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EDITORIAL: It’s better to break walls than build them up

EDITORIAL: It’s better to break walls than build them up

by Martlet Staff | Jul 7, 2016 | Editorials, Opinions

On June 23, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in the Brexit referendum, a landmark decision that sent shockwaves throughout the world, and has left an entire nation in the midst of an identity crisis. Many Leave voters based their decision on the...
EDITORIAL: It’s better to break walls than build them up

EDITORIAL: Super InTent City is just the tip of the iceberg

by Martlet Staff | Jun 9, 2016 | Editorials, Opinions

More so than ever before, the last few weeks have been a trying time for residents and neighbours of Victoria’s Super InTent City. On May 27, one of its residents was arrested for assaulting a CTV cameraman — one of two instances of reported violence in a 24-hour...

EDITORIAL: Bill 23 builds a foundation, but there’s still more to be done

by Martlet Staff | May 12, 2016 | Editorials, Opinions

On May 4, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver led a townhall discussion at UVic introducing Bill 23, or the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act. While this latest legislation is an important step in combating sexualized and gender-based violence on campuses...
EDITORIAL: It’s better to break walls than build them up

EDITORIAL: Protect the source, protect the press

by Martlet Staff | Apr 14, 2016 | Editorials, Opinions

In a recent legal battle between VICE News and the RCMP, an Ontario court determined that a VICE reporter must divulge the contents of digital communications between himself and Farah Shirdon to the RCMP. Shirdon, an Islamic State fighter, was charged in absentia with...
EDITORIAL: It’s better to break walls than build them up

EDITORIAL: The scales of justice are past the tipping point

by Martlet Staff | Mar 31, 2016 | Editorials, Opinions

As last week’s Jian Ghomeshi verdict demonstrated, women continue to be disproportionately marginalized by the legal system — a system that, in theory, should be protecting them. On the one hand, women are cast by courts and the media as “vulnerable” people in need of...
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