The Ubyssey
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issued: 1990-10-26
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note: the Ubyssey n How fresh do we smell? Founded in 1918 Vancouver, B.C., Friday, October 26, 1990 Vol 73, No 15 Student input sought on Jericho lands by Mark Nielsen An opportunity to alleviate the current shortage of affordable housing in Vancouver and provide low cost accommodation for UBC students may lie across the road from Jericho Beach. Some 38 acres of the Jericho lands will be opened up when two existing occupants—the B.C. Justice Institute and the Jericho School for the Deaf—move to new locations. A further 50 acres could be added to that total if the Department of National Defence finds a new home for its Pacific headquarters. Not only is it a chance to develop one of the few remaining open pieces of land left in the city, but the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at UBC is playing a role in its future. Twenty second-year students and two professors from SCARP are working with the West Point Grey Residents Association (WPGRA) to draw up options for the use ofthe lands and part ofthe process is a workshop set for next week. Moreover, the workshop will provide UBC students with an opportunity to have some input on what can be done with the lands, said SCARP member Tom Rye. Long weekend causes trouble by Niko Fleming UBC will be observing the Remembrance Day holiday on a Friday rather than Monday this year, unlike the rest of the province. Many campus groups are dismayed by the decision to buck the trend ofbanks, businesses, schools, government workers and other businesses around the country who will be closing on the following Monday. The university will be open for classes on Monday the 12th, but closed on Friday the 9th. This will cause serious problems to students and staff with children in daycare, according to Fiona Maybin of the UBC Single Parents Association. "Hundreds and hundreds of people will be without childcare," because daycare centres will be closed on Monday while classes are in session, said Maybin, a graduate student and singl…
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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