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Five things I wish I knew in first year
Maybe I’m just a little over-anxious, but the idea of accidentally ending up in the wrong class terrified me so much that the day before classes started, I went around…
The Martlet’s ultimate guide to fall orientation events
Make the most of your campus experience with this handy guide to September orientation events. School’s almost back, professors are dusting off syllabi, and campus is waking up from those…
The UVic libraries are not just for books
Workshops offer students hands-on opportunities to “practice creative scholarship,” including 3D printing, laser cutting, and podcasting.
At the headwaters of change
The restoration of UVic’s water ecosystems could help the land cool and mitigate heat domes, support healthier trees, improve wildlife corridors, and overall increase biodiversity.
Six UVic electives with no prerequisites to register for this fall
English 240 is a variable topics course focusing on a single author, and this fall, it's Taylor Swift. According to the course description, this class “will treat Taylor Swift as…
How to make new friends on campus
One of the best ways you could make friends on campus is by dropping by the campus pub, Felicita's. This pub is not only a great place to meet people,…
How have academic standards changed over the years?
“As university budgets continue to tighten, I worry that we will continue to see more and more students who are simply not able to access university education,” she said. To…
Three campus resources to help students deal with stress
The SWC offers special counseling appointments for Indigenous and law students, as well as a range of group workshops tailored to transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. If the outdoors…Our Digital Print Issue
