by Cormac O’Brien | Jan 23, 2017 | Campus, News
A parent knows how important time is. It’s why LeAnne Golinsky is early to my interview with her. It’s only 9 a.m., but Golinsky has already dropped off her two kids and bought a coffee, ready now to speak with wide-eyed passion about an issue close to home — saving...
by Cormac O’Brien | Jan 13, 2017 | Campus, News
After contracting a cold over the holiday period, I arrived at 2017’s first UVSS meeting with bronchitis. Unfortunately, that may have been the least painful experience of the four-hour marathon student politics session. The board entertained a range of ideas, from...
by Cormac O’Brien | Jan 12, 2017 | Op-eds, Opinions
If you ask me, the best part of a women’s basketball game at UVic is when it finishes. But my reasoning for that over-simplistic and intentionally facetious statement is most likely different than what you’d expect: I love the end of the women’s UVic basketball games...
by Cormac O’Brien | Dec 14, 2016 | Local, News
More than 1000 people braved the cold of downtown Victoria on Thursday, Dec. 1, to stand in solidarity with Standing Rock and voice their opposition to the federal gov- ernment’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion project. Those in favour of...
by Cormac O’Brien | Dec 6, 2016 | Campus, News
The UVSS Board of Directors has quickly backtracked on a motion put forward at last night’s board meeting that would have seen students vote on funding currently allocated to the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG). The referendum would have...