{"id":13248,"date":"2017-01-16T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T21:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=13248"},"modified":"2017-01-18T12:14:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T20:14:26","slug":"post-secondary-staple-peter-verin-dies-at-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2017\/01\/16\/post-secondary-staple-peter-verin-dies-at-71\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-secondary staple Peter Verin dies at 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you live in Victoria, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve seen, if not had a conversation with, Peter Verin.<\/p>\n

Verin was a staple in the post-secondary community, living on the grounds of the University of Victoria for many years.<\/p>\n

Verin was known for carrying a large amount of items around with him in his shopping cart, including lots of reading material; he was always happy to stop and talk philosophy or some other academic matter, and he always wanted to learn about what the other person had to say.<\/p>\n

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A makeshift memorial for Peter Verin is up at Quadra and McKenzie (photo by Greg Pratt\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I did a radio show at CFUV at UVic as a teenager, Verin was often hanging around and was always a pleasure to stop and chat with. Even as time went on and we didn\u2019t cross paths for sometimes years at a time, Verin would always remember my name and stop me with a smile.<\/p>\n

Going back even earlier than that, I\u2019d see Verin when I was a kid, and he would always be happy to stop and talk, even though the lessons he was giving me were going way over my head.<\/p>\n

This month, Verin died the day before he turned 72 after being taken to the hospital for a fall. His charming demeanour and encyclopedic knowledge will be missed; the lesson he leaves behind about living life on your own terms will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n

There is a makeshift memorial for Verin up at a bus stop at Quadra and McKenzie. A memorial will take place at noon on Thursday, January 19 on the grounds of the Telus building on that same corner.<\/p>\n

Post-secondary in Victoria will never be the same without Verin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you live in Victoria, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve seen, if not had a conversation with, Peter Verin. Verin was a staple in the post-secondary community, living on the grounds of the University of Victoria for many years. Verin was known for carrying a large amount of items around with him in his shopping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-january-18-2017"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t