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...
A critical look at Canada 150 July 7, 2017April 24, 2018 Sarah Lazin Identity is oftentimes very personal. While we are influenced by our families and friends, no one else can decide how we identify. In all likelihood, you walk past hundreds of...
A critical look at Canada 150: Lisa Helps June 30, 2017July 7, 2017 Sarah Lazin We asked community leaders and educators about Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary, to reflect on this country’s present, past, and future. Lisa Helps | Mayor of Victoria The Martlet: What does it mean to...
