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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Re: Government and law enforcement, please do your jobs

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Re: Government and law enforcement, please do your jobs

by Ethan Barkley | Mar 13, 2020 | Opinions

Recently, we published an article by one of our writers on the rail blockades in opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline taking place in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people. This article was published in the interest of allowing a platform for...
UVic instructor reminds students that more than two absences for “excused reason or not” will result in failing class, despite global coronavirus pandemic

UVic instructor reminds students that more than two absences for “excused reason or not” will result in failing class, despite global coronavirus pandemic

by Ethan Barkley | Mar 12, 2020 | Campus, Local, National, News

File photo by Belle White Earlier this week, amid widespread measures to contain the coronavirus — which the World Health Organization has deemed a pandemic — a UVic senior lab instructor took to Coursespaces to inform students that more than two absences from her...
Petition to close UVic due to coronavirus garners over 1 300 signatures overnight

Petition to close UVic due to coronavirus garners over 1 300 signatures overnight

by Ethan Barkley | Mar 12, 2020 | Campus, Local, National, News

Screenshot via Change.org Within hours of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, University of Victoria students decided to take matters into their own hands. At 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, a Change.org petition “Shut Down UVic and...
UVSS ELECTIONS | New UVSS Board elected, all referendums fail to meet quorum

UVSS ELECTIONS | New UVSS Board elected, all referendums fail to meet quorum

by Ethan Barkley | Mar 6, 2020 | Campus, News

Dalal Tubeishat first independent elected as Lead Director in over three years Photo by Joshua Ngenda After a tense election period, voting has ended and the unofficial results are in — for the first time in over four years, the incoming UVSS Board of Directors will...
UVSS ELECTIONS | Everything you need to know before hitting the polls

UVSS ELECTIONS | Everything you need to know before hitting the polls

by Ethan Barkley | Mar 4, 2020 | Campus, News

Photo by Joshua Ngenda As of 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, voting has officially begun for the 2020 University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) elections. Students across UVic have until noon on Friday to have their say on who will soon represent their interests on the...
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