by Myles Sauer | Mar 6, 2017 | Campus, News
Members of the campus community were put at odds with one another after raucous protest interrupted an UVic Effective Altruism club event at Cinecenta on Wednesday, March 1. The event, which featured a screening of a TED Talk on effective altruism by Princeton...
by Myles Sauer | Mar 3, 2017 | Campus, News
UPDATE: We’ve updated this story to include comment from Energize UVic’s campaign manager and one of their candidates. UPDATE March 5: We’ve updated this story to include comment from Connect UVic’s campaign manager, as well as to provide more...
by Myles Sauer | Mar 2, 2017 | Op-eds, Opinions
Over the last few days of what I hoped would be a very chill student election campaign period, I’ve been struggling with the opposition to one of the two referendums on which students are being asked to vote: the referendum that would adjust student fees to...
by Myles Sauer | Feb 22, 2017 | Local, News
An estimated 250 people showed up to remind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he made a promise to them, at a rally in support of electoral reform on Feb. 12. On Feb. 1, Trudeau informed his cabinet ministers that electoral reform would no longer be part of their...
by Myles Sauer | Feb 22, 2017 | Local, News
Looking for a place in Victoria’s packed rental market can be a hell of a grind: the monotony of trolling endless rental postings, going on repetitive tours of dingy suites, and stressing out about whether one can afford rent can all make for a miserable experience....