by Cormac O’Brien | Apr 11, 2018 | Campus, News
It’s a situation we’ve all been in. You’re out with some new University of Victoria friends, getting some drinks, and learning about these people you’re really excited to get to know. “Where are you from?” you ask, taking a drink of Hoyne Dark Matter because you’re an...
by Cormac O’Brien | Apr 6, 2018 | Campus, News
”Linguistics, 1200,” says the Jeopardy contestant on the March 26, 2018 edition of the show. Alex Trebek, doing his best (see: worst) Valley Girl accent, reads the clue: “Alexandra D’Arcy wrote a book on this word, as in ‘I’m ____ totally mad because Kim was all,...
by Cormac O’Brien | Apr 1, 2018 | Humour, Stories | Satire
“The sound worked and everything,” says stunned student For the students in ECON 214 on the morning of March 28, 2018, the situation was a familiar one. Professor Seth Delaney had picked out a YouTube video to show the class, and leaned over his laptop to...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 28, 2018 | Campus, News
Consultations will take place before policy is reintroduced / Interim Director of Outreach and University Relations Pierre-Paul Angelblazer had barely started to introduce the agenda for the March 26 UVSS Board of Directors before Third Space representative Isabella...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 27, 2018 | Campus, News
Ignoring the shouting from the 50 or 60 students gathered outside the University Centre and eventually inside the Senate Chambers, the UVic Board of Governors passed their 2018–2019 budget which included a 20 per cent tuition hike for incoming international students....