Take Care – Comics from Carlo Puche
Comics by The Link’s very talented Carlo Puche.
BCIT’s Safer Walk is available but underutilized
With the recent string of sexual assaults at UBC, university and college campuses in the lower mainland have taken extra security measures to make sure their staff and students are safe at all times. The consensus among BCIT students is that they generally feel safe on campus. “I feel like the attacks that have happened…
Buying online may ease cost of textbooks for students
Textbook fees are an unavoidable burden each semester. But the financial stress may become easier to bear, as the Ministry of Advanced Education has announced that online open textbooks for forty popular post-secondary courses will be available for free. According to the government of British Columbia Newsroom, open publication licences will permit students to view…
BCIT’s new president makes school history
BCIT is approaching two big milestones next year: the institution is not only celebrating its 50th anniversary, it will also have its first-ever female president. Kathy Kinloch will be sworn in as president in January and says some big events are planned for the coming year. Kinloch is not new to BCIT. From 2007 to…
Vancouver Writers Fest provides a safe haven for record-breaking crowds
In the wake of their 25th anniversary, the Vancouver Writers Festival crushed their previous attendance records by hosting more events, selling more tickets, and filling more venues than ever before. Financially, these figures are a festival organizers’ dream. The ultimate goal, however, is a little more poignant. Hal Wake, artistic director of the festival, says…
Fauxroscopes by the Mystical Mama Angie
ARIES (March 21 – April 20) It’s a money month Aries. We know this because your stars are aligning… A-lining your pockets with cash that is! Drinks on you! TAURUS (April 21 – May 21) Taurus, let the moon be your celestial guide this month. So rather than taking on too much then comp-waning, try re-waxing…
We Day Vancouver celebrates youth community involvement
The sixth We Day took the stage at Rogers Arena on October 18 and featured an all-star line up of speakers and live performances. Hosted by MTV’s Aliya-Jasmine Sovani and Scott Willats, big names in Canadian music included Avril Lavigne, Hedley, and Down With Webster. Roughly 20,000 students from as far away as the Yukon…
Ombudsperson office is here for the people
British Columbia Ombudsperson Kim Carter made a stop at the BCIT Burnaby campus on her recent tour of the province. One reason for Carter’s visit to various parts of the province was to make the office’s services better known to British Columbians. “A lot of people don’t know we exist,” Carter told The Link in…
Arrival of Quidditch better late than never at SFU
Eight years after the first Harry Potter book was published, Simon Fraser University formed a Quidditch team. Club founder Christine Konrad says until now, no one took the initiative to apply to SFU Recreation to start the team. She told The Link, “I watched a UBC-UVic game about two years ago, and I thought, ‘This…
Watermark takes a novel perspective on Earth’s most precious resource
“We are water.” If there was a concise way to summarize Watermark, this quote from Oscar Dennis comes pretty close. Words do a poor job of describing a film of such overwhelming visual beauty, but the Tahltan linguist captured the simple and yet loudest message of the film. Watermark is the second cinematic collaboration between…
Get extra mystical at Halloween with Mama Angie
ARIES (March 21 – April 20) This time of year it’s useful to assess life using a costume-benefit analysis. Are you exuding enough sparkle? Are you more often yourself, or someone else? Is your life peaceful or is it full-on war(drobe)? TAURUS (April 21 – May 21) Taurus, quit moonlighting as the person you want…