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May 18, 2019

Anti-SOGI 123 talk cut short by protesters

The atmosphere in Oak Bay took an unexpected shift on the evening of Thursday, May 2 as a public talk against SOGI 123 drew heavy criticism, hundreds of protesters, violence, and was eventually shut down by the Oak Bay police.

May 17, 2019

Korean fundraiser seeks to reunite Somali refugee family

An upcoming local fundraiser looks to help Marwo Abdi, a Somali woman living in Victoria, reunite with four of her family members. Abdi came to Canada in 2008 after receiving a scholarship to study at UVic. Now, she’s hoping to bring her mother, brother, and

May 9, 2019

Over $3 000 in parts recovered for UVic Formula motorsport team

Saanich police arrested a 48 year old man who had been attempting to sell parts stolen from the University of Victoria Formula Motorsport club on the online listing site UsedVictoria. The man, who is well known to the Saanich police, was apprehended on May 8

OPINION

April 29, 2019

Why I’m hatin’ Vape Nation

Too many people think vapes are exempt from the rules due to their overall low profile, and I’ve frankly had enough. Respect my right to clean air within campus, and I’ll respect your right to destroy your body with all the flavours of the

April 25, 2019

Why Brunei’s implementation of sharia law is already forgotten

On April 3, the country of Brunei put into practice the final laws of a sharia, law-based penal code. Sex between men, anal sex, extramarital sex, and abortion now are punishable with death by stoning. We should all be appalled, but no one should be

April 23, 2019

EDITORIAL | Activism shouldn’t take a summer holiday

As classes end and exam season wraps up, students head back home, jet off to Southeast Asia, or relocate for a four-month internship or co-op in a new city. The university campus goes quiet. In spite of the absence of students, the university campus continues

CULTURE

May 19, 2019

UVic Grad inaugural winner of CBC Next Up comedy contest

Three years ago, Alistar Ogden wrote his first comedy set as a playwriting student at UVic. This April, Ogden performed as CBC Comedy’s inaugural Next Up contest winner at the Halifax ComedyFest, one of only three comedy festivals in Canada broadcast on national TV.

May 19, 2019

Happy Days: the theatre of the absurd

The play Happy Days, written by French playwright Samuel Beckett, is best known for a style called ‘Theatre of the Absurd’. Like in his other masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, Beckett takes a premise that sounds like it wouldn’t work on stage, then deconstructs it to

May 17, 2019

Maya exhibit premieres at the Royal B.C. Museum

Maya: The Great Jaguar Rises is the largest Mayan exhibition to ever be shown in North America. Many of the artifacts are from Guatemala, and have never been shown internationally — some have never even been on public display. The exhibit opened for the first

SPORTS AND LIFESTYLE

April 29, 2019

Why I’m hatin’ Vape Nation

Too many people think vapes are exempt from the rules due to their overall low profile, and I’ve frankly had enough. Respect my right to clean air within campus, and I’ll respect your right to destroy your body with all the flavours of the

April 18, 2019

Sex and the (Univer)City | Women at B.C. Legislature call out archaic dress code

A few weeks ago, a government communications staff member — who has worked in the Legislature since 2014 — was reprimanded by a security guard because her cap-sleeve blouse was deemed unprofessional. The following day, many of the people in the press gallery who identify

April 9, 2019

Sex and the (Univer)City | Snakes on a plane

On Monday, Star Vancouver reporter Joanna Chiu tweeted that while she was on a flight to Toronto, she witnessed an older man hitting on a teenaged girl who was seated separately from her family. Apparently, harassment on airplanes is fairly common and happening more often

FEATURES

May 16, 2019

Glass half empty: the rise and fall of milk in B.C.

For years now, Statistics Canada has shown a decline in milk consumption across Canada. But this has not always been the case. It wasn’t long ago that milk reigned supreme as the prime suggested choice for a beverage with your meal, an accompaniment to cereal,

April 23, 2019

Blood and bruises: inclusive classrooms gone wrong

B.C. teachers and students are increasingly at risk of attack in a system that cannot support traumatized and violent children in regular classrooms, and the University of Victoria falls woefully short in terms of preparing student teachers for the violent aspects of their profession’s

April 4, 2019

The human impact of UVic’s seven months without a general psychiatrist

In the seven months without a general psychiatrist at UVic, students reported being denied referrals and access to their files, were given misleading information about the available psychiatric care, and some even left the university due to the lack of psychiatric support.