2008-02-28
Volume 60 No. 24 |
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| Dujay versus Meggs | | Partying and lobbying took centre stage in the debate between the two candidates running for chairperson in the upcoming UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) elections.
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 | Bright minds, bold ideas | | If you’ve got a great idea, UVic wants to hear from you.
UVic’s Innovation and Development Corporation (IDC) is launching a new entrepreneurial competition for students and researchers across Vancouver Island. The Ideas Competition challenges faculty, staff and students at UVic, Camosun College and other Island academic institutions to compete for over $18,000 in cash prizes. |
| Tracy Ho runs for director of finance | | Tracy Ho is running for director of finance, which some may view as a step down from the chairperson’s position, but Ho sees it as a great opportunity.
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| Independents offer change | | Four independent candidates are running in this year’s UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) elections. The Martlet goes one-on-one to find out what these candidates are about.
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 | Voter apathy won’t stop these candidates | | Incumbent director-at-large candidate Richard Park is sitting on the patio at Felicita’s enjoying a drink when he is interrupted by a mature student holding a beer.
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| B.C.’s green budget leaves out students | | Finance Minister Carole Taylor’s green budget made headlines across the country for taking a stand on climate change last week, but the budget mostly ignored students and post-secondary issues.
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| This week in Martlet History | | March. 3, 2005 — UVic lowered its minimum entrance grades to increase enrollment. Anyone with a B average could be let in. Previously, students needed an 82 per cent average to attend UVic.
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| Feds give UVic $1 million for tech research | | She may have graduated more than a decade ago, but Rona Ambrose hasn’t forgotten her years at UVic. Ambrose graduated with a psychology degree from UVic in 1995, and returned to campus on Feb. 20 to announce over $1 million in increased research funding for the university.
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| Federal budget retools Millennium Scholarships | |
OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced on Feb. 26 that the federal government will not renew the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation.
It will be replaced by the Canada Student Grant Program, one of several investments in post-secondary education the government intends to make in the next few years.
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| Silent spring at UVic | | The biodiversity of bird species on UVic’s campus has declined drastically in the last 30 years. The Natural Features Survey, commissioned by UVic’s facilities management department to aid in sustainable development, documented the loss of 24 of the 123 bird species once common on campus.
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