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Letter from the (outgoing) editor

The Martlet's outgoing editor reflects on the past year and looks forward to Volume 77.

Signing off after three years as the Martlet’s design director

Thank you, Martlet readers, for looking at and enjoying my art. That alone is more than I could ever ask for, and it means the world to me. 

Letters: No!

The Martlet accepts Letters to the Editor! Letters must be 200 words or less and cannot contain any images, videos, or links.

LETTER | Re: “Shock and disappointment” towards UVic and Vikes Athletics

First and foremost, the Vikes and the university in no way condone abusive behaviour by coaches.

LETTER | Re: Assistant adjunct UVic professor allegedly let go for “politically incorrect” views on polar bears

"Dr. Susan Crockford was not “allegedly let go.” Rather, her unpaid adjunct appointment expired and she was not renewed. The criteria for renewal are publicly posted and consistently and fairly…

A letter to my first-year self

Are you anxious about starting university? Missing your first year at UVic? Here's some advice from your future self about the challenges you're about to face.

Letter | UVic needs to walk the talk about reconciliation

UVic Pride has noticed that UVic is steadfast in identifying as an ally to Indigenous people but has failed to offer a response to one of the most significant bodies…

LETTER | Canada was colonized based on racism and classism

To suggest that the proposed international student tuition fee hikes will further, or create, class divisions is a backward logic, and is just as much a fallacy as the dominant…

LETTER | To the UVic Board of Governors on international tuition hikes

I am writing in advance of your March 26 meeting, [having] learned that UVic is proposing to increase the tuition fees of international students. At a time when xenophobia, racism,…