by Jess Lin | Feb 4, 2016 | Campus, News
Melissa Avdeeff has a lot to say about pop culture. Having first approached popular music as an academic while she was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in music, she wrote her master’s thesis on women’s representation in popular media, with chapters on Britney Spears,...
by Jess Lin | Feb 4, 2016 | Campus, News
On Jan.15, UVic announced Sociology professor and Transgender Archives Founder and Academic Director Aaron H. Devor as the world’s first Chair of Transgender Studies — a monumental appointment. As Chair, Devor will help to push for better policies regarding trans...
by Jess Lin | Jan 7, 2016 | Culture, Music
In a haze of essay-writing near the end of term, I bought a ticket to the Dec. 14 Vancouver stop on Miley Cyrus’ Milky Milky Milk tour. I’d hoped that Cyrus, better than anyone, could teach me a thing or two about letting loose and not taking life so seriously. But...
by Jess Lin | Dec 3, 2015 | Campus, News
The History Refugee Committee of UVic is hosting a silent auction fundraiser to sponsor a Syrian refugee family on Wednesday, Dec. 9 in the Michele Pujol Room in the Student Union Building (SUB) from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The charity auction showcases services including spa...
by Jess Lin | Nov 19, 2015 | Culture, Music
Towers and Trees, a Victoria-based indie-folk band, became known in 2012 for “Montreal,” a song about running away to the east “where the action is.” For a young Adrian Chalifour, their lead singer and songwriter, moving to the east meant choosing music for his life:...