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Is Stephen Harper in charge of the University of Victoria?

Dear community, students, faculty, staff and administration, do you know who’s in charge of the University of Victoria? If you visit the university’s website, you’ll read that “the Board of…

Slack a little, gain a lot

Courses are like crackers. They just cost more. Make sense? No?! Oh . . . I figured that was self-explanatory. Well then, let me expand. According to Wikipedia, the saltine cracker challenge…

Why disorient yourself?

$10.25, $505.80, $500 or more. With numbers like these to balance, it is no wonder most students avoid accounting. And yet, these are the numbers students will be thinking of…

The national student loan lack-of-service centre

  Everyone with a student loan has a horror story to tell about dealing with the National Student Loan Service Centre (NSLSC) or as I like to call it, the…

There are too many variables in the Syria conflict

The 2011 Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s authoritative government has turned into a Syrian civil war, and a number of global powers are trying to decide whether to intervene,…

Make the hard choice to intervene in Syria

In the last two years, Syria’s civil war has shown that a hefty price must be paid on the road to democracy. The clash of dictatorship has proven to be…

Streeters: What do you think of the new pub?

  Roxy Price Art History Graduate Manager of SUBtext “We know that there’s a bunch of graphics that are going to be going up, so we’re looking forward … excited…

Penny thoughts and loose education-change

“Change” has to be the most romanticized word used by organizations of all kinds. Many preach the importance of relevant progression, yet few “leaders” actually lead by example. How many…

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