Opinions

Open-source textbooks

This is the second instalment about the practicality of open source texts. Last week Veronica Roberts addressed the irony of offering winners of a sustainability contest a UVic Bookstore gift…

Are you scared yet?

Everyone is bustling to find a scary costume for their evening festivities, but as we look for scary rubber masks, besieged health care workers are trading their now-inadequate surgical masks…

Student referendum lacks specifics

I was pleased to attend Thursday’s annual general meeting of the UVSS. To see Cinecenta filled to capacity with hundreds of students passionate about issues which affect our university was…

Opposing pipelines

In the aftermath of any major environmental disaster, it is crucial to look back and figure out if any human errors contributed to its occurrence, and use this knowledge to…

Is Mystic Market too good for waffle fries?

After being kept in endless suspense, the brand-spanking-new centre cafeteria has been revealed in all its airport-lounge-esque glory: seven food outlets and a general store. For those of us old…

Becoming a Google scholar

If the organization charged with addressing sustainability on campus conceptualizes “reward” as increased consumption in the form of a bookstore shopping spree, I fear we are doomed.

Love and peace in the streets

Those on the streets of Hong Kong show courage, patriotism, and an admirable desire for change; they deserve our support.

Re: Is Changes coming to the capital?

I applaud Changes the Clown. He reminds us that by using art, and something that draws attention, we can build public support and find real solutions to real problems. Still,…

Breaking the liquor policy ice

Dear British Columbia, let’s talk liquor. Heck, I couldn’t think of a friendlier topic. It’s there for you when you want to wind down from a hard day, when you…