Say No to Renaming UBC Bookstore
UBC claims that the name UBC Bookstore does not adequately reflect the products and services that the store provides and that the word bookstore" is limiting and restraining to their business and to t... continue reading »
"I would be sad to see the word "bookstore" disappearing from the name. To me UBC Central sounds like a transit station..."
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"Affiliation Prose Polishing Services UBC Central sounds like a railway or bus depot. An academic institution should not be afraid to indicate that it is in the business of selling books! Other services can also be offered which supplement the primary goa"
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"Affiliation alumni When I worked at the Bookstore in the early 60s, everyone thought of it as the centre of campus life, largely because it sold books. As the founder and ex owner of Oolichan Books, I find this renaming bordering of offensive. Has manage"
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"Quick! Re-brand it before somebody actually finds and reads a book that explains the concept of brutal irony..."
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"The name bookstore just sounds far classier."
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"Affiliation York University It may seem like a simple name change, but as the corporatization of universities across Canada becomes more and more the norm, something as simple as a name change comes to represent something much larger - namely, the moveme"
"Affiliation student-math I think preserving the name can be a symbol of preserving the material we sell at book store. I honestly have no clue as to if this is a good idea or not, however, I think if the material we sell goes through this process and ren"
