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Are Students Paying More for Instructors to Teach Less?

Posted on November 1, 2025October 31, 2025 by Laura Morales Padilla

As free Open Educational Resources become increasingly available, students question faculty members’ preference for paid textbooks   Laura Morales Padilla (she/her) // Co-EIC Jasmin Linton (she/her) // Illustrator    Through…

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A Sound Investment

Posted on November 1, 2025October 30, 2025 by Ben Taylor

The power of the student voice on air Ben Taylor (he/him) // Crew Writer Ryan Coomber (he/him) // Illustrator Radio has the power to uplift student voices around the world….

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What Do Student Union Fees Actually Pay for?

Posted on November 1, 2025October 31, 2025 by Ben Taylor

Breaking down the costs and benefits of CSU membership   Ben Taylor (he/him) // Crew Writer   Ren Zhang (they/them) Illustrator    Part of the tuition we as students pay…

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AI Slop: Hallucinations

Posted on October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 by Ben Taylor

The Precariousness of Trusting AI in Professional Settings Ben Taylor (he/him) // Crew Writer Andrei Gueco (he/him) // CrIllustrator As LLMs (large language models) like ChatGPT continue to make their…

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Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: The exploitative system driving international students away

Posted on October 1, 2025November 1, 2025 by Laura Morales Padilla

How policies based on long-term economic needs are being enacted by institutions focused on short-term survival Laura Morales (she/her) // Co-Editor-In-Chief Lily Jones (she/her) // Illustrator The 2024 federal cap…

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Being 1 Out of 5 Indigenous Students in a Cohort of 200

Posted on September 5, 2025October 1, 2025 by Anonda Canadien

From one institution to another, the colonial system upholds Anonda Canadien (Dehcho Dene, she/her) // Arts and Culture Editor Conrad George (he/him) // Illustrator The first colonial institution I attended…

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CapU Acquires New Squamish Campus

Posted on October 1, 2023September 28, 2023 by Kirsten Wiltshire

The new campus will serve the Sea-to-Sky communities and open doors for classes in the fall of 2024 Kirsten Wiltshire (she/her) // Staff Writer Sol Yoon (she/her) // Illustrator A…

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Horror Stories From Residence

Posted on November 16, 2022January 9, 2023 by Ren Zhang

Tales from CapU’s most feared street address Ren Zhang (they/them) // ContributorAndy Poystila // Illustrator The premise of potential threat is usually enough to scare us: the feeling that someone…

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Cautiously Optimistic

Posted on February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 by Nirosh Saravanan

What campus goers can expect the return to a new normal to look like Nirosh Saravanan // ContributorJanelle Momotani // Illustrator As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it has become…

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On Monday, January 19th, BC student leaders held a press conference outside the Constituency Office of Jessie Sunner—Minister of Post-Secondary Education & Future Skills and MLA for Surrey-Newton. 

Kevin Root—Chairperson of the Alliance of BC Students, Solomon Yi-Kieran—Vice-President External of the UBC Alma Mater Society, and Jessica Lamb—VP External & Community Affairs of the Simon Fraser Student Society commented on the government's review of the post-secondary education sector and their experience during the "incredibly short" consultation period.

00:00 - Intro
00:18 - What happened on January 19th?
00:52 - Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the ABCS
01:02 - Why the federal cap on international students heavily impacted colleges and universities across the province.
01:47 - The government needs to pay their fair share of the operating costs to keep the system afloat
02:49 - Any changes to the tuition limit policy would be a direct attack on students
03:23 - Demands from students
03:48 - Why is the review dangerous?
04:35 - Is the review a performative act?
05:11 - How would a tuition increase impact students and the province?
07:02 - Key takeaways
PROTECT STUDENTS | BC Students stand together against tuition increases, mergers and dangerous cuts
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