Board shorts: June 16

by | Jun 18, 2014 | Campus, News

BUS LOOP: UVic representatives updated the UVSS board on the closure of the SUB parking lot. The cost of the new bus exchange, estimated to be $1.5 million, will be shared by B.C. Transit (who will pay two-thirds) and the university (who will pay the remainder). While...
Former PM Martin comes to UVic

Former PM Martin comes to UVic

by | Jun 11, 2014 | Campus, News

Former prime minister Paul Martin joined Gordon Smith for a wide-ranging discussion at the Bob Wright Centre at UVic on June 2. The lectures marked the first in a series named for Smith, who was formerly the director of UVic’s Centre for Global Studies, a deputy...
Shelagh Rogers named as next UVic chancellor

Shelagh Rogers named as next UVic chancellor

by | Jun 2, 2014 | Campus, News

Shelagh Rogers, broadcaster and host of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter, will succeed Murray Farmer as UVic’s 11th chancellor.  The literacy, mental health, and Aboriginal reconciliation advocate will assume the role on January 1, 2015. At a press conference Thursday,...
SUB renovations at the halfway mark

SUB renovations at the halfway mark

by | May 16, 2014 | Campus, News

Members of the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) met on May 13 to discuss ongoing progress of the SUB renovations, as the Vertigo renovations near completion. During the meeting, Ben Johnson, the UVSS research and communications co-ordinator, said the...
Sensitivity has an image problem

Sensitivity has an image problem

by | Apr 3, 2014 | Op-eds, Opinions

On January 27, Brian Farnan, vice-president internal of the Students’ Society of McGill University, was asked to publically apologize for sending a mass email featuring a GIF of U.S. President Barack Obama kicking in a door on the way out of a press conference. The...