B.C. Transit has announced that service to UVic will be ramping up this fall, as part of an overall five per cent service increase. UVic will be served by two new routes as well as increased frequency on the 4, 14 and 26 bus routes during peak periods.

B.C. Transit and TransLink’s ban on political ads violated free expression, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled this summer.

UVic should embrace the prospect of a campus sewage treatment plant as an opportunity to reduce our environmental footprint and contribute to a “legacy of sustainability,” says UVic geography professor John Newcomb.

If you’re considering a dip in the Pacific Ocean at the nearby Cadboro Bay beach, it may be a little chilly, but at least there isn’t crap in the water. The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) has been monitoring local beaches throughout the summer for levels of faecal coliform, otherwise known as poo.

Two UVic students are getting swept away by one of Vancouver Island’s newest attractions. Bonnie Cleland and Jillian Dunic have spent this past summer working as “oceaneers” at the new Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney. The centre, which opened on June 20, focuses on the waters of the Salish Sea, the name given to the inside waters off Vancouver Island.

UVic’s Cornett building will receive a facelift this semester — and it won’t cost the university a dime.

UVic’s men’s soccer team crushed Simon Fraser University (SFU) on Sept. 6, defeating the Clan 2-1 in the Vikes’ last exhibition game before the new season.

As the calendar turns from August to September, many lament the waning of summer and curse the fall breeze that foreshadows winter. For millions of others across North America, however, fall is a joyous season as NFL Football resumes after a long seven-month hiatus.

Victoria local Robert J. Wiersema’s soon-in-bookstores new novella The World More Full of Weeping, establishes an immediately-chilling mood before you’ve even opened it up.

Alberta diva surprises while rock efforts don’t roll

Technology has made making and sharing music increasingly easy for aspiring artists in recent years, flooding sites like Myspace with both raw talent and the musical equivalent of raw sewage.

TORONTO (CUP) — “I like zombies almost as much as I like math,” said Carleton University graduate student Philip Munz. When he and classmates Ioan Hudea and Joe Imad had to come up with a paper topic to model the spread of an infectious disease, the idea of a global outbreak of zombies seemed too good to pass up.

Are you a gurl, a sistah or an auntie? If you join antidote, it doesn’t matter how old or young you are — all you need is to be passionate about sharing your voice and empowering women in your community.

Hey Victoria, Hey Ocean is in town. This up-and-coming Canadian band has been making waves over the last three years with their enthralling funk/pop fusion.

The long road is over, my friends. The sun has risen and the light in the tunnel has grown to a glorious glow. It is finally here.

Perhaps we were just a little overconfident. A few weeks into a trip backpacking through Ecuador, we decided we would attempt to climb the world’s highest active volcano. Her name was Cotopaxi, and she gurgled and spat the earth’s innards at nearly 6,000 meters above sea level.

The midlife crisis is no longer reserved for men and women past 30 — a delightful sample of it often strikes just before graduation. Our destination: Wildplay Nanaimo. Our purpose: the sweet, sweet catharsis of leaping off of a bridge with a cord around our ankles.

Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, is wasting no time getting ready to turn B.C. into Canada’s bedrock of Green support — and Vancouver Island is ground zero.

Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: Twitter is stupid. Even at its best it’s just another way to waste your life while reading about the lives of others. At its worst, this inane website plays on our most self-indulgent, voyeuristic and vain attributes.

Is the traditional newspaper, which leaves an ink residue on the fingers, becoming an archaic phenomenon? Are newspapers a relic of the past, or is it possible that we are not quite through with old-fashioned newspapers just yet?

Looking around UVic, it isn’t surprising to see that many of the carefully sculpted, beautiful bodies on display in September have morphed into gelatinous blobs by Christmas time. Freshman 15, though? I’m looking at something closer to a Freshman 40. But as I enter my third year, I’ve resolved to do something about this onslaught of weight.

With 87 days left until the 15th conference of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP-15), member countries, civil society and experts are gearing up for the summit from Dec. 7 to 18 in Copenhagen.

So, I’ve returned to the green, open, rabbit-infested land of Victoria after touring my wonderful American homeland. Over the course of the summer I bounced like a pinball from state to highway-connected state in my Prius. I have to say that I miss something now that I’m back. Canadians, I miss the crazy.

In today’s world, the new academic culture is one that strongly encourages the pursuit of undergraduate degrees, master’s degrees and doctoral studies. In fact, as the rumours have it, it’s nearly impossible to get a good job without a degree.

When I read that the Liberals were pushing this country toward another federal election my first thought was: “didn’t we just do that?”