Campus speed-dating event a successA sold-out speed-dating event on campus recently raised $540 for Prostitute Empowerment Education Resource Services (PEERS). Hosted at the Dunlop House at Lansdowne campus, a venue that usually houses the on-campus pubs, the alcohol-free fundraiser turned Saturday, November 19 into a chance for attendees to impress potential romantic interests in only a few short minutes. […] Continue Reading |
Festival of Trees turns 20Who doesn’t love a good, old-fashioned tree decorating party? The smell of evergreen, the twinkling lights, the bags of dog poo? At the Festival of Trees, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, attendees never know what kind of creative decorations they’ll come across while strolling through the festive forest. Running until January 9 at the […] Continue Reading |
Skateboarding a year-round sport in VictoriaWinter. Rain. Cold. Skateboarding? Not four words normally associated with each other. For skateboarders in the Greater Victoria area, winter usually means more videogames and less skateboarding. Or at least it used to. With a little creativity, some good friends, and help from some local businesses, skateboarders might be able to skate every day of […] Continue Reading |
German play thrives on student collaborationInfluential German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht considered the theatre a laboratory for dramatic experiments. And now University of Victoria German studies instructor Elena Pnevmonidou is conducting an experiment of her own by staging an 174-year-old German play by Georg Bźchner. Woyzeck: The Choreography of a Murder is a collaboration between UVic theatre students and […] Continue Reading |
Local cover bands bring back sounds of decades pastThose tired of going to a dance club to hear the same repetitive dubstep beats should try going back to a time when rock and roll was king. An upcoming live show at Metropolis promises to be a cover-band extravaganza, featuring three bands, all of whom specialize in one of three eras of classic rock: […] Continue Reading |
Earthy Edibles: Poorhouse pumpkin pancakesGluten-Free Pumpkin Pancakes Like many students in Victoria, I am utterly unemployed and faltering in my attempts to find a job now that finals are upon us. Complaining about my situation to my mother on the phone the other day, she countered with one of her perspicuous comments that seem to surface in times of […] Continue Reading |
Comics: November 30, 2011 issue |
Open Space: Need for men’s spaces questionableThe idea of safe space for men comes up on campus, especially in conversations about the campus women’s centres. Some students believe that if women have safe spaces on campus where they can hang out and drink tea for free, so should men. But should they, really? Of course men should be able to enjoy […] Continue Reading |
Sports briefs: Charitable Royals, Chargers resultsRoyals raise more than $110,000 for local charity The first quarter of the inaugural season for the Victoria Royals WHL franchise has yielded more than $110,000 dollars for local charitable organizations. In addition to generating money for charitable efforts like KidSport, Tour De Rock, and Free the Children, the Royals have been working in conjunction […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: UVSS & CFS, Current Swell & $$$, Paddle Out, Our PlaceUVSS and CFS settle The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) recently reached an amicable, out-of-court resolution regarding the UVSS’ membership in the CFS and outstanding membership fees. The resolution was that as of June 30, the UVSS’s membership in the CFS ended and no outstanding membership fees […] Continue Reading |
