Road trips are a summer staple for many young people, but this year, three UVic students are jazzing up the typical vacation.

Our ocean may be a little chilly, but that doesn’t mean we can’t go swimming outside in the middle of May. Another advantage of living on the west coast: beautiful lakes.

Most Canadians wouldn’t choose to be outside for extended periods of time in March — let alone live. But for some students at 17 universities and colleges across the country, even snow couldn’t stop them.

Many students include cycling as a part of their summer activities, but two UVic students are taking summer bike rides to a much higher level.

If all the books on the Top 100 Challenged/Banned Books list had been successfully censored, chances are you wouldn’t have read the majority of books assigned to you back in high school.

Last week the Martlet tried out a cross-section of sex toys (most provided by locally owned and operated at-home sex toy company JoyToy) to find out just what tickled people the right (and wrong) ways.

If journalism was a retail store, “buyer beware” signs would be up everywhere. You would want to believe there was truth in what was presented to you, but how could you ever be sure?

Seeing High School Musical: The Ice Tour (HSM) is like going to see strippers as a straight woman — you’re not the target audience, but you enjoy it anyway.

While most Canadians take education for granted, many people in developing countries don’t even have the option of higher learning. The World University Service of Canada (WUSC) wants to make education a human right.

If you think young people don’t have a national voice, one UVic student will change your mind.

With a Victoria bylaw passed last month that allows temporary shelters, the consensus of the Community Forum on the Tent City Decision was: where do we go from here?

With the issues concerning Victoria citizens happening right outside the Solstice Café’s doors on Oct. 27, debates inside the Victoria All Candidates Forum were even more heated.

BC Ferries’ plans to cut back sailings to save costs have been reversed thanks to a $20 million dollar provincial subsidy given to the company as part of Gordon Campbell’s economic strategy announced Wednesday, Oct. 22.

If there’s someone down at City Hall who will get the youth voice heard, it’s Victoria City Council candidate Joseph Boutilier.

Despite a record-low voter turnout in last week’s federal election, the polling station at UVic was considered extremely successful, even with minor problems.

With less than a month until election day many young Canadians still don’t know who to vote for, according to a recent study.

For Fringe virgins, waiting in lines and walking by Fringe venues near the end of summer can make for some nervous patronage come showtime, especially when the volunteers ask, “so, have you ever Fringe’d before?”

Hard Candy Vulcan Productions

I never thought I would be afraid of a 14-year-old girl. I was proven wrong when I watched the movie Hard Candy.