Eye on Campus: December 7-13Until February 26, 2012 The Emergence of Architectural Modernism II The Legacy Art Gallery is hosting a free exhibit until the end of February covering UVic and Victoria’s regional aesthetic from the late 1950s and ’60s. This is the second in a series of exhibitions and publications exploring the relationships, personalities, and projects that contributed […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: pipelines, tankers, pesticide, oh my!Report says BC should ban oil tanker traffic, reject pipeline The National Resources Defense Council, the Pembina Institute, and the Living Oceans Society recently released a report arguing that bitumen (crude oil) from Alberta’s oil sands can’t safely be transported across British Columbia. The report calls for federal and provincial governments to reject the proposed […] Continue Reading |
Log off or look out, warns CamosunA recent security breach that took place at on-campus computer labs has Camosun warning students about their computer usage habits and considering new measures to ensure workstations are logged off properly. It was recently brought to the attention of Camosun security that an individual has been gaining internet access through student accounts and bragging online […] Continue Reading |
History teacher one of campus’ busiest menLarry Hannant is a journalist, author of three books, co-writer of a documentary, and contributor to an award-winning Canadian history website. Oh, and he’s also a history professor right here at Camosun College: he’s truly a busy man. One of Hannant’s passions is unsolved mysteries. As a contributor to Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History […] Continue Reading |
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 |
