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TextbookBroke campaign pushes for lower textbook costs

Tired of spending obscene amounts of money on textbooks you hardly use anyway? On Tuesday, Aug. 30, the UVSS announced the start of the TextbookBroke campaign, which hopes to ease…

Elephants never forget; ‘When Elephants Were Young’ makes sure we don’t either

Aug. 12 marks the fifth annual World Elephant Day (WED), and to celebrate, Cinecenta will be screening the documentary When Elephants Were Young by local filmmaker Patricia Sims and Michael…

Summer at the Third Space: A timeline

After a turbulent few months, summer at the Third Space (formerly the UVic Women’s Centre) is drawing to a close. Since classes ended in April, the centre has undergone a…

UVSS directors call for child care review

The July 25 board meeting, while lacking the usual attendance in human numbers, presented attendance of a full agenda and creative new proposals by the board. (I’m looking back at…

Bento Sushi and Booster Juice coming to UVic

UVic is set to fundamentally alter the way University Food Services operates with the addition of two independently owned food chains on campus. In a notice published by the Ring…

UVic students can’t get enough of Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go may not technically be available in Canada just yet, but that hasn’t stopped dedicated UVic trainers from downloading the app and hitting campus in search of Pokémon anyway. A…

Child Care Services to discontinue after-school program

UVic Child Care Services (CCS) will discontinue their After School Care (ASC) program on June 30, 2017, according to a memo released Thursday, June 23. The ASC program, catering to…

UPDATE: First Nations artwork returned after campus theft

UPDATE — June 26: Victoria police responded to a report of found stolen property in downtown Victoria on the evening of Friday, June 24, according to Saanich police. An unknown person believed…

Board Shorts — June 20: Survey says . . .

With a call to order at 6:07 p.m. and an adjournment at 7:04 p.m., the UVSS board meeting on Monday, June 20, sparked little discussion but bagged the record for…

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