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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
If you're up by point grey it's almost not worth it to go downtown. Kits has enough and it's not worth the time it takes to get there by bus.
Last time I was up at UBC though I almost didn't recognize it for how desolate and antiseptic it felt. Like a hollywood idea of an advanced campus.
UBC is also now having trouble finding and retaining staff. It's impacting the prestige of the university and the quality of education the students receive.
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It's not that bad, but I agree, it is pretty awful compared to what it used to be. That old granola feel has pretty much disappeared in the wave of new chrome and glass constructions popping up over campus.
Staff retention is kind of a problem, but I don't think it is as big as you are making it out to be. It is still a top of class university, and it still attracts genuinely good faculty. Not sure about administrative staff, but I know that their salary packages are competitive enough to bring in people from throughout the city.