by Cormac O’Brien | Aug 21, 2017 | Campus, News
Sunglasses, cereal boxes, and saltine crackers — all tools used to catch a glimpse of the solar eclipse that passed overhead at the University of Victoria on Monday, Aug. 21. The Bob Wright Centre (BWC), home of UVic’s astronomy lab, and its surrounding lawns...
by Cormac O’Brien | Aug 10, 2017 | Campus, Group/Campus Profile, News, Technology
Walk into any university lecture hall and you’ll see kids on laptops. Some are scrambling to write down every word out of the professor’s mouth, others are finishing homework that was due in another class 30 minutes before, and most are procrastinating on social...
by Cormac O’Brien | Aug 10, 2017 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
You’ll see it in a thousand Facebook statuses or in a rushed text from a friend who is registering for classes in ten minutes’ time: “What electives should I take?” It’s a choice that plagues UVic students like a, well, plague, afflicting those who want to balance...
by Cormac O’Brien | Aug 4, 2017 | Campus, News
A new dress code at CARSA has caused a stir online after a gym member took to Instagram to voice her concern about being told her shorts violated the updated policy. Luiza, a recent UVic graduate who asked to be referred to only by her first name, has been attending...
by Cormac O’Brien | Aug 3, 2017 | Campus, News
It’s common knowledge that CARSA is always busier in September, usually with first-years who think they’ll actually have time to workout amid their schoolwork. This year, however, a few of the new faces at the gym will be decidedly more familiar than most....