Canada’s 41st election has gone viral. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media sites have become platforms of debate during #elxn41 and voter engagement has exploded.

UVic undergraduate students have voted for the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) to sever ties with the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS).

UVic students have voted for the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) to sever ties with national lobby group the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS).

1,361 students voted “yes” to continued CFS membership; 3,255 students voted “no”.

About 50 people gathered outside the Student Union Building (SUB) on March 28 for “Silent No More,” an event hosted by pro-life group Youth Protecting Youth (YPY).

Across the Capital Region District, people are dusting off their sneakers and hitting the pavement to train for the annual Times Colonist 10-kilometre race (TC 10K), taking place on Sunday, May 1.

Preliminary results from the 2011 UVic Sudents’ Society (UVSS) elections are in and the Fuse slate has swept the race.

WHAT: The Vagina Monologues
WHEN: March 12, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Alix Goolden Hall
HOW MUCH: $22, $15 for students, available at Lyle’s Place and at the door

The house I grew up in had spaghetti sauce stains on the kitchen ceiling. They were put there when my mom dropped a pot of the stuff on the floor just before dinner one evening.

Nearly four months after they hosted an event called “Echoes of the Holocaust” on campus, pro-life club Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) are seeing consequences. At their Feb. 7 meeting, the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) voted to censure the club for violating the UVSS harassment policy in promoting the event.

Maybe I’m a big kid at heart; maybe I appreciate nostalgia more than most. Whatever it is, I think Toy Story 3 deserves its Oscar nomination for best picture.

The UVic Students’ Society’s (UVSS) decision to not recognize Access UVic as the constituency group for students with a disability at UVic was made permanent at the UVSS’ Jan. 31 board meeting.

There’ll be an extra executive seat filled when the next UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) Board of Directors takes the helm, thanks to a decision made by students at the UVSS’ Special General Meeting (SGM) on Jan. 27.

UVic is looking towards the future and they want students and the community to help fill out the picture.

The UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) Board of Directors has requisitioned a meeting for Jan. 31 to discuss a pair of issues that are sure to be contentious.

Last month, UVic students who found their textbooks weren’t being accepted by the Bookstore’s buy back program were able to get some good karma instead of cash.

Every December, UVic hosts a memorial to commemorate the 14 women who were killed at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989. This year’s ceremony will be unique, however, as UVic unveils a plaque commemorating these deaths and invoking a better future for women on campus and in our communities.

WHAT: This Side of West editors reading
WHERE: Intrepid Theatre Club
WHEN: Nov. 18, 7 p.m.
HOW MUCH: $4

Students who go to check their wait-list status or grades over the fall reading break might be surprised by what they find: that uSource no longer exists.

No new general manager

The UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) has decided not to hire a new general manager.