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I gave up pretending to be @dril on Yik Yak after mods kept deleting my shit
Last issue, I expressed my disdain for Yik Yak and the woes of anonymity within an open forum, and while I admit that piece may have lacked a certain nuance, it’s difficult to debate that the app allows people to say a lot of stupid stuff. That’s why, in the interest...Woke UVic disqualification overruled
An arbitration panel has found insufficient grounds to disqualify Woke UVic from the 2016 UVSS elections, and has overturned the previous rulings of the UVSS Elections Chief Electoral Officer and adjudicator, according to the UVSS Elections Office. A second...Woke UVic disqualified, appeals ruling; Senate and BoG results released
UPDATE March 23: The disqualification has been overruled. On Tuesday, March 8, the UVSS Elections office announced that the entire Woke UVic slate had been disqualified from the UVSS student elections. The results for Senate and Board of Governors elections were...Anonymity comes at the expense of reasonable discourse
We need to talk about anonymity. Earlier this year, I downloaded Yik Yak to keep an eye on what students at UVic were talking about (newspaper editors need to stay in the loop), and, for the most part it’s been fruitful. I can’t say I’ve found any hot news tips there,...Our Digital Print Issue
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