by Martlet Staff | Oct 18, 2012 | Editorials, Opinions
What did Big Bird ever do to you, Mitt Romney? North America has been full of fervour ever since Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement that he would cut funding to the United States Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which has been around since...
by Martlet Staff | Sep 20, 2012 | Editorials, Opinions
What do job statistics even mean? They can be good at capturing general career trends, but it’s hard to get a detailed story about what’s happening with certain careers. Job seekers in B.C. can quickly get a good overview of their chosen industry via the government...
by Martlet Staff | Sep 13, 2012 | Editorials, Opinions
The recent tragic shooting at the victory party for Quebec’s new PQ premier, Pauline Marois, was highly disturbing — well beyond the fact that it left innocent victims in its wake. Although details about the shooter’s exact motives are still somewhat sketchy, the...
by Martlet Staff | Sep 6, 2012 | Editorials, Opinions
If UVic, or any other post-secondary institution in town deserves a “best-of” for anything, it’s for being located in Victoria. Any new students hailing from anywhere else in Canada will soon realize this. Victoria is Vancouver without the rainy season; it’s got the...