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The 5 top social media stories in 2017
The Martlet often judges the success of a story on how well it resonates with the UVic community. Since it’s hard to gauge the reaction of each person who picks…
Top 10 news stories of 2017
These past 12 months have been hectic for most of us, and the UVic campus was not spared from any of the chaos that 2017 brought. Although the Martlet’s top…The Thrill of the Grass: W.P. Kinsella, baseball, and me
An Australian child’s exposure to baseball is limited. “Growing up I thought there were just two teams in the bigs; the Yankees and the Red Sox,” a Queensland-born minor leaguer…UVSS Naloxone program continues despite personnel change
At the Dec. 4 UVSS board meeting, Director of Campaigns and Community Relations Anmol Swaich announced that the former leader of the Naloxone training workshop, a university staff member, had…Pop-up art gallery nurtured grief and destroyed stigma surrounding opioid crisis
An awning covered with images of camas, lavender, and Garry oak still hangs over the front door of 821 Fort St., remembering the heARTspace pop-up gallery that lived there from…Dear Birdie #7: Roommates, relatives, and resolutions
In the excitement of the first month of school, I agreed to be housemates with a group of people once we leave res in second year. However, as the semester…Expired OneCards confiscated by BC Transit drivers
BC Transit bus drivers “mistakenly confiscated” a number of OneCards from UVic students on Dec. 8 due to an error message that appeared in the transit card scanners, a UVic…Do course evaluation surveys matter?
They’re boring, they take ages, and the evidence suggests they’re sexist. Is it time to ditch them? No matter the differing levels of exams and stress that plague students, one…Our Digital Print Issue
