STOP UBC Animal Research, an animal advocacy group, held a protest outside the Vancouver Art Gallery to urge UBC to end research on non-human primates. It was aimed at a proposed experiment that plans to study the development of Parkinson's disease in monkeys.

The experiment, L91, would involve injecting four rhesus monkeys with the compound Lactacystin, which eventually leads to the onset of symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

"We feel that this type of research and end product is horrendous to us," said STOP spokesperson Anne Birthistle.

The University of British Columbia's (UBC) Alma Mater Society (AMS) Council passed a motion Wednesday night approving a $700 transfer from the Social Justice Centre (SJC) to Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) that would fund a humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza. The decision was made after three hours of heated debate. Approximately 200 students were in attendance in the Norm Theatre.

The motion brought an end to nearly two weeks of fighting between the Israeli Awareness Club (IAC), the SJC and SPHR over the autonomy of AMS resource groups, the legitimacy of the SJC executive and whether the flotilla would be funding terrorism.

A $700 donation to an aid flotilla to Gaza by the Social Justice Centre (SJC) has been suspended by Alma Mater Society (AMS) executives after receiving complaints from students.

Last week, the SJC, an AMS resource group, approved the grant to the University of British Columbia (UBC) club Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) to help fund the Canadian humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, which will sail in spring 2011. However, after student complaints made to the AMS executive, the money transfer from the SJC to SPHR was frozen, with intention of bringing the issue in front of AMS council for review on Dec. 1.

In 2003, a referendum was held posing the question to Vancouverites: Do you support the Vancouver bid for the Olympics? At the time, 64% claimed they did.