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Vol. 49 | No. 4

Current events like the war in Iraq have an enormous impact on the research and in the classrooms of Allen Sens, senior instructor in the Department of Political Science and […]

IN THE NEWS

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in March 2003. Compiled by Brian Lin Bid Web Site Misleads UBC economics Prof. David Green told BCTV that the Olympic […]

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UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Pitman Potter, professor of Law and director of the Institute of Asian Research, and a team of researchers from 12 universities in Canada, China, Japan, Australia […]

Time Piece 1947

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 In the 1950s ‘cheese cake’ was frequently seen on the front pages of The Ubyssey. It regularly featured campus beauty queens and sorority chorus girls. The […]

UBC’s 25 Year Club

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Welcomes 54 New Members for 2003 Applied Science Brian D McMillan Arts Beth L Buchanan BC Drug & Poison Info Centre Anne Marie Leathem Gillian Willis […]

Aboriginal Health Institute Names First Director

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 By Hilary Thomson UBC alumnus Eduardo Jovel has been named the first director of the Institute for Aboriginal Health (IAH). An ethnobotanist who came to Canada […]

UBC Serves up its First Cooking Class

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Reporter tangles with duck By Michelle Cook Fifteen minutes into my first French cooking class, I learned that de-boning a raw duck is a lot harder […]

Choosing to Surgically Remove a Healthy Breast Can be a Life or Death Decision

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 UBC nurses are testing a new guide to make that decision easier By Hilary Thomson It’s like facing a loaded gun every day of your life. […]

High Tech Exercise Offers Overweight Kids New Hope

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 New program first of its kind By Hilary Thomson They can be found standing on the sidelines in gym class, shifting from foot to foot in […]

Artist and Politician Among Honorary Degree Recipients

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 A B.C. hereditary chief, a former B.C. deputy premier and an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist are among the 11 individuals who will receive honorary degrees from […]

Who Iz Nardwuar The Human Serviette?

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Who Iz Nardwuar The Human Serviette? He’s MuchMusic TV’s guerrilla interviewer Ed.’s Note: If you are a celebrity, you might call him a scourge. He would […]

Meet UBC’s Top Scholars

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 By Hilary Thomson Twenty students have been named Wesbrook Scholars for outstanding achievement among undergraduates. Among them are a Rhodes scholar, three triathletes, pianists, dancers, national […]

Torturing the Taliban not the Answer

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 They’ll talk but it may not be the truth By Erica Smishek The U.S. government’s recent capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the operational head of al-Qaeda, […]

A New Thunderbird Will Rise Again on Campus

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Totem creates a more welcoming environment for aboriginals By Brian Lin UBC is about to launch a fundraising campaign to erect a new Thunderbird totem pole. […]

War…What is it Good for?

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 War…What is it Good for? UBC political scientist searches for answers By Erica Smishek As the world bears witness to the American and British-led attack on […]

UBC researchers help women make critical decision

Women struggling with the decision to undergo preventive mastectomy may soon have a new guide to help them, thanks to researchers at the University of British Columbia. UBC School of […]