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Asian erasure in Hollywood is more than just skin deep

As both a South Korean immigrant and a pop-culture junkie, I grew up searching for Asian representation in the TV shows and movies I watched — kind of a weird, racialized version…

Trump’s ‘war on science’: Just ask Canada

On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump announced a temporary media and funding black-out that effectively gagged federal science agencies (including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Department)…

Letters—Feb. 9

Re: “Let the students edit,” Jan. 26 Dear Editor, The editorial is quite surprising to read, since I was always under the assumption that peer edited work was always supported…

Lift the ban on discussion

Standing against injustice starts in the classroom Last Monday, Jan. 30, I sat down for my morning lecture with an expectation: a discussion about Islamophobia. I’m an undergraduate member of…

Double exposure: Why we published the uncensored 1992 Martlet cover

Before you read this, we hope you’ve taken the time to look at our feature story, “UnCovered: The Story of Student Newspapers, Advocacy Journalism, and Genitalia.” If you did, you…

Bad Date Confessions: Volume Three

I was in my first year at UVic, and I was going on only the second or third date I’d ever been on in my life. He picked me up…

It’s time for Hollywood to split with mental illness stereotypes

True horror lies in lived experience of the mentally ill, not cinematic sensationalism This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum, the University of Ottawa’s student newspaper, on Feb. 2. OTTAWA—To…

EDITORIAL: Let the students edit

The UVic Senate meeting on Jan. 6 left a lot up in the air after amendments to the university’s policy on the use of editing services by students were sent…

Trump’s presidency a cause for compassion

The multicultural mosaic that paints the free world isn’t just pretty, it’s practical — so here’s hoping it weathers the storm of Donald Trump’s presidency. For this mosaic to be preserved, Trump’s…

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