What the Board of Directors accomplished this year March 1, 2016February 29, 2016 Cayden Johnson With great potential comes great responsibility — and the occasional mishap. For the current UVSS board, this last year had both. So, as election day draws near, we ask the question: how...
Events: Feb 18–March 2 February 17, 2016 Cayden Johnson MUSIC White Poppy Euro Tour Kick Off with the Backhomes and Slumberland Lowkey psych act from Vancouver, White Poppy, will be Eurotripping in March. Come support the kickoff of their tour and...
Torn on porn: A look at addiction & pornography February 4, 2016February 7, 2016 Cayden Johnson Where do we draw the line between overuse and addiction in an internet-obsessed culture? Charlotte Loppie, a UVic Professor in the School of Public Health, Social Policy, and Community-Based Aboriginal Health...
Events: Feb 4–Feb 14 February 3, 2016 Cayden Johnson MUSIC Records and Cocktails: Psychedelia and Acid Drenched Nightmares with Mark McIntyre You’re in for a trippy night of dark overtones and adventurous, colourful music patterns. To accompany this aural dissolution of...
‘Bring It On’ is just a movie, but cheerleading is the real deal January 21, 2016January 26, 2016 Cayden Johnson Don’t tell anyone, but I used to be a cheerleader. Seven years of my life were devoted to 5 a.m. wake-ups accompanied by vicious, if accidental, elbows to the face,...
Events: Jan 21–Feb 3 January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 Cayden Johnson ART Vic Slam: CIPS Qualifier Watch poetry get competitive as eight top poets battle to win a chance to represent Victoria at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam — taking place in Vancouver in late...
My most underrated albums of 2015 January 7, 2016January 19, 2016 Cayden Johnson Eartheater — Metalepsis Metalepsis is an album by Alexandra Drewchin that earned praise on Bandcamp and in Britain’s Fact magazine but truly deserves more recognition. The album is an ambient hybrid of multiple...
Events: January 7–20 January 6, 2016 Cayden Johnson ART Curator’s Tour: Recent Asian Art Acquisitions Join Barry Till as he leads an informative tour of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s collection of Asian art acquisitions from 2013 to...
CPSSA National Conference cancelled after setbacks December 17, 2015December 16, 2015 Cayden Johnson The Canadian Political Science Students’ Association (CPSSA) announced the cancellation of their 2016 National Conference, titled Modern Discourses on Sovereignty: Land, Bodies, and Borders, on Sunday, Dec. 13. The decision...
Events: Dec 17–Jan 1 December 16, 2015 Cayden Johnson ART Ipseity Now: New Painting of Chromatic Exuberance The Ministry of Casual Living brings you the work of four Victoria painters: Roy Green, Ira Hoffecker, PJ Kelly, and Pete Kohut. This art...
