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Field school a chance for students to witness Holocaust legacy
In May 2016, Helga Thorson, Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, will run this year’s I-witness Field School: one week of intensive study of the Holocaust, followed by…UPDATE: Salty remarks from UVSS unpalatable to student body
On Oct. 19, as the Liberal Party of Canada won a landslide majority government with Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, two UVSS directors took to social media to voice their…NDP gains on island, but ‘happy days’ for May
While the rest of Canada was struck by a red tidal wave of Liberal support, lower Vancouver Island remained orange. Three of the four ridings on the lower island went…CULT reinvigorates UVic Astronomy
A group of students at the University of Victoria are determined to change the way we study the stars. The Committee for Upgrading the Learning Telescopes (CULT) may be a…Budget flights to Europe missing the WOW factor
An Icelandic air carrier has announced record low prices for flights between Canada and Europe, commencing May 2016. Discount airline WOW Air, based in Reykjavik, is offering Canadian travelers the…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…Our Digital Print Issue
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