by Adrian Paradis | Oct 23, 2014 | Sports, Sports | Lifestyle
Carly Branion-Calles didn’t so much choose soccer as it chose her. “I had a few older brothers and cousins who I used to play with,” she says. “They were all about two years older than me so I would go run around with them in the back yard kicking a ball. I guess I...
by Adrian Paradis | Oct 16, 2014 | Local, News
Meeting in her campaign office on a rainy Saturday afternoon, Marianne Alto pulls out a platform pamphlet after about 10 minutes and says, “I’m going to do something that politicians rarely do; here’s what I said I was going to do [last campaign]. Now let’s review.”...
by Adrian Paradis | Oct 16, 2014 | Campus, News
On Sept. 29, 13 UVic theatre students departed for India to embark on the department’s first field school. The students—including Matthew Gusul, the PhD candidate organizing the trip, one masters student, and 11 undergrads—will stay in the elder village of...
by Adrian Paradis | Oct 9, 2014 | Local, News
Just off Ganges Harbour on Saltspring Island lies the small Grace Islet. Not even big enough to be considered a full island, this small patch of land was government property before Barry Slawsky purchased the islet in 1990 to build his retirement home. Recently,...
by Adrian Paradis | Oct 8, 2014 | Campus, National, News
At its annual general meeting, scheduled for Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. at Cinecenta, the UVSS will ask undergraduates to choose whether or not to hold a referendum on the issue of fossil fuel divestment next year, an action meant to formalize the undergraduate population’s...