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10 ways to use your textbooks during reading break

As kindling Big books usually have many pages that are excellent for starting fires in this chilly season. As a paper weight Why not use more paper to weight down…

Man makes scene at Costco

HUMOUR — The Costco staff at Langford was forced to call the authorities last week when a man refused to leave the premises after being caught without a Costco member’s…

90-day search for ES economics students finally reaches end

HUMOUR — After a month and a half of intensive searching, the missing Environmental Studies students from the University of Victoria have been found. It took several paid private investigators…

10 ways to know you’re dating a sociopath or possibly a married man*

Fifty per cent of your relationship is talking on the phone, 49 per cent is texting, and one per cent is spent physically together. He knows where you live and…

Altered Living Alliance pushes for Halloween costume ban

HUMOUR — A crowd gathered in front of the Parliament in protest Oct. 22, but this group contained more than your average citizen. Ghosts, ghouls, vampires, werewolves, and mummies alike…

10 last-minute Halloween costumes

Unlike other holidays, Oct. 31 is extremely self-centred. We’re all dressing to impress (or for the ladies, under-dressing) while still remaining culturally relevant. But what’s one to do if Value…

Healthy dose of humility

HUMOUR — Gather ’round. Story time. I worked in a corporate office that had a gym on the second floor. It was awesome! Bored at work? No problem! Four floors…

Five ways to appease the midterm gods in this stressful time

1. Sacrifice goat cheese I know they say in order to please the gods you need to sacrifice a whole, live goat, but who can come by that nowadays? Goat…

Oracle investors cry foul after CEO upsets secretary

HUMOUR — On Aug. 17, Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison failed to attend his own office birthday party in order to sit in on a casting session for his…