Posts from the ‘global’ category

Yes, you too can get yourself the NUCLEAR WAR card game…

…AND expansion sets! Seriously, you can still buy it for $29.95. Better yet, there’s a number of extras you can get including (from wiki): Nuclear Escalation…

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Awesome Event Alert: Transplanting (International) Laws.

I can’t think of a better way to spend a Wednesday afternoon. Attend and let us know how it goes! =) Transplanting (International) Laws: Cultural and…

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Learning and Travelling in Guatemala (GCTA 2010)

[The following post was written by Gabriel Ross about his experience as a student in the Global Citizenship Term Abroad (GCTA) Program in Guatemala this past…

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Drogba and Zindane Agree on Most Impt Goals

I’m a big fan of the work that Right to Play does, so I was interested to see that the UN is using the unifying nature…

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I’ll have a small coffee in a large cup of Vaclav Havel

In high school, I used to ditch my homework while I hid in coffee shops and read about communism. I really do inhabit a system in…

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(2009) WISH TALK: Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity: Tahira Ebrahim

Name: Tahira Ebrahim Talk Title: “Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Human Geography, 4th year Topic:Within our university’s (UBC) 200 largest clubs listed,…

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(2009) Malaria: How We Are Biting Back: Nadine Qureshi

Name: Nadine Qureshi Talk Title: “Malaria: How We Are Biting Back” Notes:Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, 3rd year Topic: Nadine has heard…

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Support! Chile Earthquake Relief.

Martin from eightpointeight says: Dear UBC Community, In the early hours of Saturday, 27th Feb 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 (the eighth largest ever recorded)…

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Our Torch to Bear

By Matt Whiteman On the evening of February 11th, just before the Olympic torch arrived on UBC campus, I met with our university’s president, Stephen J.…

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$5 student Rush tickets on sale for Sport, Peace and Development beginning at 9:30am TODAY

Beginning today at 9:30am, UBC students with a valid student ID can purchase Rush tickets for Sport, Peace and Development featuring development and community building advocates…

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