Letter: In response to Jamie Cassels March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 Letters Dear Jamie Cassels, This letter is a response to the statement “No room for racism or discrimination at UVic” that was published on the UVic announcements page. We are disappointed, but...
Letters to the editor — March 23 March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Letters Racism alive and well in Canada I noticed that early Thursday afternoon, near the UVSS, there was somehow an event about “How do you challenge white supremacy?” But I assume you...
EDITORIAL: Third Space project highlights challenge of confronting racial discrimination March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Martlet Staff If you were around campus last week, you likely saw or heard about the art project spearheaded by the Third Space: a wall, painted in stark white, with black lettering...
Letter: International students should not bear undue financial burdens March 22, 2017 Letters Editor, The Graduate Students’ Society (GSS) is strongly opposed to the proposed decoupling of international and domestic tuition slated for a vote at the March 28 meeting of UVic’s Board of...
Letter: Those on the left need to deal with dissenting voices March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 Letters Re: "In the debate over free speech, there are no clear winners," March 9 As well meaning as the editor’s sentiments are in your editorial “In the debate over free speech...
UVSS elections are a mess. It’s time to wipe the slate clean March 9, 2017 Cormac O’Brien In case you didn’t know, the UVSS just held its annual student election, in which students selected seventeen other students to act on their behalf on campus, in the greater...
EDITORIAL: In the debate over free speech, there are no clear winners March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Martlet Staff On Wednesday, March 1, the UVic Effective Altruism club hosted an event where they invited philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer to do a Skype Q&A, following a screening of his...
B.C. budget raises hopes when we should be raising questions March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Sarah Kilian On Feb. 21, the B.C. Liberals released their 2017 budget — the last before the provincial election on May 9. The budget includes increased funding for education, child welfare, and a ‘Prosperity...
Liberal hack-usations backfire, political diversions continue March 2, 2017March 3, 2017 Chris Horne In early February, the B.C. Liberals claimed that their party's website had been hacked, basing their accusations on the few hours where private information of Vancouver Island residents who had...
Letter from the editor: A case for the student fee referendum March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 Myles Sauer Over the last few days of what I hoped would be a very chill student election campaign period, I've been struggling with the opposition to one of the two referendums...
