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City of Victoria seeks new Youth Poet Laureate

Zoë Duhaime began to perform poetry in grade ten. Now, she’s Victoria’s Youth Poet Laureate for 2015. Her term as Poet Laureate is coming to a close, and the next…

Streeters: What do you think about revealing Halloween costumes?

What do you think about wearing skimpy or revealing Halloween costumes; are they empowering, demeaning, or just simply costumes? How a woman decides to present in a public space is…

Engineering Students Society gets pushy―for a good cause

In support of The University of Victoria’s United Way Campaign, the Engineering Students Society (ESS) will have teams of students push a gutted Volkswagen Beetle around Ring Road from 8…

Acclaimed YouTube activist not without detractors

Laci Green’s recent talk at Uvic on Sept. 30 has received mixed responses from students, with some of the student body seeing the activist’s talk as problematic. We could talk…

Documentary gets to the bottom of youth voter apathy

On Sept. 17, UVic hosted a screening of The Drop: Why Young People Don’t Vote, a documentary starring Dylan Playfair that looks at youth voter apathy in Canada. The screening was followed by the panel discussion…

The election’s three days away; here’s what candidates told us

One-on-one with local candidates While the federal election is nearly upon us, many voters have yet to decide which party will earn their X on the ballot. On Oct. 7,…

Emotions run high at Victoria District candidates debate

The New Democratic Party and Green Party aimed to differentiate their platforms in the eyes of voters at the Victoria District Debate, held in the SUB’s Vertigo Lounge on Oct.…

Streeters: Do you think UVic is doing enough to address climate change?

Do you think UVic is doing enough to address climate change and be sustainable? If so, what do you see happening and if not, what could UVic do better? The…

Board of Governors discuss provincial lobbying, potential tuition increases

At the inaugural 2015-16 UVic Board of Governors meeting on Sept. 29, members were briefed on the university’s response to a recent sexual assault as well as August’s employee harassment…