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Canadian military poses $3-million question to Geography department

January 11, 2017January 31, 2017
Kaitlyn Kokoska
UVic’s Department of Geography has the opportunity to propose a research project that could earn it $3 million in funding from the Canadian military through the Department of National Defence...

Positive thinking in 2017

January 11, 2017January 31, 2017
Kaitlyn Kokoska
Gloomy January has never felt like the best time to have a fresh start. Even so, we are provided with an opportunity to grow into better humans. Instead of pontificating...

Cultural phenomena of 2016 I don’t f*cking understand

December 15, 2016December 14, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
As I start ascending into my mid-late twenties, I’m beginning to realize that I’m falling behind the times. The youth of today are doing the weirdest shit online, and I...

The many happy holidays: Remembering all cultures this season

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
Is it ‘merry Christmas’ or ‘happy holidays?’ Regardless of how we say it, the message is the same: wishing someone a happy winter season. But in Western culture, the season...

I used to hate Dane Cook, and now I sort of don’t

December 5, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
Harmful if swallowed Let me preface this by saying that I haven’t seen a lot of stand-up comedy. I generally avoid all of the stand-up specials on Netflix because a person...

We read the UVSS Strategic Plan so you don’t have to

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
At the Oct. 27 Annual General Meeting, the UVSS Board of Directors released their two-year Strategic Plan. The 32-page document includes the results of an annual survey published by the...

Into the VR Zone: How virtual reality is changing Victoria’s world

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska and Cormac O’Brien
START You’re diving underwater with a pod of orcas. You’re flying through space with a jetpack and a laser gun. You’re ducking beneath the crack of gunfire in an Iraqi warzone. And...

Fat Wreck Chords documentary set to crash The Roxy

November 22, 2016November 24, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
When Greg Pratt, managing editor of the Nexus Newspaper at Camosun College, received a Facebook message three years ago from Texas filmmaker Shaun Colón asking him to help produce a...

Joni Mitchell musical debuts at the Belfry Theatre

November 16, 2016November 16, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
From now through Dec. 4, the Belfry Theatre presents I Think I’m Fallin’—The Songs of Joni Mitchell, a musical production that features 17 of the singer’s most iconic songs. The production...

National Day of Action draws crowd at UVic

November 4, 2016
Kaitlyn Kokoska
UVic students and community members gathered in the front of McPherson Library on Wednesday to join thousands of students across Canada rallying for free post-secondary education as part of a...
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