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‘Meet the Profs: They Came from Buchanan Tower’ Recap!
On October 11th, the ESA hosted our second event of the year, Meet the Profs: They Came from Buchanan Tower! We are very lucky in the Department of English to have such easy access to a wealth of intelligent, funny, and personable faculty. This year, we were grateful for the presence of: Dr. Siân Echard, Head of the English Department Dr. Alex Dick, Chair of the Majors Program Dr. Laura Moss Dr. Judith Paltin Dr. Robert Rouse Dr. Rick Gooding Dr. Ian Hill Dr. Barbara Dancygier Dr. Chris Lee Dr. Jessica de Villiers Thank you so much to all of you for joining the ESA at this special event. We…
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AGM Recap!
Welcome to the first blog post of the UBC English Students’ Association for the 2017-18 year! Thank you so much to all of our members—those new and old and not yet—for eating our ice cream cake and having a good time at the AGM. You invigorated the executive team (certainly myself) and we are so excited to serve you for this year and give you more opportunities to mingle, express yourself, and excel as a UBC English student. For those of you who weren’t there, have no fear! Here’s a recap: We began with human bingo while waiting for people (and ice cream cake) to arrive and of course I…
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The Bend in the Road: Jobs and Adulting after your BA in English
In case you didn’t know, the Department of English hosted the Brownbag Lunchtime Career Series. You might have been at the popularly-attended first session, where the speaker was Amanda Lewis, who edited for Knopf/Random House. I’m sure most everyone reading this knows that being an editor at a major publishing house sounds like The Dream to an English student, so I’m sure you aren’t surprised that the room was full for Amanda Lewis’ talk. This November, the English department brought in Professor Lindsey Richardson, who works in the Department of Sociology at UBC. If you knew about the event but chose not to attend, it’s probably because you shared my thoughts…
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Notes on Werewolf Survival
I always balk a little at the suggestion of playing Werewolf. This isn’t because I think it’s a bad game. It’s not. It’s a great group game that goes on for a set amount of time (I’m looking at you, Cards Against Humanity), it forces people to be a little creative, and it’s one of those games that encourages players to lynch their closest friends. It’s wonderful to see. If you’re not familiar with the game, here’s an overview (of the version we played). Every player is a townsperson. Lurking among the players are two werewolves—no one knows who they are, except the werewolves themselves. Every night, while the rest…
