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One on one with the people who make UBC
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Career Days: 10am–3pm @ SUB main concourse
Midterms got you down? Why not attend UBC’s biggest career fair and find out how unemployable a BA actually makes you. Over 140 booths with employers hawking their jobs will be set up in the SUB.
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Heaven and Hell: 9pm @ Alpha Delta Phi A massive themed party spread over the main floor (heaven) and basement (hell). Tickets are $10 and entrance is 19+ with postsecondary ID. BYOB. To purchase tickets, call Omri Wallach at 604.649.7473.
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Vanier’s own Rey the Caf Guy Peter Wojnar Contributor
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Men’s ice hockey vs. Calgary: 7pm @ Winter Sports Centre Watch UBC’s season home opener versus the Calgary Dinos. The ‘Birds have a good chance of making the playoffs this year. Stay tuned!
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Rey McLellan: Food Services employee, tennis semi-pro, world traveler, bourbon drinker. A true Renaissance man.
Canadian Thanksgiving Go to your parents’ house (if applicable) and eat food covered in gravy. Or break up with your significant other from high school. ‘Tis the season, after all.
VIFF >> Khodorkovsky: 8:45pm @ Empire Granville theatre The Ubyssey sponsored a particularly depressing film for this year’s VIFF. The film tells the story of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian oil magnate and prodemocracy activist thrown in prison by Vladimir Putin.
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You know him as the friendliest food service employee at UBC, and you’ve probably heard rumours regarding how cool he is outside the caf, from ex-professional tennis player to memory whiz to rich corporate owner. Though they may not all be true, there has to be some reason why they exist: Rey McLellan is an interesting man. McLellan was born in the Philippines, then moved with his family to Canada when he was ten years old. After high school, he started to get serious with his tennis: “I did not pursue university just to see how far I could go,” he said. “I made it into a competitive level and traveled, playing, just to see whose ass I could kick.” Tennis rumour? Check. “I did that for about six or seven years, and when I saw that I probably wouldn’t make it to the top pro level, I decided just to teach… and decided I might need another job.” Now, Rey is possibly the nicest Sudoku by Krazy Dad
food service employee at UBC. “My main job in the caf is to serve everyone with a smile,” he said. But how does he stay so endlessly cheery? McLellan says he loves the energy of the students. “Holy cow, I’m surrounded by 18, 19-year-olds, who are all really upbeat, and I like that,” he said regarding his job. Over the years that he’s worked in the Place Vanier cafeteria, Rey has met many students, and they all remember him. What is remarkable is that he seems to remember them, too— I’ve heard stories of Rey asking students about siblings who hadn’t been UBC students for nearly a decade. Rey says that even though he sees thousands of new people each year, he doesn’t forget those who stand out to him. “Saturday night, I was at the Bourbon and came across an older student who said to me, ‘Rey, I was in Vanier in 2001, do you remember me?’ And I replied, ‘Kelsey?’ “There are some students who make an impact on me, and I remember them.”
Though he loves to travel—he has visited more than 50 countries—Rey’s life outside the caf brings him back to campus often. “I also enjoy spending my free time around campus: watching plays and musicals or going to the home games or going to the Pit or the Gallery to say hello to some old faces.” Rey told me that this could be his last year working in the Vanier caf. He wants to travel the world some more, until the list of countries he’s been to breaks the triple digit barrier. “I know I’m going to miss the job, so I’ll go on leave for one term to see if I’ll miss it too much… but if I don’t? Hasta la bye bye, babies!” U
Rey McLellan Occupation UBC Food Services, tennis instructor, Vanier icon