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For new poetry fans

June 12, 2014June 11, 2014
Mia Steinberg
An interview with John Barton and Chris Hutchinson

Hype aversion and fandom fatigue

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014
Mia Steinberg
In just a few weeks, the fourth season of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones will premiere, and the internet is already buzzing about it. And for the first...

I tried the Flappy Bird replacements so you don’t have to

March 20, 2014March 31, 2014
Mia Steinberg
I usually do my best to avoid viral game trends. I haven’t grown a Farmville; I’ve never drawn something with friends; and I’ve never played Candy Crush Saga, because I’ve...

How Canadian content grew up

March 6, 2014March 21, 2014
Mia Steinberg
I’m a radio host and music critic, and as a result I know a lot of amazing Canadian bands—stuff like Good for Grapes, The Zolas, A.C. Newman, and The Dears,...

How to seduce an introvert

February 6, 2014March 12, 2015
Mia Steinberg
When I took the Myers-Briggs test in 2011, things suddenly began to make a lot of sense. It revealed that I rated fairly strongly on the side of introversion, which...

Three surprising pop culture tearjerkers

January 16, 2014January 23, 2014
Mia Steinberg
I have never been averse to a good tearjerker, whether in film, television, or another medium, partly because they happen so rarely for me. Doing a minor in film studies...

Things aren’t okay

December 5, 2013December 4, 2013
Mia Steinberg
I was deeply affected by the first Hunger Games movie. I’m a girl who can sit through art-house horror without losing much sleep, but I thought about The Hunger Games...

The future is ours, 140 characters at a time

November 21, 2013November 20, 2013
Mia Steinberg
Quick—name what the following TV shows have in common: Firefly, Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, Angel: the Series, and Veronica Mars. Many readers will recognize it as a very short list...

Popped culture: Halloween for the Hermit

October 30, 2013October 30, 2013
Mia Steinberg
I may be old before my time, but this year I'm not really feeling Halloween. It's the tradition for those of age to dress up and get impressively intoxicated, but...

Don’t mess with Beliebers

October 10, 2013November 6, 2013
Mia Steinberg
Twitter is a funny, marvelous thing. I work with it in my job as a social media consultant, and I use it extensively in my personal life to keep up...
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Full articles about both exposures are on our webs Full articles about both exposures are on our website. UVic will not be releasing public information about these cases. 

UVic says they have worked with Island Health to inform some students that they should self-monitor for symptoms and were not considered high risk.
Tuition will go up next year: 💵 Domestic stud Tuition will go up next year: 

💵 Domestic student tuition is going up by 2% 
💵 International student tuition is going up by 3.75% (went up by 20% in 2018, 15% in 2019, and 3.75% in 2020) 

At the meeting, UVic president Kevin Hall called the budget fair and said that the process for determining the budget was transparent. 

Student representatives Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley voted against the budget. 

Full article at the link in our bio.
The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to save old growth forests. Eight months and nine locations later, a rotating case of forest defenders continue to join those that have been there from day one.

An injunction was served at all camps this morning. The B.C. Supreme Court granted the injunction on April 1 to the logging company Teal-Jones Group. 

For more on this developing story, check out our article at the link in our bio.

Photos and words by @michaeljohnlo
The Province has issued new COVID-19 guidelines fo The Province has issued new COVID-19 guidelines for March 29, 2021. Here is what you need to know.

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UVSS election results! A full article will be uplo UVSS election results! A full article will be uploaded to our website shortly.
CW - Atlanta shooting | Read the full article by S CW - Atlanta shooting | Read the full article by Senior Staff Writer Michael John Lo on martlet.ca
In one of our latest news articles, we tried to fi In one of our latest news articles, we tried to find out how much UVic is spending on social media. 

UVic recently hired seven new Social Media Ambassadors (SMAs) to help promote UVic on Instagram and TikTok. Each Social Media Ambassador is paid $19.50 an hour and is required to work for five hours or less each week.

The total cost of the new SMA program is covered under UVic’s communications and marketing budget and is included in the approximately $14 600 000 budgeted for external engagement. The seven new SMAs will cost UVic ~$10,920 for a semester. Aside from the SMAs, UVic also spent $63,340 on Facebook, which also owns Instagram, from 2019-2020.

For more on the SMAs and what they do, check out the news article about these new positions on martlet.ca — link in our bio. 

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Join us on FRIDAY for the UVSS Election Debates!! Join us on FRIDAY for the UVSS Election Debates!! This is a great opportunity to ask candidates your questions directly and get their thoughts on issues that matter to you. 

At the link in our bio, you'll find a form to submit questions and more links to our election coverage where you can learn more about the candidates. 

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all about the vaccine rollout 🤗 this is a summa all about the vaccine rollout 🤗 this is a summary of the information available on ImmunizeBC.ca and Island Health's website. If you'd like to learn more, check out those sources. 

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