Singing her way from Tokyo to ‘Tonight’

by | Dec 13, 2012 | Culture

Recording artist and UVic student Sophia Mock, who as a musician goes by her first name only, sits impeccably dressed in matching leather and jeans, legs crossed, quiet in demeanour. She seems shy, a woman clearly more comfortable on a stage than in an interview. It’s...

Slow start, strong finish for Vikes hockey

by | Dec 6, 2012 | Sports | Lifestyle

The rink lights burn, the ice gleams, the puck drops. That’s how every Friday and Saturday night goes for UVic’s men’s hockey team, and that’s how it’s been for the past six years for head coach Harry Schamhart. In 2006, Schamhart, 51, along with Trinity Western...
New web portal makes finding climate data a breeze

New web portal makes finding climate data a breeze

by | Nov 1, 2012 | News

A new web portal is now open that allows anyone to access weather observations from over 6000 locations in B.C. UVic’s Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) launched the portal on Oct. 24th as a means of providing easily accessible weather and climate data from as...

A transit strike — for and against

by | Oct 18, 2012 | Op-eds, Opinions

PRO-STRIKE – Katherine Goertz If the bus drivers went on strike, I’d be willing to get behind them. I don’t know about you, but I would never want to drive a bus. Driving a car stresses me out enough that I intentionally moved to a city where I could rely on transit,...