Op-eds

A transit strike — for and against

I don’t know about you, but I would never want to drive a bus. Driving a car stresses me out enough that I intentionally moved to a city where I…

An open letter to bosses

Bosses, you suck. You have ridiculously unreal expectations for your employees. You demand an unprecedented level of workmanship and productivity for menial pay. You prance around the office like you…

Growing Pains: The art of coping with change

Part of having religiously experimental parents was having access to a bunch of interesting books as a kid. My parents’ shelves were full of fascinating stuff, from Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha…

What do you think of UVic’s 50th anniversary celebrations?

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This week in Tweets

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Once a Redditor …

Here’s a trick question: what’s the only place in the world that hosts a major atheism club, featured an in-depth, crowd-sourced interview with American President Barack Obama, supports a burgeoning…

Growing Pains: Opposites are good for you

It’s getting to be that time of year again. 

Respecting the public forum

“Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, and you don’t have to be ugly with yours.” 

Growing Pains: The power and pitfalls of pride

This week, we’re looking into shame’s antonym, pride.