by Letters | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinions
Res is a mess I would like to draw attention to the poor hygienic conditions residence students must put up with on a daily basis. Recently, I discovered a bloody something-or-other (could have been a bandage, could have been a tampon — I wasn’t going to look closely...
by Letters | Mar 29, 2013 | Opinions
Nuclear power is no less useless (Re: “Fukushima: the untold disaster,” March 14, Issue 27) So nuclear power is to save us from climate change? Let’s consider this fact: nuclear power produces at most 11 per cent of the world’s electricity (according to a 2011 figure...
by Letters | Mar 21, 2013 | Opinions
Over the past week, the Martlet received quite a few letters in response to writer Arianna Klus’s “A Modern Modest Proposal: How to liberate the destitute and drug-addicted from their plight and for their potential to fuel the local economy” piece in last week’s...
by Letters | Mar 14, 2013 | Opinions
An open letter to the man who recently attacked a woman on this campus Your cowardly attack has reminded everyone that women in Canada today still have to consider the possibility of male violence in their day-to-day lives. I salute your target for fighting back. I...
by Letters | Mar 7, 2013 | Opinions
Goldcorp donation to UVic a cruel irony I wish to express my great disappointment that the University of Victoria has been the willing recipient of a $500 000 donation from Goldcorp Inc. to support the school’s Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI). Last...