Ability’s Muse: Offensive words can hurtIt’s common practice in today’s society to say what’s on your mind without considering the implications. What we say can make or break a relationship, build a person up, or bring them to their knees. Words are far more powerful than we give them credit for. A word that I hear at an alarming frequency […] Continue Reading |
Government faces heat after student loan privacy breachThose affected by the student loan privacy breach announced on Jan. 11 are organizing and demanding government accountability. A Facebook group called Student Loan Borrowers Affected by the HRDSC Privacy Breach, comprised of 2,459 borrowers as of January 31, has formed, with more than 250 of them signing a letter released on January 28. The […] Continue Reading |
Comics: February 6, 2013 issue |
Noms!: In review: My Chosen CaféMy Chosen Cafe is a great place when you don’t know where to go. Why? The food is awesome, and it’s nowhere near where anyone lives, so anyone you want to meet for a bite can’t complain about it being further from them than it is from you. I figure it’s an equal opportunity sort […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College student society joins One Billion RisingThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has announced they will join One Billion Rising, a global activist movement aimed at ending violence against women, in raising awareness about gender-based violence. In support of One Billion Rising, the CCSS Women’s Centre will host a V-Day dance party and an after-party refreshment period on February 13 for […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: February 6, issueHenry Wagons Expecting Company? (Spunk/Thirty Tigers) 2.5/5 Henry Wagons’ Expecting Company? really isn’t what I was expecting. Though it appears to be a country album, Expecting Company? sounds heavily influenced by the gypsy music that people in fedoras or corsets play at Fringe festivals. The album might fit better as the soundtrack to a vampire […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: February 6 – 19Wednesday, February 6 Zion-I, Wilderness Crew, A-1 Club 90NE9, $17.50-$20.50, 9 pm Do you know how many kids Bob Marley had? Okay, so that’s a loaded question. Obviously I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t remarkably high. Go ahead and take a guess. Ballpark it. I don’t need it to be exact. Did you guess 11? […] Continue Reading |
Sour Grapes: Veggie cats and dogsJust the other day, a question popped into my brain which, like a Zen master speaking about one hand clapping, left me confused and curious. Mainly, I couldn’t believe I had never given the topic much thought, but now I kept asking myself this question: what do vegetarians and vegans feed their pets? Everyone has […] Continue Reading |
Peled to talk about a new IsraelMiko Peled went from being a Zionist and patriotic Israeli to a pro-Palestinian peace activist, he says, once he discovered Palestine and the Palestinian people. Peled, the author of the memoir The General’s Son, is coming to the University of Victoria to talk about his journey in a speech entitled Beyond Zionism: A New Paradigm […] Continue Reading |
Fashion has never made it so easy to run in heelsCall them ugly, call them fashionable, call them whatever you wish, but wedge sneakers are a trend and they’ve finally hit Victoria. Wedge sneakers are like Uggs for fashion-conscious people, because even they need to relax, right? It was almost like Uggs hired a plastic surgeon and stylist and completely reinvented themselves as the new, […] Continue Reading |
