VIU Services: Book buyback
How many thousands of dollars have you spent on textbooks for university? What do you do with your textbooks when you’re done with them? Do they just sit on your bookshelf forever, never to be read again? Wouldn’t it be nice to get at least some of the money back? VIU’s bookstore offers to buy your used books. They buy books … Continued
VIU Services: Food Services
We’ve all heard of students who lived off of Mr. Noodles because they simply couldn’t afford to buy proper groceries or make more nutritional meals. Perhaps you’re one of those students. There are also many students who buy fast food every day because, between classes and work, they don’t have time to cook for themselves. … Continued
VIU Services: Students Working For You
Many university programs give their students the opportunity to get hands-on experience by offering services to other students, staff, and the public. Since these services provide a learning experience and often take longer than they would elsewhere, costs are typically at a reduced rate. This way, both the students in the program and those using … Continued
VIU Services: The Writing Centre
VIU offers many services to help get you through the school year. Maybe you’ve heard about some of them, but for one reason or another have yet to utilize these services. Maybe you don’t know yet what VIU has to offer. For each issue of The Navigator, this column will feature a service offered through … Continued
Death by summer
By contributor Sebastian Barkovic Wow, what a summer I had! It’s now the fourth week of school and I can barely get in the groove. I guess you can say that I had an abundance of fun. Where am I going with this? Surely no one wants to hear about my summer. I’m not here … Continued
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS: Back to school
This is the first in a contributor column by Zoe Lauckner. Check back next issue for the latest in Mental Health issues. It’s that time of year again—students new and experienced come together on campus with the goal of learning in mind. Though exciting times for many, university is commonly the most stressful time students have … Continued
VIU Dreamin’
[slideshow_deploy id=’7834′] Photos by Sean Enns A note on Deep Dream: Developers at Google released an image manipulation framework during the summer. The package applies various filters—from the subtle to the fantastical—to images it’s fed, then examines each pixel, and attempts to make sense of it. Once it comes up with an answer, it overlays … Continued
Hi Mom! Welcome to The Navigator’s 47th Year!
A lot has changed here since 1969. We no longer, literally, copy and paste our articles to the page, but now completely share each issue free online.. This year, I am truly lucky to have a masthead to rival any of our competition—15 multi-talented students devoted to gathering the type of news that affects all … Continued