Ever heard of a kayaker getting arrested for paddling under the influence? It might be more likely than people think. A lifeguard at McKinnon Pool noticed a few members of the UVic Kayak Club drinking beers during one of their weekly Friday night sessions a few weeks ago.

If you head to Village Greens for lunch today, you’ll find vegetarian fajitas on the menu. Or, if noodles are more your thing, you can opt for a stir-fry with tofu. It’s because of options like these that UVic scored second in Canada in the “Most Vegetarian-Friendly Universities List” from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals youth division (PETA2).

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UVic’s Young Liberals club is increasing its community connection with a clothing drive for Victoria’s homeless.

During the strike by workers in the Student Union Building, there was no shortage of ideas for how to increase profits in the building to pay for a wage increase for workers. Now, with the dispute settled and most workers earning an extra 70 cents per hour, the UVic Student Society has created a temporary committee to analyze the suggestions and create a report for the society.

The UVic men’s soccer domination of domestic opponents came to a grinding halt on Nov. 6 as they were stumped 3-0 by the York Lions in Ottawa.

The UVic women’s soccer team suffered a devastating shootout loss to the Trinity Western Spartans in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Nationals semi-finals on Saturday, Nov. 8, in Langley.

The men’s rugby team hosted the Cowichan Piggies in a must-win match on Wallace Field, Saturday, Nov. 8. UVic crushed their visitors by a score of 36-0, despite over half the team starting line up either away on national duty or sidelined by injury, and enduring the pressures of qualifying for the Barnard Cup.

The Cowichan Piggies brought their A-game to Wallace Field on Saturday, Nov. 15, as they trounced the UVic women’s rugby team 39-10.

The Victoria Salmon Kings outscored the Phoenix Roadrunners 13-1 in back-to-back games during a Nov. 15-16 weekend series.

The Toronto Raptors received a major face-lift last summer. One of last season’s predominant debates raged over how to divide the point guard duties between upstart Jose Calderon and T.J. Ford, the oft-injured Texas Longhorn with a Napoleon complex.

A look at on campus fashion

Nutritious, delicious and available from local growers, acorn squash is an essential part of any fall or winter diet, 100-mile or otherwise.

Amnesty International UVic is trying to open people’s eyes to world issues through watching movies.

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the 22nd installment of the longest running franchise in film history. But the most expensive — and shortest — Bond film ever produced is also one of the quickest to fade from memory. Fond? Not fond.

Locally-based Lighthouse Brewery has launched a new pale ale in honour of their 10th anniversary.

Historically low voter turnout among youth in the last federal election is the product of unfair new voting laws and manipulative campaigning, not apathy, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.

With a Victoria bylaw passed last month that allows temporary shelters, the consensus of the Community Forum on the Tent City Decision was: where do we go from here?

UVic students will be getting a taste of Congress this week. On Thursday and Friday afternoons, Nov. 20 and 21, former American congressmen Dan Miller and Jerry Patterson will be visiting classrooms and speaking to students in the History and Political Science departments.

Delegates of the fifth annual Victoria Model United Nations conference walked away with a better understanding of the complex entanglement of security and sustainability after debating the issues Nov. 7 and 8 at UVic.

The provincial Liberals and NDP have begun leaking their approaches to post-secondary education well in advance of the May election.

What’s a university campus without frat boys? Hollywood tells us post-secondary life is all about beer, togas, mindless sex and topless lube wrestling in kiddie pools full of KY Jelly. But here at UVic, our campus is curiously devoid of the dilapidated party houses and raucous keg parties that grace campuses like UBC. How come?

A look into the fashion fad of woman's tights.

For years now, I’ve had a pretty standard answer for people who ask me where my family comes from. “Canada,” I say with a shrug. I’ve always considered my family history to be boring. There have been no affairs, no heavy drug use, or any other kinds of debauchery — that I know of. But with the news that Ontario will be opening their previously restricted adoption records, it got me seriously thinking about my family tree.