The Thrill of the Grass: W.P. Kinsella, baseball, and me January 11, 2018January 10, 2018 Anna James An Australian child’s exposure to baseball is limited. “Growing up I thought there were just two teams in the bigs; the Yankees and the Red Sox,” a Queensland-born minor leaguer once...
No push back from Paradise November 30, 2017December 6, 2017 Jack Seaberry If you’re as cynical as I am, chances are you weren’t surprised by the contents of the recently leaked Paradise Papers that demonstrated the extent to which the world’s richest...
Bringing the Oireachtas to the Rock November 16, 2017November 24, 2017 Sarah Lazin Victoria hosts Irish dance championships For the first time in its 43 years, the Western Canadian Regional Oireachtas (pronounced uh-ROCK-tus) was held on Vancouver Island. Six hundred dancers (representing 24 dance...
On picking up tampons November 2, 2017November 20, 2017 Holly Conklin “Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who won’t be born...
Coffee Culture on Campus October 19, 2017October 18, 2017 Angel Manguerra Coffee can signify different things to different people. To some, it’s a social lubricant and a warm beverage to gather around and talk. To others, it is fuel to make...
Food security for starving students October 6, 2017October 6, 2017 Josh Kozelj How the community fills the bellies of growing minds The aroma of juicy, oregano-scented chicken wafted throughout the hallways of the church as starving cash-strapped students filled the tables in the...
Drug safety and students September 21, 2017January 13, 2018 Sarah Lazin and Kaitlyn Kokoska It has been 17 months since B.C.’s provincial health officer declared a public health emergency regarding the prevalence of fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths. In that time, B.C. has seen hundreds...
Do students at UVic have the right to party? September 10, 2017August 23, 2018 Devon Bidal In the fall of 2015, first-year student and 18-year-old Elliot Smith headed across campus to meet up with a group of friends outside the Poole residence building and head to...
How to Skin an Apple August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Emily Pegg My sister Abeline showed me how best to skin an apple, how to save the fruit, how to pull it off in one piece. Carve out the calyx like a...
Louisiana Lightning August 10, 2017June 29, 2018 Kirsty Chan I’m rosy in the music club heat and this flush feels a little like love, like a spring in my spine. The air is fluid, juicy with Herbie Hancock’s "Cantaloupe...
