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Students deserve a better controversy than #MakeUVicLitAgain

Students deserve a better controversy than #MakeUVicLitAgain

by Myles Sauer | Sep 8, 2016 | Op-eds, Opinions

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re smack in the middle of Campus Kickoff season, which means you’re being bombarded from all sides with a slightly unhealthy overload of school spirit. And that’s okay. Back-to-school festivities are great for newbies to get...

A newbie’s guide to UVSS advocacy groups and the Board of Directors

by Myles Sauer | Sep 8, 2016 | Features, Stories

For those of you who are new to UVic, or are otherwise unaware, this campus has a particularly active political culture. Aside from the UVSS board of directors, the Students’ Union Building (SUB) houses the Native Students Union and four advocacy groups. Each of these...

Why political movements can’t forget their marginalized members

by Myles Sauer | Aug 4, 2016 | Op-eds, Opinions

When Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, it didn’t take long for pundits, thinkpiece writers, and Sanders detractors (some of them one in the same) to ask why those rabble-rousing Bernie Bros couldn’t just take the L and go home rather...
Students deserve a better controversy than #MakeUVicLitAgain

University scraps UVic Edge; launches UVic Go

by Myles Sauer | Aug 4, 2016 | Humour, Stories | Satire

  Inspired by the explosive popularity of Pokémon Go, a new mobile app where users catch Pokémon that has taken the world by storm, UVic announced today that it will be scrapping its UVic Edge branding campaign in favour of a new initiative called UVic Go. The...
Students deserve a better controversy than #MakeUVicLitAgain

Getting the band back together: Inside the UVSS’s split—and possible reunion—with the ABCS

by Myles Sauer | Aug 4, 2016 | Features, Stories

In December 2013, the Alliance of B.C. Students (ABCS), a non-profit advocacy group with a mission to address issues facing post-secondary education in British Columbia, was formed. The University of Victoria Students Society (UVSS) was one of its founding members....
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