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‘Nature is powerful and it doesn’t care if there’s a town there’

This was 2021, the year after COVID. Things were starting to open up again and I planned a trip with my friend Amelia from high school to stay at her…

‘It was like walking into a sauna’

It's an old building with really, really old windows, and they don't close properly. So in the winter, there's a draft. In the summer, there's hot air coming in through…

Missed motion at UVSS meeting highlights hurdles in student activism

Tension arose during the UVSS Annual General Meeting (AGM) hosted on Oct. 17, when the VictoriaStrike4Palestine group discovered their motion for a student strike endorsed by the UVSS was not…

Why does everything need to be a subscription?

Whether it’s weekly, monthly, or yearly, it seems like everything is becoming a subscription — and it’s starting to get out of hand. 

Are McPherson Library’s quiet floors getting louder?

Students have taken to the Reddit page r/uvic to complain that the silent study areas in McPherson Library are becoming louder.  

Five days of events to honour UVic’s ‘5 Days of Action’

UVic’s 5 Days of Action event is back — from Nov. 4-8, head to campus and “learn through workshops, engage in art and contribute to community dialogue,” which workshop speaker…

UVic Renewable Energy Club identifies solar energy hotspots on campus

UVic’s Renewable Energy Club (UREC) is working to map UVic’s solar energy potential by measuring the amount of solar energy received in a number of key locations around campus. 

‘Cultural Zionist’ to speak on ‘Protest, US Politics and the War in Gaza’

UVic’s Faculty of Law will host an event called Protest, US Politics and the War in Gaza. Promoted on UVic’s website as a “nuanced discussion on one of today’s most…

UVic’s sexualized violence response policy is failing survivors

UVic’s SVPR is undergoing a review, three years after the last one, and students are stepping forward to reveal how the current system has failed them. Their stories highlight crucial…