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The nightmare of student parking at UVic

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
Jalen Codrington
It’s a familiar feeling: you’re late for class, driving around Ring Road, feeling hopeless. You’re not finding a spot in Parking Lots 1, 5, 4, or 8 — don’t kid

The best and worst bathrooms on campus

September 27, 2021October 21, 2021
Jalen Codrington
The University of Victoria is home to an array of buildings that vary drastically in age. Thus, it is home to bathrooms that vary drastically in quality. It’s about time

Why the struggle is real for Engineering students in online courses

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Jensen Gillett
The top 5 reasons why engineers are struggling to do well online Stock photo by Belle White, Photo Editor. After enduring an agonizing 10 months of online classes, I’ve learned a lot...

What your mask says about you

January 14, 2021January 22, 2021
Christopher Driscoll
Frankly, it's also illegal not to wear a mask.

An open letter to 2020: a bad acid trip of a year

December 29, 2020February 1, 2021
Meaghan Bate
An open letter to reflect on a year that seemed like a never-ending, hard to explain, really bad fever dream.

In the kingdom of the coronavirus, the social outcast is king

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Aaron Stefik
I have observed a number of persons beginning to catalogue their riveting new lives across social media, and in these, one cannot help but observe a trend of gradually-evolving but

Top five hazmat suits for weathering COVID-19

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020
Brianna Bock
With the ever-growing and changing threat of the coronavirus, just going outside to grab the mail can seem like a life-or-death situation. If you’re out of soap and hand sanitizer

Lions, aliens, and Kardashians: The worst conspiracy theories about COVID-19

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020
Kate Korte
COVID-19 is spreading around the globe, and so is misinformation about the disease. But these conspiracy theories take misinformation to the next level by completely altering facts and ignoring scientific

Life after corona: A journey through the wilds of UVic

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Alec Lazenby
The quad is an overgrown mess of grass, with the occasional forgotten Blundstone and slackline still dotting the landscape. The nostalgia-inducing smell of freshly burnt coffee, which surprisingly could still

Students of residence tire of UVic’s COVID-19 policies, take over University Centre in protest

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020
Michael John Lo
In a stunning turn of events, UVic students have (once again) occupied the University Centre in a protest — and this time, it’s in protest of UVic’s mercurial response to
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