UVic’s latest rabbit-control project has failed, leaving a multiplying rabbit population on the loose.

As the Afghanistan mission continues, Canadian soldiers — some parents of young children and teens — continue to die serving their country. To lose a parent as a youth is not only an unimaginable grief, but also an interminable challenge.

“There is somebody here, a girl or a guy, who must face the wrath of a most righteous pie,” reads the councillor. To his side stands an inquisitor, a pie bearer, and a pantless executioner.

The ability of UVic’s Science Venture program to reach youth in Victoria was always evident by the kids who showed up in droves each and every year for its annual summer camps. Now they have an award to show for it.

There’s a mob forming in town, and it’s growing by the day.

“I hear they’re going to start at the parliament buildings … and make their way down to the shop,” said Renaat Marchand over the phone. “I’m a little bit worried.”

Twelve babes went bare in support of the B.C. Cancer Foudation for a second time on March 7, this time taking off their hair — the first time, it was their clothes.

If you find the student support system complicated, get lost without a map, or you just think the university could be a better host, you can take comfort in the fact that a new Welcome Centre is coming soon.

This week’s election marks the end of a long-lived appeals process that, at times, embroiled the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) in controversy.

Indigenous drumming, chanting and dancing will likely take the stage at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, as it did at the Salt Lake City and Sydney Olympics. Both the United States and Australia made Indigenous culture a part of the celebration, and allowed the world a glimpse at their mixed cultures, before the aboriginal performers “danced their way into history.”

Victoria residents unable to attend the opening ceremonies will be able to demonstrate Olympic spirit in their own city with Living Colours, an annual community event.

Some issues are so important, they are broadcast via blog, webcast, podcast and twitter — and the upcoming 2010 Diversity Conference will use all of the above.

The best mentors practice what they preach and, at a lecture aimed at water sustainability on Jan. 28, UVic environmental psychology professor Robert Gifford was unashamed to reveal he does just that.

UVic’s newest — and arguably most unique — building, the First Peoples’ House, officially opened on Jan. 25 at a ceremony with the Honourable Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point, former Chief of the Skowkale First Nation, in attendance.

Six of UVic’s oldest and largest buildings will undergo $42.5-million worth of renovations over the next year and a half to increase their safety in case of earthquakes or fires, to renovate their interiors and to potentially reduce UVic’s carbon footprint.

The premiere website on local history during the Victorian era grew this month, thanks to the continuing research by UVic history students under the guidance of Professor John Lutz.

Late-night transit will arrive at UVic this January, as part of a three-month pilot project assessing the overall need for transportation after midnight.

You can stop feeling down about that book that sat under your coffee table for three weeks before finally being returned a week late, unread.

Get your trowels out.

Plans for a permaculture garden near the Student Union Building (SUB) are underway, and the Campus Urban Agriculture Collaborative (CUAC) is consulting the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) about ways to get students involved.

Winning traditions in universities are often attributed to a long-standing coach, the pillar of a program. After all, each year a team will suffer losses when students graduate, transfer, or drop out, making a strong team one year unrecognizable the next.

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is asking the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) to change their stance on denying club funding to the pro-life organization Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), and they are requesting that the President of UVic and the Minister of Advanced Education intervene if they refuse.