Board of Governors approves international tuition hike March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Myles Sauer The UVic Board of Governors (BoG) has voted in favour of increasing international student tuition fees by four per cent effective May 1, 2017, during open session at their meeting...
Students poised to protest international student fee increase March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Myles Sauer On Tuesday, March 28, the UVic Board of Governors (BoG) will be asked to approve an increase of four per cent to international student fees. The proposed increase is part...
UPDATE: Third Space art project given takedown notice March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 Myles Sauer UPDATE 4:19 p.m.: After being painted over and temporarily blocked off with construction tape by UVic Facilities Management on Friday morning, the Third Space art project has now been ordered...
UPDATED: Art project challenging white supremacy painted over, blocked off March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 Myles Sauer How UVic challenges white supremacy is a topic on everyone's minds this week after an art installation put up by the Third Space sparked debate outside the SUB. The project — a wall...
Here are your newly elected Senate and Board of Governors reps March 14, 2017March 21, 2017 Myles Sauer The University Secretary released the results of the UVic Senate and Board of Governors (BoG) election results this week following the election that took place March 1–3. Voter turnout for...
Protesters crash effective altruism debate March 6, 2017March 7, 2017 Emily Fagan and Myles Sauer Members of the campus community were put at odds with one another after raucous protest interrupted an UVic Effective Altruism club event at Cinecenta on Wednesday, March 1. The event, which...
Energize UVic sweeps student election; referendums fail to meet quorum March 3, 2017March 4, 2017 Myles Sauer UPDATE: We've updated this story to include comment from Energize UVic's campaign manager and one of their candidates. UPDATE March 5: We've updated this story to include comment from Connect UVic's campaign...
Letter from the editor: A case for the student fee referendum March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 Myles Sauer Over the last few days of what I hoped would be a very chill student election campaign period, I've been struggling with the opposition to one of the two referendums...
‘Broken promises’ draw demonstrators for electoral reform rally February 22, 2017 Myles Sauer An estimated 250 people showed up to remind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he made a promise to them, at a rally in support of electoral reform on Feb. 12. On...
Student’s experience sheds light on rental discrimination February 22, 2017February 23, 2017 Myles Sauer Looking for a place in Victoria’s packed rental market can be a hell of a grind: the monotony of trolling endless rental postings, going on repetitive tours of dingy suites,...