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How UVic students can cope with the Liquor and Cannabis strike

Consider liquor distilled in seldom-used bathrooms, or encouraging your friends at Gustavson to get involved with another kind of "green" business.

UVic launches ‘Kula: Library Futures Academy’

“When students have the opportunity to see the how,” Huculak continued, “it gives [them] a deeper connection and understanding of where knowledge comes from, and the fragility of it as…

The UVic libraries are not just for books

Workshops offer students hands-on opportunities to “practice creative scholarship,” including 3D printing, laser cutting, and podcasting.

Are McPherson Library’s quiet floors getting louder?

Students have taken to the Reddit page r/uvic to complain that the silent study areas in McPherson Library are becoming louder.  

Five mysteries haunting UVic’s campus

The Martlet sought to uncover UVic's top five campus mysteries. Some we did... others will have to remain unsolved. 

Seven great campus study spaces you can use this fall

The Martlet has you covered with the latest and greatest in study spot recommendations at UVic. 

New Tek Booths available for booking in McPherson Library

Following the renovation of McPherson Library, “Tek Booths” have arrived for private, quiet space for online work and meetings. 

Into the archives: A guide to UVic’s treasure trove

Down in the basement of McPherson Library, past the stairs and protected by the quiet floor, just might be UVic’s best kept (not so secret) secret, the University of Victoria’s…

Who is the shy pooper king?

Raindrops rolled down the foggy window of my second-floor perch as I peered out at the open umbrellas weaving through the quad, obscuring the figures underneath, nothing but legs. It…