by Paul Voll | Jan 11, 2024 | Features, Uncategorized
Therapy animals like those hosted at UVic’s Mutifaith Centre can boost optimism and wellness for students Baron Von Hamburglar, or Bear for short, is a miniature schnauzer with the black-masked eyes of a racoon and the fluffy ears of a teddy bear. Inside UVic’s...
by Paul Voll | Mar 23, 2023 | Humour
And why I’m careful who I squeeze Ah, the Board Game Café on bustling Yates Street in the heart of Victoria. Can you stand the excitement? Smells like popcorn, no? Bowls of buttered kernels overflowing next to towering eight-dollar milkshakes slurped down by couples...
by Paul Voll | Dec 22, 2022 | Op-eds, Opinions
Don’t discount what your body has to say This past semester I discovered how fickle sleep can be. Like an unreliable partner, it casually walked in and out of my life — leaving me a sunken-eyed, moody mess. The gall of some basic human needs. But I’m not alone....
by Paul Voll | Oct 26, 2022 | Op-eds, Opinions
The research you don’t know about With the NHL and NFL regular seasons in full swing and the NBA beginning recently, it is likely you fall into one of three categories. Category one: you do not know, or care for that matter (fair enough), about sports; category two:...