EDITORIAL: Refugee crisis response has room to improve September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Martlet Staff If you’ve managed to keep up with the news as well as your assignments in these first weeks, you’ve almost certainly watched the Syrian refugee crisis ramp up right alongside...
5 things I learned from the leadership debate September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Gwennyth Rosser The Globe and Mail leadership debate on Sept. 17 marked the first time in a month that the three Canadian electoral front-runners (really, the only runners in our first-past-the-post system;...
Connecting the dots on the European refugee crisis September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Perry Watson The recent migrant — read “refugee” — crisis loominglarge over Europe seems to have reached its height in recent weeks. I write this because one of my family members has experienced firsthand the strife...
Dear employers of Victoria September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Jess Lin STOP WASTING EVERYBODY’S TIME. Now, I’m sure there are a handful of you who are trustworthy and ethical. But for those who’ve scammed me and my friends and their friends and...
Eclectic Affinities: Trying to succeed, or what to avoid September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Michael Chmielewski The main sentiment I heard backstage at my University of Regina graduation this past May was disturbing, considering the circumstances. Right before proudly crossing the convocation stage to receive my...
EDITORIAL: To the class of 2019 September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Myles Sauer Welcome to the University of Victoria, and Volume 68 of the Martlet. Have you settled in yet? How are your classes? Still scrambling for textbooks? Speaking of textbooks, here’s a...
Undergraduate degrees: society’s crazy ex September 10, 2015September 9, 2015 Hayley Copperthwaite It’s 1:04 in the morning. I start work at my dead end job at 8:30 a.m. I have been lying in bed, sweating in my dad’s Kokanee t-shirt that he...
An open letter to the UVSS Board of Directors August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Myles Sauer Dear Board of Directors, On Aug. 24, I attended what was presumed to be a regularly scheduled board meeting, which are held, according to the UVSS website, "twice a month on...
EDITORIAL: Let the games begin August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 The Martlet On Sunday, Aug. 2, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited the Governor General’s office to officially dissolve Parliament and begin the 42nd federal election campaign. With the election set for Oct....
Letter to the editor: More to Atticus Finch than simple bigotry August 6, 2015May 24, 2016 Letters Since the release of Harper Lee’s “sequel” Go Set A Watchman, many are disillusioned to learn that Atticus Finch, the hero of To Kill A Mockingbird, turned out to be...
