For 52 years, Dave Doroghy and his carollers have taken to the streets of West Point Grey to spread holiday cheer. But what started as nothing more than a few teenagers taking advantage of lenient alcohol rules in the Doroghy household has become something much bigger. ubyssey.ca/features/pea...

Senate met for the last time this year to discuss the student experience of instruction survey data, look at UBC’s research accomplishments and hear the annual library report. ubyssey.ca/news/senate-...

The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! is a Russian romantic comedy that is equal parts silly drunken misunderstandings, reflections on how deeply the transitory nature of time is felt on New Year’s Eve and the reminder of how fate can change our lives suddenly. ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

Bluntly-titled, Hot Frosty follows a widowed diner owner who wraps a magic scarf around the neck of a ripped snowman, not knowing he would come to life and bring joy to the small town. ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

UBC came to the conclusion that the way to increase student morale was simple: host a campus-wide talent show inspired by everyone's glory years — elementary school! ubyssey.ca/humour/ubc-g...

Is there anything more quintessentially suburban/middle class/North American in December than your parents powering down your Wii and telling you to “log off that game already,” only to turn on those relaxing, soothing, mind-numbing flames for hours on end? ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

It’s a regular afternoon for Nazreen Cameron as she prepares roti and chicken curry in her kitchen, when she gets the sudden urge to check her phone. ubyssey.ca/features/naz...

“The first time someone saw me, they screamed … they called me an ‘abominable snowman.’ It really hurt.” ubyssey.ca/humour/ralph...

Students will be forced to opt into the UBC Battle Pass as a part of their student fees, effective at the start of the new term, Jan. 5, 2026. ubyssey.ca/humour/ubc-l...

The sets at Shindig, the annual Battle of the Bands hosted by CiTR/Discorder Magazine, spanned genres and aesthetics that drew in a crowd of all demographics. ubyssey.ca/culture/shin...

UBC recently sent 14 students, staff and faculty — some attending in-person and others virtually — to COP30, held in Belém, Brazil from Nov. 10 to 22. ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-cop...

On the last day of classes, hundreds of students gathered on Wreck Beach for the Calendar's annual polar bear swim. Here are photos from the catharsis. ubyssey.ca/photo/photos...

On the heels of their annual provincial lobbying trip, AMS executives said their campaign for pushing student-run food bank grants and voicing concerns for the provincial post-secondary education review went “quite successfully.” ubyssey.ca/news/ams-pro...

This holiday season, UBC has generously decided to give students and faculty the biggest gift of all — learning — which is why all finals will be scheduled on Dec. 25, effective immediately. ubyssey.ca/humour/ubc-m...

Emily Tang has loved governance since long before she got involved with UBC’s Graduate Student Society. She thinks her passion started in elementary school, when she was involved in student council. But politics aren't everything to the master’s student. ubyssey.ca/features/emi...

Every season of Gilmore Girls has one dedicated holiday episode and every rewatch, I reconfirm my opinion that season 2, episode 10 “The Bracebridge Dinner” is the best of them. ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

This holiday season, I was hoping for more Muppet-induced joy. But with Letters to Santa, that spark just wasn’t present the way it had been in the past. ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

Nearing the end of the fourth quarter, UBC held a slim lead against the UBCO Heat — but with 52 seconds left, a foul call would seal their defeat, sending the 'Birds to their third straight loss. ubyssey.ca/sports/women...

The Board of Governors voted to increase tuition fees by two per cent for domestic students and between two and four per cent for international students at their last meeting of 2025. ubyssey.ca/news/from-th...

The inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium was held Nov. 7, hosted in the Graduate Life Centre in Thea Koerner House. ubyssey.ca/research/bla...

Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother is the Museum of Anthropology’s latest exhibition featuring work from artist Jaad Kuujus–Meghann O’Brien, a weaver of Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw and Irish descent. ubyssey.ca/culture/jaad...

In the Room details the stories of five Afghan women, each with their own experiences living under the rule of the Taliban. ubyssey.ca/culture/iin-...

Protesters indicated further disruptions will continue unless UBC commits to divestment — but the university says it's already been communicating its progress on a "human rights framework" for responsible investment. ubyssey.ca/news/univers...

At this point in the year, all of UBC’s varsity sports have played their last games of 2025. With the courts, rinks and fields going silent until January, our Sports + Rec team is here to recount how each varsity team has performed thus far. ubyssey.ca/sports/ubyss...

ADAM SANDLER, have you watched Eight Crazy Nights on Crave? Have you sat down with a bucket of popcorn to enjoy it? Did you laugh at the movie? Did it live up to your expectations? ubyssey.ca/culture/twel...

