Textbooks: would you like that in paper or electronic? More students are being offered that choice as some of the larger textbook publishers are developing digital versions of their books.

Feb. 11, 1988 — In preparation for Gay and Lesbian Week, advocates for the beleaguered queer community spoke out about the realities they faced. The “AIDS ...

Protesters and advocates made a stand at the career fair in the Student Union Building on Feb. 4, in response to the controversial Canadian military booth present. 

UVic students may be spared a sharp increase in athletics fees to pay for a proposed new athletics building.

The Martlet gives a yay or nay to the news of the day.

Was there a time before computers? You wouldn’t know it by walking around UVic’s campus. Almost every student has a laptop in their backpack or a desktop computer at home.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) has recommended that about 250 students and faculty get a TB skin test after a UVic student was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis this week.

Victoria will host its first annual Stolen Sisters Memorial March on Feb. 14 to honor the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women across Canada.

In an effort to reduce waste and green-up, UVic Food Services has replaced plastic disposable cutlery in all their campus eateries with an eco-friendly bamboo alternative.

The UVic Women’s Centre is calling for donations of panties, feminine hygiene products and chocolates to be divvied out to women in need this Valentine’s Day.

Rallying around Mitch Gudgeon and Tyler Hass playing their last home games for UVic, the Vikes destroyed Thompson Rivers and the University of the Fraser Valley this past weekend. But blowout wins for the Vikes were not enough to secure a home playoff series for the graduating seniors.

When Stephen A. Smith recently reported that Chris Bosh had informed the Toronto Raptors management that he wouldn’t re-sign with the franchise in 2010, the news struck a familiar tone for Raptors fans.

The Las Vegas Wranglers saddled up their current two-game win streak and rode into town last Wednesday to face the Salmon Kings.

The UVic Women’s Rugby squad brought in the new year with a convincing  victory against the Port Alberni  Black Sheep in a 80-10 massacre last Saturday, Feb. 7, at Wallace Field.

Two more games down, and the Vikes now have  another  two victories under their belts as they  push their winning streak to nine straight games.

Battling for the last playoff spot in the B.C. Premier League, the Vikes needed a strong start against the league’s second place Vancouver Hawks on Sunday, Feb. 8.

Victoria’s Cedar Hill and Oak Bay Rec Centres were treated to varsity-calibre tennis this past weekend, as UVic’s tennis team hosted their annual tennis tournament.

Looking to sex up your bedroom but lacking the funds (or guts) to thrust yourself into a novelty shop? The Martlet’s done the dirty work for you.

We’ve all had a professor who has held our attention in class, and not just because they give fascinating lectures. They are the professors we giggle about with our friends, the ones we wish weren’t completely off limits due to the fact that they’re giving us grades.

With cold, wet weather upon us, now is the time for red wine.

On a tranquil street in a picturesque suburb, a young mother stands barefoot in her living room. She is quiet as she stares out her large window, watching the sunny afternoon. Her husband is not home. At her feet, a drop of blood hits the white carpet. Then another.

Ask Hollywood what happens in high school and you’d think it was all just a mix of  gang violence and spontaneous dance-offs. But The Class, set in the rough inner city of Paris, brings teenage drama down to earth.

It’s that time of year again. February has arrived in all its miserable glory.

People might be tempted to view a band with a name like Library Voices as a nerdy indie outfit with a penchant for literature. But Regina’s 10-member rock machine is hoping to reshape the landscape of Canadian music and culture — one literary reference at a time.

Goodbye Hallmark, hello Valentine’s Day. Could it be that the overindulgence and commercialism of this holiday is wearing off?

The UVic Students’ Society Environmental Responsibility Committee (ERC) wants to get students  active and involved in the environmental movement – starting with the Student Union Building (SUB).

Israel’s occupation of Palestine is the Middle Eastern equivalent of South African apartheid according to Jeff Halper, the renowned Israeli political activist and anthropologist who spoke at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus on Jan. 29.

Amid the controversy and passion that dominates Middle Eastern politics, UVic’s Israel On Campus club (IOC) is gearing up to host a variety of events in an effort to promote discussion and understanding.

 There was a lot of celebration around the world when Barack Obama was sworn into office in January. In Canada, one of the biggest cheers came from Andrew Weaver, UVic Earth and Ocean Sciences professor and prominent member of the UN’s Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

This week: Marriage, Valentines, the ladyboner, and more.

A recent article in the Martlet ("Hamas to blame in Gaza Conflict," Jan. 29) was relatively successful in spreading more misinformation on the current conflict in Gaza. The author, Matan Levanon, conveniently left out many key facts that would render his position moot.

The article recently published in the Martlet (“Hamas to blame in Gaza conflict”) was nothing less than the expected rhetoric by those who are pro-Israel.

In a world of changing times, many assertions made about the Gaza conflict are contradicted by information available now, reaffirming the idea that people have to stay informed.

Last week's federal budget missed an opportunity to adequately boost post-secondary funding and research activity to strategically help our economy's short-term rescue and long-term prosperity, says NDP MLA Rob Fleming.

After January’s load-blowing, deficit-spending budget, conservative pundits are furiously harping on about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s betrayals of conservative dogma — he might as well be a Liberal for all they care.

The Ontario government passed back-to-work legislation on Jan. 29, aimed at undercutting the rights of workers.

Every Feb. 14, we’re inundated with pink decorations, boxes of chocolates and bouqes of flowers. It’s a time of romantic dinners, stressed-out boyfriends and exchanges of frilly, colourful cards. But not everyone likes the holiday of love.

I usually have memorable ways of “celebrating” Valentine’s Day. Once, a fellow unhappily-single friend and I melted down several heart-shaped chocolates, poured them over ice cream and watched Wayne’s World.

It’s not everyday you witness people turning down a nod to their sexiness.

Blame God for Gaza, Martlet bad, Protest letter fabricated, and more!