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The calculated randomness of creative intuition: Wise words from Rachel Lachmansingh

Fourth-year creative writing student talks inspiration, the power of language, and finding your inner voice It’s 9 p.m. on a dreary November evening. Rachel Lachmansingh, a fourth-year creative writing student,…
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“The White Lotus” season two review

As the most bingeable show on air wraps up its second season, it’s the perfect time to catch up on The White Lotus if you haven’t already. The clock is…
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“Hair Funeral” pulls off semi-improvised approach

An improv show lives and dies off the performers’ abilities to play to the audience. It can be argued that all live performances are dependent on this, but it is…
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Ho-Ho-Holiday movie guide

Take a break from arguing with your family this winter break and engage in something that everyone can get along while doing — shutting up and watching a movie.
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“Shaping Relations, Tethered Together” opens at the McPherson Library

When you walk into the McPherson Library, your first thought would rarely be about the art that’s displayed beneath it. However, tucked in the lower level is the Legacy Maltwood…
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The Grad House reopens its doors to the UVic community

“The Grad House: Quietly Open Again.” That is the heading that you are greeted with when you open the UVic Grad House website.

Try these Christmas traditions on for size

Looking to try a new tradition for the holidays? Ready to be done with this semester and spend time doing literally anything other than school? If you said yes to…

In review: “Going All the Way”

Going All The Way is a play about two friends, Avery and Beatrice, as they finish up university. For their final fine arts project, they decide to teach sex-ed —…
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Four documentaries about climate change to watch this fall

Education is the important first step toward understanding and addressing climate change, and there is no easier way to educate yourself than sitting on the couch watching a movie. 

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