by Jeremy Vernon | Jul 9, 2014 | Campus, News
UVic’s Board of Governors posts reams of documents online, providing greater insight into the university’s operations. Highlights from the latest package include updates on university expansions, finances, details about staff salaries, and other payments. CONSTRUCTION...
by Jeremy Vernon | Jun 12, 2014 | Culture, Food | Drink
Burgers are romantic partners. There are some that you stick with, reliable and devoted. There are others, dalliances in taste to keep you fresh. Others still, cheap midnight indulgences that you’d rather not remember. Perfect burgers exist only as much as perfect...
by Jeremy Vernon | Mar 27, 2014 | Op-eds, Opinions
Throughout its history, much has been made of the Internet’s promise of emancipation. Celebrants the world over claimed, and continue to claim, that the Internet and the web will empower citizens to topple oppressive regimes, expose fraud and waste, and push back...
by Jeremy Vernon | Mar 20, 2014 | Culture
Arts Thursday, March 20 Unity (1918) Unity (1918), a play written and directed by UVic’s own Writing Department Associate Professor Kevin Karr, continues this week at the Pheonix Theatre. The wickedly dark play follows a group of townfolk in Unity, Saskatchewan, as...
by Jeremy Vernon | Feb 6, 2014 | Local, News
Chances are, most people know what a Garry oak is. They’ve walked under them in parks and on shaded streets. What some might not know is the important role they play in the local ecosystem. When Victoria’s early governor, James Douglas, arrived in Victoria, he...