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How Scotland voted with their wallets and stayed within the U.K.

A historic referendum on the future of Scotland took place on Sept. 18, when Scots rejected the idea of forming their own country, opting to stay within the United Kingdom.…

Changing the conversation about Aboriginal health

Along with cold winds and crunchy leaves, September brings the apprehension of a new semester. Just over one year ago, that nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach was…

Higher learning or efficient spending?

My feelings for our institution are familial; it is both loved and hated. These feelings confounded me one day in the bookstore café. After buying coffee from the university-owned subsidiary,…

Under cover out in the open

Recently, four graduates of the University of North Carolina created a new type of nail polish, Undercover Colors, which can detect the presence of certain date rape drugs such as…

BCTF votes to accept “A Fair Deal”

On Thursday, September 18, 84 per cent of 31 000 B.C. teachers voted in favour of accepting Tuesday’s tentative deal between the feuding B.C. Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) and the Government Bargaining…

Deal With It: the untold stories of hepatitis C in Canada

In 2013, the Victoria-based organization Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Society, known as HepCBC, rallied local patients and clinicians to be interviewed for a new film which will make its…

Running circles around a packed schedule

Being a varsity athlete has taught me how important it is to stay organized and on top of things. It has definitely been a learning curve and even in my…

McPherson Library needs ping pong: It’ll make us all smarter (I promise)

Library yet, or its closely situated ping-pong table, you are missing out. Nothing helps ease the pain of cramming like whooping your buddy’s ass at a game of ping pong,…

Academic Confessions: Learning not to make mistakes

On my very first day at UVic, Dr. Brad Buckham described engineering as “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation”. That is what engineering is:…

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