Stephanie Norlander Stephanie Wu Sugar Brewer Suprabhe Ballary Susan Thompson Tanner Bokor Temur Durrani Tetiana Konstantynivska Tina Li Tina Madani Kia Tisha Dasgupta Tristan Wheeler Tushita Bagga Valerie Cheng Vassilena Sharlandjieva
Vera Sudakova Veronica Ciastko Veronica Knott Veronika Bylicki Vicky Huang Will Zhang Yu Faye Yugaant Ahuja YuMing He Zach Weiss Zachary Kourgialis Zubair Hirji Andy Yeung Atsushi Yamamoto Axel Jacobsen Benny Lo Chris Lin Cindy Zhang Florie Cai Jamie Lee Jason Smith Jeffrey Chang Jimmy Fung Jimmy Li Jordan Jeffries Kevin Wong Lucy Liu Mark Shan Matthew Chernoff Napon Taratan Oscar Tu Rahul Jobanputra Rama Gerami Regina Lai Seongchan Lee Shahzoor Safdar Stanley Ye Aaron Bailey Tyler Nee Daniel Chen Christian Choy Angus Mathieson Kerem Can Ermam Adrian Lewczuk