by Alan Piffer | Feb 7, 2013 | Culture
VALENTINE’S EVENTS Thursday, Feb. 14 Fugitive Pieces (at Cinecenta) Since this movie is a love story, it might be the perfect Valentine’s date movie — as long as both of you are serious film buffs. A big part of the movie is the lead character’s memories of the Second...
by Alan Piffer | Feb 7, 2013 | Video
The documentary Hicks on Sticks tells the story of a group of skateboarders and musicians on a late ’90s tour of Western Canada with the mission of bringing skate culture to kids with nothing else to do in small towns. The Martlet’s Alan Piffer interviewed...
by Alan Piffer | Feb 7, 2013 | Video
On Nov. 21, Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Justin Trudeau dropped by UVic’s Vertigo Lounge to discuss his vision for the country’s future and field questions from the audience. At 25:45 in the video, there is some debate over whether or not...
by Alan Piffer | Jan 31, 2013 | Culture
* EVENT CHANGE Last week, the Martlet published information on a lecture by Robert Fisk on Feb. 1 called “Arab awakening, but are we hearing the truth?” The event was initially to be held in the David Strong Building at 7 p.m. The event will now be held in Flury Hall...
by Alan Piffer | Jan 24, 2013 | Culture
UPDATE: The time and place for the Robert Fisk talk has been changed. The talk will now take place in Flury Hall (B150 of the Bob Wright Centre) at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 1. LECTURES AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT Friday, February 1 Robert Fisk: Arab Awakening, but are we hearing...