The Ubyssey
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| Type | Twice weekly student newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | The Ubyssey Publications Society |
| Editor | Collective |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters |
6138 Student Union Blvd, Room 24 Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Canada |
| Circulation | 12,000 (per issue) |
| Official website | www.ubyssey.ca |
The Ubyssey is the University of British Columbia's student-run paper and is published every Monday and Thursday. Founded in 1918, The Ubyssey is a member of Canadian University Press (CUP), and is the largest student run paper in Western Canada, second largest in Canada. Notable writers throughout its history include Pierre Berton, John Turner, Allan Fotheringham, Michael Valpy, Joe Schlesinger, Danny Stoffman, Stephen Scobie, Vaughn Palmer, Bruce Arthur, and Earle Birney. Also alumuni are cartoonist Arn Saba, journalist and author Katherine Monk, and photographer Jeff Wall.
The Ubyssey suspended publication in the summer of 1993 when the University of British Columbia Alma Mater Society created a new "Publications Board" with power over the previously autonomous Ubyssey staff collective. The paper's staff eventually decided to work with the new board and resumed publication for the 1993–1994 school year, only to be suspended again. This longer suspension, lasting more than a year, occurred in the wake of the controversial parody edition of March 30, 1994. The 1994 parody edition was a satire of the newspaper staff's own extreme positions and their often overwrought battles with the student union. The issue was roundly criticized by members of the Alma Mater Society, many of whom were satirized therein, and drew fire for an explicit photograph of male nudity. The student union voted to suspend publication indefinitely.
A group of UBC students, including former Ubyssey staff, organized a January, 1995 student referendum, which successfully led to an autonomous publication board, a $5 student fee, and the right for any student to "opt out" of paying the fee. The first issue of the new Ubyssey was July 13, 1995.
The Ubyssey is published twice a week during the regular school year. Though traditionally, Monday issues are a standard, university news-oriented edition while The Ubyssey Magazine or "Page Friday" was published Fridays, in recent years the paper has become more balanced in news and culture content and no longer discriminates between the two issues. Special issues are published throughout the school year, focusing on issues from the First Nation supplement to the Pride special edition. For the last issue of fall, The Ubyssey produces a satire issue in which the writers spoof The Ubyssey. Around April 1, The Ubyssey staff parodies another newspaper or magazine. The 2008 parody was eSports Illustrator, spoofing the Electronic games in a sports illustrated format and in 2009 they published a parody fashion magazine called Selle.
Regular issues of The Ubyssey appear twice a week from September to April (not including during exams or the Christmas break). In 2009 they moved to a Monday/Thursday publishing schedule, from the original Tuesday/Friday. Historically, no issues were printed from May to June and sparsely throughout July and August, however in May 2011 an online editorial announced that summer issued would be published once every two weeks.
[edit] External links
- The Ubyssey's Web page with the paper's full text
- A list of current Ubyssey editors
- The UBC Library's collection of Ubyssey newspapers in pdf form
- The Ubyssey on Facebook
- The Ubyssey on Twitter
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