tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46283941957367109732012-02-17T16:39:10.427-08:00The Knoll is UBC's social justice newspaper, dedicated to providing critical analysis of politics and society, and incisive commentary on university education and the student experience.<br> <br> Below are articles from our latest issue, with the last page at the top. We hope to have our next issue out in February. You can find copies of our paper at either main entrance of the SUB, in the newspaper boxes, or in SUB room 245 (the Resource Groups area).The Knollnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4628394195736710973.post-56082279337530443992011-12-02T07:00:00.000-08:002012-02-17T16:32:15.071-08:00

    “This is an issue not many Canadians care about,” said Chief Robert Joseph (below), executive director of the Residential Schools Survivor Society, during UBC’s Dialogue on the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools. This event was set up to decide what UBC’s role could be in the healing process of Residential Schools’ survivors, intergenerational survivors, and the decolonization of all

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    In 2004, I took Poli-Sci 260 (“intro to global politics”) at UBC. We studied “humanitarian war”, and examined the 1999 Kosovo conflict as a case study. We learned about the doctrine called “the reponsibility to protect” (or R2P), described as a new, emerging norm in international politics. The doctrine supported the use military force to prevent civilian killings in other countries.

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   “I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the most beautiful cities in the world,” UBC Law professor Joel Bakan writes in his new book Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children. “Surrounded by mountains and ocean, the city is a paradise of beaches and gardens, parks and yoga studios; a hub of green ideas, progressive politics, and entertainment industry glitter...But

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    You’d have a difficult time finding someone who thought that a day of reflection and solemn recognition of the victims of war and fallen soldiers was a bad idea, or a waste of time. But Remembrance Day in Canada is a lot more than just that, and it always has been. I was once a patriotic, flag-waving youngster (like most people, I imagine) who enjoyed Remembrance Day. But over time I grew

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    Twenty-one years ago, a reader of Parade magazine sent in a seemingly simple probability question to Marilyn Vos Savant’s “Ask Marilyn” column. The problem was as follows:     Suppose you’re watching a game show whereby the contestant is asked to choose one of three doors. Behind one of those doors is a prize (a car) while behind either of the other two doors is a goat. The contestant picks

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    On October 15th, with the sun making a surprise appearance in the city and with Autumn’s chilly weather in full-force, Vancouver joined hundreds of cities worldwide in protest against rising inequality and lack of accountability in government, thus beginning Occupy Vancouver. Beginning a month after the inception of Occupy Wall Street, the “occupation” has since been the source of much

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What does global warming have to do with the global Occupy Movement? Absolutely everything. Flooding in Bangkok, heat waves in Russia and rising sea levels in Tuvalu, like growing income inequality, obscene corporate profits and foreclosed homes, are all indicators that the system is broken. Just as tinkering around the edges of global finance isn’t going to resolve it’s fundamental flaws,

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After some stumbling blocks, we novice editors finally got our print edition out, only three weeks late! You can find it at the SUB, or various other locations around UBC. Feel free to leave feedback for us: Ways to browse the Knoll online:Download PDF Browse Picasa web album: (click "zoom" button, and have your browser in full-screen mode) Download ZIP of JPGs  You can also just try

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