Letter to the editor: Neutral on gender-neutral washrooms March 3, 2016March 7, 2016 Letters Hello, The gender-neutral washrooms in the SUB interested me for a few seconds when I first entered the building. Then it became pretty clear that they were previously gender-binary and those...
Lonely at the top: Kanye’s PR problems March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Ahmed Hasan This story was originally published in The Strand, Victoria University's student paper, on Feb. 23. TORONTO — With the drawn-out release of his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo , Kanye West is...
Pink Shirt Day uses buzzwords, propaganda, and corporate sponsorship to create false positivity March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Cazzy Lewchuk This story was originally published in The Other Press, Douglas College's student newspaper, on Feb. 24. NEW WESTMINSTER — On Feb. 24, many people across B.C. will participate in Pink Shirt Day, which...
EDITORIAL: Whoever’s elected must remember whom and what they work for March 3, 2016March 2, 2016 Martlet Staff So, you’ve been elected. Congrats! Now, in case you’ve somehow got the (mistaken) notion you know what you’re doing, allow us to redirect you in more useful directions, rather than...
I wish Coldplay would just go away February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 Myles Sauer Having tuned in to the Super Bowl more at my father’s whim than by any choice of my own, I was greeted with a technicolour display of nauseating exuberance led...
AGMs: We can fix this shit February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 Martlet Staff The UVSS’s Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM) failed to make quorum on Feb. 4, but maybe you already knew that. We’re not sure how, because nobody was there to find out....
Beyoncé bowls over white expectations February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Gwennyth Rosser So, the Super Bowl happened. There were a couple gangs of men running into each other and falling down, while some other dudes whistled and waved hankies, but more importantly:...
To the UVSS nominees . . . February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 Tony Carter It’s that time of year again: current student executives weigh their options, considering recommitting to jobs they may have learned to do; the optimistic, the power hungry, and occasionally the...
UN affirmation of abortion rights comes at just the right time February 18, 2016February 17, 2016 Sarah Lazin As the Zika virus rampages through the Americas, the debate surrounding abortion has never been more relevant. The virus spreads from a pregnant woman to her fetus, and is linked...
How emotional sleight-of-hand makes losers of us all February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Guthrie Prentice Imagine you’re a woman at a bar, just out on the town having a drink. In walks a guy who doesn’t look too bad, but you wouldn’t call him Brad...