The future of the Friendlier reusable container pilot program is up in the air after months of negative feedback, lower-than-expected return rates and concerns about its financial and environmental impacts. ubyssey.ca/news/between...

His knowledge transcends the boundaries of what could conceivably be known. Or, at least, his voice makes you consider smacking him with a chair. ubyssey.ca/humour/oswal...

UBC men’s basketball has never lost a matchup with their “younger brother” program, the UBCO Heat. Midway through the third quarter on Friday Nov. 28, that record felt less secure. ubyssey.ca/sports/mens-...

This month in photos: November In the midst of midterm season, The Ubyssey's photographers captured sports, a blind dating event, and other events around campus. ubyssey.ca/photo/this-m...

UBC Opera’s performance of The Magic Flute was delightful entirely due to the amazing performances of the UBC Opera Ensemble accompanied by the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. ubyssey.ca/culture/ubc-...

T-Birds fail first major test against top-ranked Saskatchewan, falling 80–51. ubyssey.ca/sports/women...

UBC plans to become Canada’s hottest new tourist destination. UBC is reportedly already “halfway to achieving Disneyland status” based on the afternoon line-up for Subway in the Life Building alone. ubyssey.ca/humour/ubc-p...

Stop reading, start living: I’m never hovering my eyes over any form of text ever again. It’s time to focus on myself. ubyssey.ca/humour/stop-...

The winners beat out four other candidates, winning over 20 per cent of the vote each. ubyssey.ca/news/faculty...

Winning 35 per cent of the vote, Matt Tan has been re-elected to the Board of Governors as a staff representative. ubyssey.ca/news/matt-ta...

It has been nearly one year since we have exPEArienced the closest thing to world (or at least campus) PEAce that has ever transPEAred ubyssey.ca/humour/when-...

The Thunderbirds erupted for a five-goal first period to take home an 8-4 win against the Golden Bears at home in Father David Bauer Arena, their fourth-straight win against Alberta this year. ubyssey.ca/sports/mens-...

Sofia Avelino is about to become a new Infidels Jazz classic. Last week’s Hero’s Welcome gig was her second time performing the music of Brazilian jazz legend Elis Regina after a sold-out show on Granville Island in May ubyssey.ca/culture/sofi...

What might seem to a post-class loiterer to be the nervous energy of an evening midterm was, in fact, the first student-run essay competition hosted by the UBC Ballpoint Society. ubyssey.ca/culture/phil...

Continuing their run of dominance, UBC’s women’s hockey team dominated the University of Alberta Pandas in a 5–1 win on Friday at Clare Drake Arena. The match marked the third time the teams met this season, with UBC dominating the Pandas on all three occasions. ubyssey.ca/sports/thund...

AMS Council met Wednesday last week to hear presentations on the impacts of its bursary funding, the relocation of the club commons space and changes to the student union’s investment strategy. ubyssey.ca/news/between...

Eight new bombshells enter the Nest. Will they find love or rejection at the Love Island-inspired blind dating event presented by the Sri Lankan Students Association (SLSA) in collaboration with Students of the Caribbean (SOCA) at UBC? ubyssey.ca/culture/sri-...

After a marathon two and a half hour match, the Thunderbirds stayed strong in the final seconds, securing a second-straight victory against Trinity Western University, beating them 15–13 in the fifth and final set. ubyssey.ca/sports/women...

Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, is, on the surface, about the Simpsons and the apocalypse: the show opens on survivors of a near-future environmental collapse (likely due to nuclear disaster) trying to recall the details of “Cape Feare,” the second episode of the fifth season. ubyssey.ca/culture/ubc-...

Fact one: the first piss the pisser posted was at the UBC Engineering Cairn. This immediately eliminates all the engineering students as potential suspects, since they all took a blood oath in first-year Jump Start where they swore their allegiance to the E. ubyssey.ca/humour/who-i...

The review comes after a provincial post-secondary funding review was quietly shelved, and the federal government’s recently passed budget included plans to further cut the number of new international students across Canada by nearly 50 per cent. ubyssey.ca/news/student...

Student groups have decried the province’s shelving of a long-promised post-secondary funding model, which they say will lead to budget reductions and layoffs. ubyssey.ca/news/provinc...

They only got halfway there. The T-Birds claimed silver at the U Sports Women’s Soccer Championship, falling to the University of Montreal Carabins 2–1 in the final game of the season, breaking a 42-game winning streak. ubyssey.ca/sports/women...

Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images is the Museum of Anthropology’s (MOA) newest exhibition, focusing on the historical and cultural identity of the area. ubyssey.ca/culture/expl...

Men’s Hockey falls to MacEwan in overtime, breaking nine-game winning streak. ubyssey.ca/sports/mens-...