Childhood cancer survivor cycles Vancouver IslandAfter 14 years of having Tour de Rock support sending him to Camp Goodtimes, 20-year-old cancer survivor Matt Webb now has the opportunity to send other young cancer fighters to the same camp as a junior rider on the Tour de Rock 2012 team. Tour de Rock raises money for pediatric cancer research and programs […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: September 19 – October 2, 2012Thursday, September 20 Zeds Dead Club 90NE9, $30, 10 PM Why feel low when you can’t feel high? Now there’s a question worth considering. These guys will probably ask you this, repetitively, on September 20. And they will want a response. And the correct answer is: get your booty on the dance floor and shake […] Continue Reading |
Eye on Campus: September 19 – October 2Until Sunday, September 23 Latin American and Spanish film week UVic is hosting its third Latin American and Spanish film week at Cinecenta in their student union building. Each day will boast two showings at 7 and 9 pm, costing $5.60-$7.75. A large variety of films will be featured, and all of them will have […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: CKMO update, Chargers golf news, UVic bathroom briefingCKMO on last leg Camosun College’s radio station, CKMO The Village 900, was set to be shut down at the end of last April. Due to the station’s requirement for the applied communications program students to finish their course, the termination of the station has been temporarily postponed until this coming April. The station is […] Continue Reading |
Comics: September 5, 2012 issue |
Open Space: Down with taxpayer-funded vanityIf a cyclist gets into an accident and cracks their head open because they decided to not wear a helmet, we all pay, and it’s time people realized that. Some people are strongly opposed to wearing a bicycle helmet. They attribute many reasons to their displeasure with noggin fortification, citing such ridiculous claims as longing […] Continue Reading |
Rifflandia brings international talent, benefits local artistsThe biggest problems that the organizers of Victoria’s Rifflandia fest have faced while doing the annual music to-do have been good ones, as far as problems go. Past Rifflandias brought complaints and dissatisfied festival-goers when venues reached capacity and long lines caused people to miss concerts, but that was smoothed out with the introduction of […] Continue Reading |
Celeste and Jesse Forever failsIn any film, there’s always something easy to pick at, even if the movie was great. Finger-pointing is simple because it’s obvious what went wrong, whether it’s to do with an actor, a director, or the set. Eight fingers and two thumbs aren’t enough to point out all the wrongs in Celeste and Jesse Forever. […] Continue Reading |
New Chargers coach refuses to go lower than bronzeAfter putting in two years as assistant coach of the men’s Chargers basketball team, Scot Cuachon is starting to move up. Newly appointed as the interim head coach after previous head coach Craig Price shipped out to Alberta, Cuachon has high expectations for the boys in the upcoming year. “To be completely honest, if we […] Continue Reading |
From burgundy and python print, fall fashion has it allPut away your fake Uggs, yoga pants and latest American Eagle/Hollister/Billabong/Roxy sweater and embrace some fall fashion trends. Summer was all about flirty high-low skirts, ripped jeans, sheer tops, and pastel colours, but now autumn has arrived, with a darker colour palette and edgier details; colours always darken in the fall to reflect the changing […] Continue Reading |
