“Education Shouldn’t Be a Debt Sentence.” That is one campaign the Canadian Federation of Students B.C. (CFS-BC) launched this past October, targeting the growing ...

Is it possible to have an economy for people instead of for profit? In a recession that has left many in the dust, the British Columbia Institute for Cooperative Studies (BCICS), is trying to find out.

UVic got a “C” in this year’s College Sustainability Report Card (CSRC), down from the “B+” it received last year.  The reason for the plunge: UVic did not return any of the CSRC’s surveys.

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.

The Halloween hangovers were at bay this Sunday, Nov. 1, when the Vikes’ women’s soccer team defeated the Trinity West Spartans for the last game in the season. ...

Ninjas appeared on campus Sunday night, Nov. 1. Or rather, members of UVic’s Capture the Flag club.  The group gathers monthly to play Capture the Flag, for fun. ...

Despite Vikes’ forward Kayla Dykstra’s game-high 16 points and seven rebounds, the Simon Fraser (SFU) Clan ran their winning streak to 35 games on opening night, Oct. ...

Size carried the day as the Simon Fraser (SFU) Clan held off a late rally from the UVic men’s basketball team, handing the Vikes a 78-75 loss in the season opener on Halloween night.

Cambodia was not what I expected. I wasn’t expecting lounge chairs and water sports on the beach by day. I wasn’t expecting Britney Spears blasting from disco clubs ...

Tom Selleck look-alikes will storm the UVic campus this month in an effort to raise awareness for men’s health issues. Every November since 2003, men around the globe have grown out the hair on their upper lip to raise awareness for men’s health issues — particularly prostate cancer. The activity is called Movember — mo, slang for moustache, combined with November.

Instead of buying bread filled with preservatives, why not make a loaf to beat the study blues? Kneading is a great outlet for stress, and nothing quite says “relax” ...

Take heed fashionistas — no longer will you need to suffer as both pandemic and fashion victims. A remedy is available in the form of designer surgical masks.

An entrepreneur and former chief is transforming UVic’s academic landscape with her expertise. Judith Sayers, adjunct professor with UVic Law, is now the department of business’ first entrepreneur-in-residence.

Don’t be afraid to pick up the phone and call. That’s the message that Tracy Lubick, resource development manager of the Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre, wants ...

Volcano Choir is a partnership between Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the instrumental group, Collections of Colonies of Bees, but from the first song off their album, Unmap, the Bees don’t really show up.

What do Elvis Presley, a palm tree, Mario, the bearded lady and a couple of pirates all have in common? They came to see Sunday Buckets rock out at Evolution Night Club ...

UVic’s Phoenix Theatre is presenting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — with a twist.  The tragic love story, which opens this Thursday, has gone through a change of scenery. Director Brian Richmond has decided to place the play in the Holy Land, the disputed region of the Middle East, instead of in Shakespeare’s original Italian setting.

What:Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
Where: Victoria Event Centre, and more
When: Nov. 10 to 14
How much: $7 to $15 Sharpen your eyes, clean those ...

First Nations leaders brought the Olympic flame to the Legislature — and Songhees Chief Robert Sam lost his opportunity to welcome it, to the clear female tones of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) pre-recorded announcer.

The Olympic Torch ran through campus for 10 minutes on Friday, Oct. 30, and UVic spent almost $28,000 to celebrate its arrival. UVic Ceremony and Events and campus ...

It was a five-ring circus on Friday, Oct. 30, as No-2010’s anti-Olympics festival filled Centennial Square, responding to the official opening events of the Olympic Torch Relay.

The undead aren’t usually political. They made an exception during the Olympic Torch Relay on Oct. 30. Masked and unmasked zombies swarmed the streets in force to ...

What do socks and condoms have in common? Both these essential items were present at the twice-yearly Harm Less Students for Harm Reduction sock drive this past week in ...

Those suffering from mental health problems in Victoria may not receive as much help from the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA). Services, staff and an entire ...

I’m crouched nervously in a stone passageway, tightly clutching my grenade launcher. A dark figure appears at the end of the corridor, then ducks out of sight. I ...

Our current global financial crisis will have at least one positive effect: Iceland will now be completely devoid of the Golden Arches. McDonald’s, the mightiest of ...

UVic students were recently invited to vote in a non-binding referendum that asked:  “Do you support the introduction in 2012 of a new athletics and recreation building fee to help finance the proposed new facility and expansion of services?” 

There is a saying attributed to the Buddha: “these three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.” Yet one of the most common fabrications found in the climate change misinformation campaign has to do with the sun — that the recent warming trend can be explained by changes in solar irradiance.

I am tired of our government telling us that there is no money for healthcare and education while shelling out for a spectacle such as the Olympic torch relay.

The Olympic torch blew through Victoria faster than spinach pabulum through a six-month-old. And we residents find ourselves left with the particularly grim diaper.