By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Before we can begin toting Santa hats and playing Mariah Carey on repeat, we need to discuss a strange occurrence that has been gathering steam in my overactive pumpkin spiced brain this month....
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By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau As you know, VIU sits on central Vancouver Island facing the...
Read MoreBy Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Somehow it took me five years to figure it out. I began to notice once I started working at The Navigator, and I really should just accept it: I don’t like writing. So what? I have earned this...
Read MoreBy Managing Editor Molly Barrieau This year, I have the opportunity to share a column with our readers. Back in 2010, The Nav infamously published a Nav-a-Sutra column that included some less than savoury how-to suggestions in...
Read MoreBy Managing Editor Molly Barrieau It’s been a little while since you last caught up with us here at the newspaper, but while we were all out enjoying our break, Nanaimo was still making headlines. Here are a few of our...
Read MoreBy Managing Editor Molly Barrieau Building 310, forever known as Malaspina Theatre on campus, finally received its much needed facelift on Friday, September 2. After news broke about beloved professor Mike Taugher’s passing in...
Read MoreBy Managing Editor Molly Barrieau A one-time funding decision from the Ministry of Advanced Education has allowed VIU to offer the Community Health Promotion for Aboriginal Communities Certificate at around $3K instead of $6K....
Read MoreIn honour of International Women’s Day on March 8, VIU’s Chair of the Status of Women, Joy Gugeler, and the Faculty of International Education hosted a panel for three women to share their experiences coming to Canada from their...
Read MorePotlatches begin with Elders speaking while listeners eat, so the teachings and good feelings can enter with the food. The teachings nourish the soul, spirit, and heart, while the food nourishes the body. “Plus, if it’s really...
Read MoreThese fictional tweets were written by Molly “Yeezus” Barrieau and Antony “T-Swizzle” Stevens to satirize the ongoing feud between Taylor Swift and Kanye West.
Read MoreDear Mattel Inc., Hi. Yes, it’s me: former storyteller, fashion designer, and architect to the 11-inch disproportionate toy you so famously tout. I heard, after 57 years, you decided to switch things up this week, unveiling a...
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By contributor Molly Barrieau By the New Year, a large patch of land outside VIU’s Shq’apthut: A...
Read MoreDenisa Kraus The Navigator VIU students in the creative writing program will launch the 23rd annual issue of Portal on April 10. Portal is an art and literary anthology produced, curated, and distributed by students in VIU’s...
Read MoreMolly Barrieau The Navigator In the candlelit basement of the ACMe Food Co. restaurant, five young men took to the small stage the night of Friday, February 7 to perform the second show of their Vancouver Island Comedy Tour. The...
Read MoreMolly Barrieau Contributor The Navigator UBC’s Sauder School of Business, the department blamed for the September “rape chants” during frosh week, has put to vote whether to fund a position to provide counselling services to...
Read MoreMolly Barrieau Contributor The Navigator Looking for a movie to watch this Halloween? Evil Dead may be known for its 2013 remake given the same title, but what many don’t know is that the original movies from the 80s and 90s are...
Read MoreMolly Barrieau Contributor The Navigator The No Means No campaign continues this year on campuses throughout B.C. Since the beginning in 1992, the campaign has worked with students to raise awareness against rape, sexual...
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