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A sore green thumb
“Who would like to receive diamonds in their lifetime?” Professor CindyAnn Rose-Redwood was lecturing about the European colonization of Africa and the resulting social and environmental exploitation. Conflict diamonds are…
The finest news money can buy?
Is journalistic integrity now for sale in our culture? On Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, the outside wrap of the Times Colonist ran an advertisement, on the front page, in a…A vision for citizen science
My last two articles have focused on issues in politics related to science and alternative medicine respectively. This time, I want to get to the nitty-gritty of what this column…Aggression and the illusion of power
If a person bugs you, ignore him, and he’ll stop. This was the standard advice that adults gave me as a child. I suppose it was comfortable to them because…The empiricist: Government suppression of science hinders students
I’m told it’s advisable to tell you who I am and why you should listen to my ideas. I personally would rather not do that, for the simple reason that…
Controversies remain a part of Frosh
Frosh weeks take place at nearly every university, and most people are familiar with the usual pub-crawls, keggers, and hijinks that students get up to at this time. People understand…
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…Our Digital Print Issue
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