by Tia Low | Sep 13, 2012 | Campus, News
Amid recent UVic budget cuts and the current CUPE strike on campus, CUPE UVic has expressed concerned over executive compensation at the university. CUPE UVic stated in an Aug. 24 press release that the union’s post-secondary workers’ wages “fell in real terms by six...
by Tia Low | Sep 13, 2012 | Campus, News
UVic’s Work Study program, which provides campus work experience for students requiring financial assistance, is seeing an increase to its pay rate for the first time in over a decade. But the increase means fewer Work Study hours will be available to students. In...
by Tia Low | Sep 13, 2012 | Business | Tech, Technology
<p class=”p1″>When a cell phone ring interrupts a class or a student watches the latest talking-animal video on their laptop instead of listening to the professor, it’s clear the age of technology has taken over campus. While some UVic...
by Tia Low | Sep 5, 2012 | Campus, News
On Aug. 29, two formerly gendered washrooms in the main concourse of the UVic Student Union Building (SUB) were reopened as multi-stall gender-inclusive washrooms, meaning any person of any perceived gender can use either space. “The driving force behind why we...
by Tia Low | Sep 5, 2012 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
For some students, the new school year means the start of stress and sleep deprivation. But for those falling asleep in class, their professor may not be to blame. According to some doctors, fatigue and other symptoms could be caused by something more insidious than a...