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The struggle to detach from our phones is real, but what does it mean?

Sihoe’s biggest piece of advice for students struggling to stay off their phones is practicing good sleep hygiene. He recommends turning off your phone an hour before you go to…

Elon Musk’s ‘unelected shadow government’ is a genuine threat to Canada

Going after Musk’s citizenship is a symbolic move, but will have little impact on Musk’s momentum. Worse, this punishment will not prevent him from interfering in our future elections.

Player poll reveals concerns about gender gap in UVic varsity funding

“It’s always frustrating,” said the player who first raised the fundraising issue, “When we have been working our asses off to only pull in a fourth of what the guys…

Kirra Christine is changing narratives one erotic collage at a time

Meet the local artist reframing queer identities through her work Kirra Christine, artist name “Hundred Acre Goods,” is a multimedia artist whose work centres around identity and tenderness. She creates…

The covert and innovative history of vibrators

You might have heard of the myth that vibrators were invented by doctors treating female hysteria. You may have even seen it play out on the big screen in the…

UVic “Modern Love” Stories

These essays, true to the theme of this issue, concern sex, gender, and love. They range from hilarious to tearjerking, and represent a variety of lived experiences — no two…

Tough Love

Fate placed our university dorms side-by-side, causing us to meet again for the first time since infancy. Mabel and I bonded when the toilet overflowed into our rooms.

Answers in God’s Country

A couple of days before leaving for Nakusp, I’d broken up with my girlfriend Mandy in her room — surprising, in a way, us both.

Dancing with Hearts

By the time I’ve gotten the grade back for my story, an A+ (let’s go), I’m signed up to perform at the same show Robyn will be in. It’ll be…