by Anna Dodd | Nov 16, 2018 | Campus, Local, News
They call themselves Stop Starbucks UVic and are rallying behind the slogan #StopStarbucks Activism is afoot at UVic as a group of students are gathering to protest the university’s recent announcement that Finnerty Express will be replaced with a Starbucks in the...
by Anna Dodd | Nov 8, 2018 | Campus, Local, News
Starting in the fall of 2019, corporate coffee beans will finally arrive at UVic, as Finnerty Express Café in the UVic Bookstore transitions to a Starbucks. UVic’s long time moratorium on third-party food chains was lifted for the first time in 2016, with the...
by Anna Dodd | Nov 5, 2018 | Local, News, Provincial
But the earthquakes serve as good reminder to be prepared If you live on Vancouver Island, you’ll know we live in an active earthquake zone called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The area gets over a thousand earthquakes per year, and most are small and insignificant....
by Anna Dodd | Nov 1, 2018 | Culture, Literature
The remarkable story of long-standing CFUV host Aldo Nazarko Over a period of 80 years, the city of Rijeka — formerly known as Fiume — changed nationalities five times. Prior to the end of World War I, the city belonged to the Austrio-Hungarian empire. From 1920-1924,...
by Anna Dodd | Oct 22, 2018 | Culture, Events
Visual Arts is hosting their annual “spooky party” Halloni On Friday, Oct. 26, the Visual Arts Students Association is hosting their annual halloween party at UVic. With advance tickets selling for just $10 — and $12 at the door — Halloni is one of the...