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...
by Martlet Staff | Feb 9, 2017 | Humour, Spoof
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by Martlet Staff | Jan 26, 2017 | Editorials, Opinions
The UVic Senate meeting on Jan. 6 left a lot up in the air after amendments to the university’s policy on the use of editing services by students were sent back to committee for revision. The proposed amendments to UVic’s Policy on Academic Integrity (PAI) prohibited...