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Thoughts Occasioned by Remembrance Day

Do not remember! Not like this! Far better, truer, genuine To let it rest Safely immured, without occasion, Than celebrate and honour it Like this. Scheduled remembrance is a fraud,…

Free the tap

A few nights ago, a local show brought me to the popular bar, 9one9. After ordering several drinks and feeling rather parched, I went to the bar for a glass…

Calling the kettle black as oil

As a soon-to-graduate engineering student at Dalhousie University, I regularly hear, “So what now? Where are you going to go?” To which I reply, “Oil and gas, if I’m lucky.”…

The lens: Senate scandal

Dogs not so bad

As the owner of a large dog who lives in the city, I confess to reading Therrien’s “Dogmatic” piece with a sense of mild amusement. Referring to the ownership of…

UVic teaching is tops

Re: Editorial Oct. 10, 2013, on the Times Higher Education rankings and teaching at UVic UVic continues to be one of the top ranked universities in the world and can…

Paper beats pixels

I hate online course delivery systems. They’re clumsy and inefficient, and they stress me out. Right now one of my instructors is apparently posting homework to his course page, not…

UVic’s world of opportunity

On attending the International Opportunities Fair in the University Centre lobby on Oct. 23, I was thoroughly impressed by the efforts that the University of Victoria (UVic) made in proudly…

Science and faith: where does one end and the other begin?

On Sept. 26, 2013, the Kansas City Star reported that a group called Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) is suing the Kansas State Education Board for adopting new guidelines…