by Martlet Staff | Apr 6, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
Last week, the UVic Board of Governors approved a $356-million balanced operating budget for the next year. As part of that budget, the university is implementing a six per cent increase to residence fees (on top of previous increases in 2015 and 2016), a two per cent...
by Martlet Staff | Mar 23, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
If you were around campus last week, you likely saw or heard about the art project spearheaded by the Third Space: a wall, painted in stark white, with black lettering that posed the question, “How do you challenge white supremacy?” The project offered a blank slate...
by Martlet Staff | Mar 9, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
On Wednesday, March 1, the UVic Effective Altruism club hosted an event where they invited philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer to do a Skype Q&A, following a screening of his TED Talk, “The why and how of effective altruism.” In light of some controversial...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 23, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
When President Donald Trump issued an executive order halting the intake of travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations on Jan. 28, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted in response, “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you,...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
Before you read this, we hope you’ve taken the time to look at our feature story, “UnCovered: The Story of Student Newspapers, Advocacy Journalism, and Genitalia.” If you did, you likely have a few questions, one of them being why we opted to publish an uncensored...