The labour dispute between the UVSS and striking Student Union Building workers is turning ugly. On Friday, Oct. 3, someone graffitied “Resign Now” and “Pay Our Wage, Open The Damn Bar” with red spray paint on the outside walls of the SUB, as well as other acts of vandalism.

For UVic students from outside the city, where or how to vote in the upcoming federal election may be as confusing as to who to vote for.

“Green” initiatives have been popping up all over campus lately, from expanded composting programs and the UVic Bookstore’s $12 stainless steel water bottles, to the new Social Sciences and Mathematics building that is expected to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold standard.

Wheelbarrows in hand, a duo of undergrads sallied forth from the Petch Fountain to pay their tuition in small change on Sept. 25, five days before the fee cut-off date.

A local distributor of Coca-Cola products and other independent beverages will service the SUB based on a contract signed last month by the UVSS. The contract, signed with Ryan Vending of Victoria, will eliminate Pepsi products in the SUB until 2018.

With the UVic Board of Governors out of session, the university co-operated with the provincial government to revise the controversial Letter of Expectations released by the government in spring 2008.

As the third week of the SUB strike rolls past, unionized workers on the picket have started receiving strike of $150 from their union, as well as offers from other unions on campus for further financial assistance.

A petition to remove the elected UVSS board was presented at a special board meeting on Monday, Sept. 29, but did not result in a motion being added to the Annual General Meeting agenda as only six members were present.

Students wearing only their skivvies — and a few in outlandish costumes — jogged around Ring Road last Friday, Sept. 26, to show their support for the fight against breast cancer.

Political campaigns can feel like the Cold War all over again. Both sides have malicious advertisements and slanderous facts tucked away, ready to attack there opponents through any means. This year is no exception, with major Prime Ministerial candidates taking hits on each other through various media campaigns.

The 2008 UVic women’s field hockey team is hoping their home field advantage will allow them to become CIS champions — a title they haven’t held since 2002.

UVic intramurals offer a unique set of opportunities for student's to get out there and active.

Over 1,000 Centennial Stadium spectators were treated to the Vikes trouncing the Velox Valhallian’s on Friday night, to a final score of 46-15.

The vacancy rate for rentals in Victoria has slipped to the lowest in Canada at 0.3 per cent. This season of zero vacancy follows the migration of the students, who are forced to look for off-campus housing because there isn’t enough space for them in UVic’s residence buildings or four-person Cluster units.

Fleet Foxes brought together people of all ages and tastes in a harmonious night of musical admiration.

The sound of a popping balloon recurred once a minute for half an hour on Sept. 22, startling many students around the Petch Fountain. The noise was part of Oxfam UVic’s Maternal Mortality Awareness event. Each popped balloon represented the one woman a minute who dies of preventable pregnancy-related disorders.

A taste of fall's musical releases

With plenty of fresh produce still lingering from summer, now is the perfect opportunity to try eating locally-grown food.

Eytan Fox’s most recent film, The Bubble, explores the friendship between three roommates, Noam, Lulu and Yelli, along with their relationships and the unfolding of everyday life in the Westernized city of Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Metropole, a documentary following the lives of a handful of individuals from Seattle as they course through leisure, work and home life, was exhibited at Open Space on Sept. 25, at the Anti-Matter Film Festival.

On Sept. 24, Element was ravaged by the return of hardcore band the Cancer Bats. On their heels were fellow Torontonians and punk rockers the Black Lungs and the metalcore destruction of U.K. rock group Johnny Truant.

It may sound anti-social and boring, but I believe that solitary traveling is the best (or perhaps the only) way to fully enjoy a trip – especially to Europe.

Last week, two undergraduate students rolled wheelbarrows brimming with loot into the University Centre and paid their tuition in petty change — lots of it.

Vancouver’s Pivot Legal Society has launched a challenge against sections in the B.C. Supreme Court that forbid the operation of sex-work houses (brothels), in a hope to decriminalize prostitution. Two Martleteers weigh in on the pros and cons of legalizing the world’s oldest profession.

Wouldn’t it be great if we each had a talent for walking into a clothing store and instantly finding something that looked perfect on us?

Determining who we are governed by is too important an issue for us to just sit on the sidelines and watch happen. Becoming involved does make a difference.