Welcome to the Computer Science Student Society, the student club for undergraduates at the UBC Department of Computer Science. We provide a social space where all everyone’s welcome (in ICICS 021), run events (see below), and represent your interests to the department. For more events you may be interested in, please see the department’s own calendar. Please feel free to email us at <csss[at]thecube[dot]ca>.

Windows 8 App Development Hackathon

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Student Life
When: 
Monday, May 6, 2013 - 09:00 to 17:00
Where: 
Demco Learning Centre

NOTE: You must have Windows 8 and ideally the developer tools already installed on your computers for this workshop.

If you don’t have them, here are some resources and guides that will help you:

CSSS Annual Year-End Boat Cruise

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Student Life
When: 
Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 19:00
Where: 
501 Denman Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6G 2W9

The CSSS is having another annual year end boat cruise, and everyone’s invited! Tickets are available in the Cube office @ICICS 021. The price of the ticket includes dinner.

PRICES:
CS: $35 (+referral)
Non-CS: $45
Early Bird discount: 5$ off the above prices up to Friday, March 22, including referral!

(+referral = you can refer someone and they also get the subsidized price)
(Any student currently enrolled in a CPSC course is considered CS)

2013 CSSS Election Results

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Volunteer Opportunities

The election results are in!

57 votes were accepted out of 59 total.

3 People ran for president:
Anmol Gupta: 20 votes
James Deng: 27 votes
Henry Chee: 21 votes
James Deng is president elect.

3 others ran and were elected into their chosen positions:
Mike Wu (VP Finance): 46 yea, 2 nay
Matthew Arnold (VP Communications): 44 yea, 6 nay
Michael Kwan (VP Social): 47 yea, 3 nay

Since not every position had a candidate, our remaining positions still need to be filled. Email vpc [at] thecube [dot] ca about your chosen position if interested!

CSSS Lazer Tag

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Student Life
When: 
Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 12:00
Where: 
7391 Elmbridge Way

The CSSS is hosting a lazer tag event at Planet Lazer Richmond. Registration is $5 for CPSC students and also includes pizza+pop. Maximum 30 people, so register soon at The Cube (ICICS 021)! (Tickets are $20 for non-members)

2013–2014 Executive Elections

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Volunteer Opportunities
When: 
Thursday, March 14, 2013 (All day) to Friday, March 15, 2013 (All day)

CSSS elections are coming up, so vote on March 14th/15th from 11AM-3PM at
Reboot café.

Interested in an executive position in the Cube for 2013-2014? Get your nominations together! This is a great opportunity to show leadership, challenge yourself, and have fun! For your name to go on the ballot, you will need nominations from ten members of the CSSS (all students in the Computer Science department are members). Members of the CSSS are all undergraduate students in the Computer Science department (the grad students are part of the CSGSA). We have a database of student numbers, and will be checking against it, which is why you have extra spaces available. If in doubt, get more students to sign your nomination form!

Nominations can be picked up at the Cube Office (ICICS 021). Forms must be submitted at the Cube Office by 12PM on Wednesday, March 13th to be approved by the CSSS Returning Officer, Kerry Li <elections [at] thecube [dot] ca>. Submit your forms as early as possible, because voting starts the next day! The earlier your form is approved, the earlier you can start campaigning!

The positions open are:

  • President
  • Vice President, Communications
  • Vice President, External
  • Vice President, Internal
  • Vice President, Social
  • Vice President, Volunteering Services
  • Vice President, Finance
  • Vice President, Administration

For descriptions of the responsibilities of the positions, please see our constitution, specifically bylaw 8.

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