The Ubyssey

Sassy Sage: On finding people to match your freak

Selena Sallay and Seneesha Ekanayake — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:19 +0000

Seneesha Ekanayake / The Ubyssey

Have you tried smiling?

Leave me alone

Viva Muthanna and Sidney Shaw — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:18 +0000

Sidney Shaw / The Ubyssey

Attending lectures for the iClicker attendance is hard enough, so here’s Ubyssey humour’s guide on avoiding making new friends in lecture halls at all costs.

The Ubyssey’s Moment of the Year: Adia Pye’s championship-winning try

Ubyssey Sports Staff and Ayla Cilliers — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:16 +0000

Collage by Ayla Cilliers / The Ubyssey, photo by Zoe Wagner / The Ubyssey

For our third award, we’re recognizing the most impactful moment of the year — a play, an off-the-field story, a celebration — a single point in time that has resonated for months after. The easy winner here was the last-second try that clinched a championship for Women’s Rugby, in front of their home crowd, no less.

Student leaders say campus spirit needs to improve. Can the Blue and Gold Society change things?

Juan Pablo Sastoque Vega, Oliver Matisz and Sidney Shaw — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:00:14 +0000

Sidney Shaw / The Ubyssey

AMS VP Student Life Kevin Heieis has led the drive to bring back the dormant Blue and Gold Society. But coming in a month before the end of his term, it remains to be seen if the society can build enough momentum to keep going.

AMS Council hears elections report in penultimate meeting this year

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:54:00 +0000

Aleah Kippan / The Ubyssey

At the penultimate Council meeting this school year, councillors discussed last month's AMS elections results, which saw Dylan Evans elected as president.

The movie doesn’t need to be the book

Fiona Pulchny and Hannah Cheng — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:21 +0000

I was struck by “Wuthering Heights”’s divergence from Brontë’s novel. But it was clear that it had no intention of being a faithful adaptation.

How to build, destroy and rebuild a racecar

Ewan Keenan and Aleah Kippan — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:19 +0000

Aleah Kippan / The Ubyssey

The good news was that what the BAJA team thought was wrong with their engine was, in fact, completely fine. The bad news was what they found instead.

The Ubyssey’s Game of the Year: Men’s Basketball’s OT thriller

Ubyssey Sports Staff and Ayla Cilliers — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:16 +0000

Collage by Ayla Cilliers / The Ubyssey, photo element courtesy David Larkins / Wesmen Athletics

For the second award, we’re recognizing the best sporting event of the year, a single game that stood above the rest in terms of tension, excitement and stakes. In the closest vote of all our awards, Men’s Basketball’s semifinal comeback win against Winnipeg took the win here.

As AMS businesses miss revenue targets, the AMS shifts gears

Maneli Moghbeli — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:15 +0000

Viyan Handley / The Ubyssey

Continuing a trend from the last fiscal quarter, AMS businesses continue to fall short of their financial targets. While the businesses are not collectively in a deficit, they have not been meeting their net contribution expectations as the AMS had expected.

United Players’s Network is a good retelling of a great story

Mihika Mishra — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Courtesy United Players

An adaptation of the 1976 film of the same name, <i>Network</i> was written for the stage by English writer Lee Hall in 2017 and directed for the Jericho Arts Centre by UBC’s own Kathleen Duborg.