Sarah Buchanan struggles with noise, like the sound of her neighbour’s weed-eater taking over her tapes.
The words “university research” don’t usually elicit images of collecting metal scraps, food spoils and dingy plastic in some of the world’s most marginalized communities. But UVic geography professor Jutta Gutberlet and her team are not interested in the type of research that never leaves the ivory tower — they brand their studies as “action-oriented” research, making direct social change central to the program.
We are still taking submissions for our theme song contest. Vote online next month for your favourite one!
Every Feb. 14, we’re inundated with pink decorations, boxes of chocolates and bouqets of flowers. It’s a time of romantic dinners, stressed-out boyfriends and exchanges of frilly, colourful cards. But not everyone likes the holiday of love.
Student cell phone users beware: an e-mail has been circulating recently with the subject line, “Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this Month,” and it’s a hoax.
After four years of planning, two years of construction and a project budget of $66.6 million, the Bob Wright Centre for Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is open for business — more or less. While two lecture halls, a mini-cafeteria and a lounge are already bustling with undergrads, much of the building is still in boxes.
With UVic’s Clubs Days moved to the Petch Fountain, clubs may have a hard time recruiting members.
Kevin Grandia is sitting in a hailstorm of phone calls and e-mails.
“It’s what we call a shit show today,” he said.
Three UVic students will be out on their bikes this summer empowering youth to make decisions about the environment.
What: The Face of Jizo Where: Metro Studio (1411 Quadra) When: 3 and 8 p.m., March 21 Cost: $12 ($10 for students)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi laps the globe giving powerful speeches, yet she is required by law to ask her husband’s written permission to travel abroad.