Tag: AMS clubs

There’s a club for that?

Whether you’re an activist or an astronomer, university is more than lectures and tests. With over 250 clubs to pick from, you’re not only your major—you’re a stage manager, a juggler or a poker champion.  Clubs don’t just connect students to others with similar interests; they also offer a break...

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Bikes and Boards service closed to become AMS Club amid backlash

August 21 was like any other day for Bikes and Boards Head Manager Megan Vahabi. But by 4:30 PM, the future of her job and service became uncertain. In a meeting with AMS Vice President (University Affairs) Palmer Lockridge and Retail Services Director Monica Przyborowski, Vahabi, ConEd ‘18 was told...

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Unpack voluntourism

The concept of volunteering for a few weeks in a remote destination may be doing more harm than good.    While the country varies — India, Tanzania, Bolivia, Malaysia, etc. — and the initiative may be different — building schools, education, starting an NGO — the concept is the same: it’s called “voluntourism”.   Voluntourism...

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AMS Queen’s Earth Centre becomes an AMS service

The Queen’s Earth Centre — once an AMS club — has become an AMS service under the Commission of the Environmevnt and Sustainability (CES).  Recent updates to AMS by-laws prohibit clubs from being solely revenue-generating entities due to concerns about insurance for AMS clubs. Both the Earth Centre...

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