EDITORIAL: Bill 23 builds a foundation, but there’s still more to be done May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Martlet Staff On May 4, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver led a townhall discussion at UVic introducing Bill 23, or the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act. While this latest legislation...
Tuition fees are not desirable, beneficial, or inevitable May 12, 2016May 11, 2016 Georgia Hennessy Jackson Another year, another set of students gearing up to take on the real world. And while students may be breathing a sigh of relief now that exams are over, there’s...
Language matters: how our words trivialize mental health May 12, 2016May 11, 2016 Taylor Oriecuia As humans, we talk too much. According to a University of California study, the average person speaks up to 20 000 words a day. So, what are we talking about? As a university...
Ban the grizzly trophy hunt April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Georgia Hennessy Jackson The spring hunt for grizzly bears is now in full swing across B.C. This season alone, hundreds of hunters will descend into the Great Bear Rainforest to seek out a...
My first walk down an unknown path April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Denna Naemi Beginning my first year of university was like taking my first step into the “real world.” I was terrified and anxious to be moving away from my home on the...
EDITORIAL: Protect the source, protect the press April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Martlet Staff In a recent legal battle between VICE News and the RCMP, an Ontario court determined that a VICE reporter must divulge the contents of digital communications between himself and Farah...
Poverty and homelessness are not a “nuisance” April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 Dylan Much The Province of British Columbia’s failed injunction against the tent city on the grounds of the provincial courts sets precedent in a positive direction. Law tends to follow precedents of...
Changing my career path: Third time’s the charm April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Emma Pickering If there’s one thing I’ve learned at university, it’s that you don’t actually know what you want in life. You may think you do, but you don’t know for sure,...
Morality aside, has the Board of Governors even done their homework? April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Andy Nuttall Not only did the Board of Governors fail to acknowledge the moral imperative to divest from fossil fuels and forget about the university’s strategic plan, it seems they can’t even...
EDITORIAL: The scales of justice are past the tipping point March 31, 2016March 30, 2016 Martlet Staff As last week’s Jian Ghomeshi verdict demonstrated, women continue to be disproportionately marginalized by the legal system — a system that, in theory, should be protecting them. On the one hand, women...
