The Martlet

The Martlet

The" Martlet" is a weekly student newspaper at the University of Victoria (UVic) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There are over a dozen employees on the payroll, but significant work is done by student volunteers (writing, taking photos, copy editing). The "Martlet" is funded partially by student fees, and partially by advertisements. As of 2007, each student pays $3.75 per semester to the "Martlet". The newspaper is distributed freely around the UVic campus and various locations around greater Victoria each Thursday during the school year, and on a monthly basis in the summer. The paper also maintains a website [http://www.martlet.ca] . The "Martlet" is a member of the Canadian University Press.

History

The "Martlet" was founded when UVic was Victoria College, and the original name was the "Microscope". The paper takes its name from a heraldic bird with no feet. Three martlet birds appear on the crest of McGill University, and the University of Victoria grew out of the McGill University College of British Columbia. For a brief period in the early 1970's, the Martlet was re-named the 'Cougar City Gazette', a reflection of the defiance of the paper towards the administration.

In 1971, the "Martlet" was partly responsible for bringing about the resignation of the university's president, Bruce J. Partridge, when it reported that he had obtained his law degree from a correspondence school under investigation as a "degree mill." In 2001, the Martlet Publishing Society issued an [http://ring.uvic.ca/01jun05/page16.html apology] to Partridge for publishing articles that made reference to these events in an anniversary book. A 2003 [http://www.martlet.ca/old/archives/031002/news6.html "Martlet" article] by Patrick White stated that, though Partridge acquired his degree by correspondence, rumours about Partridge's qualifications spread throughout the university and he resigned in November 1971. An article with a statement from Partridge can be found in [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tFj-1i2R-g8J:www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/ubyssey/UBYSSEY_1971_02_02.pdf+bruce+partridge+uvic&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=10 an archived 1971 issue] of the University of British Columbia's paper the "Ubyssey".

Until 2004 the "Martlet" had an "advertising boycott list", which has been dropped to allow for an assessment of each individual advertisement. The "Martlet" has received criticism for running advertisements that some readers have interpreted as sexist, notably in fall 2004 when they ran ads for "Canada's Search for the Coors Light Maxim Girl."

Well-known people have worked for the "Martlet" or its precursor the "Microscope" include Pierre Berton; novelist W.P. Kinsella; journalist Ben Webb (1957-2002), Editor of Sanity, the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament monthly; Thomas Homer-Dixon, environmental advisor to the Clinton White House; journalist and labour leader David J. Climenhaga, author of "A Poke in the Public Eye"; and biopsychologist Dr. Eleanor Boyle, author of "Effective College and University Teaching: A Practical Guide".

ee also

* [http://ring.uvic.ca/ The Ring] - UVic's community newspaper, published by UVic Communications
* [http://www.nexusnewspaper.com/ Nexus] - A student newspaper from neighbouring Camosun College

References and Works Cited

* [http://www.qolchallenge.ca/connections/stories/Fit%20to%20Print%20-%20The%20Martlet.pdf Article on Newspaper]
* [http://ring.uvic.ca/01jun05/page16.html Apology to Bruce Partridge]
* [http://www.martlet.ca/old/archives/031002/news6.html "Martlet" article on UVic scandals]
* [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:tFj-1i2R-g8J:www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/ubyssey/UBYSSEY_1971_02_02.pdf+bruce+partridge+uvic&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=10 "Ubyssey" article from 1971] (includes article on page 3 about Bruce Partridge)
* [http://www.martlet.ca/old/archives/041028/oped4.html Op-ed on Coors Maxim sexism debate] and some [http://www.martlet.ca/old/archives/041021/letters.html letters] on the issue

External links

* [http://www.martlet.ca "The Martlet" homepage]
* [http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/ University of Victoria Students' Society]
* [http://cfuv.uvic.ca/ UVic's CFUV Radio]
* [http://www.cinecenta.com/ UVic's Cinecenta Movie Theatre]


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