The glories of technological dating
Brandon Kornelson is a Sociology and History student. He hopes to become a journalist. Contact Brandon at brandonkornelson@shaw.ca.
Something to do this weekend: Nanaimo Global Film Festival
On the cusp of reading week for VIU students, the Nanaimo Global Film Festival will be showing over 30 films from around the world February 21 and 22, on Nanaimo’s campus. Robin Davies, a Media Studies professor at VIU, works with the department to provide technical support to students and the Nanaimo Global … Continued
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest 2015
By contributor Dean Pelkey Each year, the Fraser Institute holds an essay contest for students designed to encourage and develop student writers. This contest gives you the opportunity to showcase your ideas on public policy and the roles of markets, plus the opportunity to win cash prizes. With over $9k in cash prizes, students from … Continued
VIUSU app to attract new users for Treasure Hunt this week
If you haven’t already gone to your app store to download the app, you should. OOHLALA Mobile Inc., the company behind many other Canadian university mobile apps, has provided VIU with a platform for their students since 2013. It wasn’t until this year that the app was rebranded, and now includes the VIUSU symbol on … Continued
VIU grad nominated for “most prestigious innovation award in Canada”
By contributor Marilyn Assaf VIU graduate Breanne Quist is in the running for a national honour: the Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award, dubbed the most prestigious innovation award in Canada. Quist has been nominated for her work creating The Privacy Compass, a website designed to help BC teachers, parents, and schools navigate privacy issues when … Continued
VIU hosts free science & technology lecture series
Dr. Marc Trudel of Nanaimo’s Pacific Biological Station delivers a free public lecture January 21 at VIU’s Nanaimo campus about the migration patterns of the Pacific salmon. By contributor Marilyn Assaf. Everything from astronomy, to glaciation, to human nutritional needs will be discussed by expert scientists during VIU’s free Science & Technology lecture series. The weekly lecture … Continued
When to put your camera-phone away, and when to take it out
Since the prevalence of camera-phone technology, we’ve all sort of become hobby multimedia journalists, mostly reporting on our own lives, but also mixed in with some good ol’ citizen journalism. As a byproduct of my formal photojournalism training, I think I’ve also learned some good camera-phone photography etiquette. I’d like to use this editorial to … Continued
Why Ello is Dumb and So Are You
Op-ed by Contributor Philip Gordon Those who are abreast of the latest in technosocial fervour (which seems to be everyone these days) might have heard of Ello, a new social media site which has recently become available in its beta stage by way of invite only. Ello describes itself as “a simple, beautiful, and ad-free … Continued
Reality Overlay : an Inside Look at the Ingress ARG
Small pulsating areas of green and blue connected by shimmering lines create semi-opaque fields that cover my iPhone screen. Tapping one of the active spots on the map, I bring up details of the nearest portal, The Mountie Rides In. Its resonators must be recharged to support the control field I’ve established. Back at 100 … Continued