WRUG: A Weekend With the Vikes Women’s 7s Team
Hey My UVic Life! It’s been a few months. Oops. It has been a very busy time between first semester and the Canada West...
Author: Jess
The Varsity Chronicles: A Note to My First Year Self
Hello first year me, No, not that me. This me. Ah yes. Let’s take this back five years ago, which in writing seems like...
Hello From The Other Side: Nationals 2.0
If anyone was in doubt about UVic’s capabilities in hosting not one U-Sport National Championship, but TWO National Championships, we just blew everyone out...
We Are The Vikes: A Fifteen’s Season in Review
Hello My UVic world, it’s been awhile. I’ve said that before, but this time I actually mean it. This post is long, but I’m...
Swipe to Success: The Do’s and Don’ts of CARSA
Hello My UVic world! As the varsity athletes, students, staff and parents roll back into CARSA (Center for Athletics, Recreation and Special Ability) for...
Don’t Sell Yourself Short
Hello My UVic World, The other day I was at a cafe reading when I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation taking place in...
23 Realities of Reading ‘Break’
Ah, reading break. It sounds nice right? But is it? Is it? I told a few of the high school girls I coached that...
The Value of Varsity Athletics: A Rebuttal
“You should reconsider where your priorities lie. Figure out if it is in academics or sport.” This statement was made directly to me in...
Time Management 101
Either you run the day, or the day runs you. That’s some hard truth right there and I’ll be the first to admit that...
The Pursuit Part 2: Making History
Hi My UVic World! I apologize for being MIA the past month or so. I’ve been completely caught up and swept away by rugby...
The Pursuit
*Cue Staples commercials on TV to the tune of ‘It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ I’ve been at UVic all summer working...
Dear my high school self
Dear my high school self, It’s Jess here, in June 2015. Last week I sat through my little (not so little anymore as he’s...
I’m all about that… student-athlete life
Hi My UVic world, I’m sorry I’ve been MIA, but that past few weeks have been unbelievably busy and, no, I’m not just saying...
91 end of the semester thoughts you know you’ve had.
You know you’ve thought these things. The struggle is real. Don’t deny it. Coffee. Now. NOW! I swear we just started classes yesterday. How...
8 tips on how to survive ‘March’
Ah March. Spring is just around the corner. The sun is out, the birds are singing, people are running outside in shorts and t-shirts....
National 7s weekend
WHAT. A. WEEKEND. Last weekend, on Friday and Saturday March 6/7, 28 teams from across the country came to Langford to play in the...
Cross-campus Capture The Flag ft. The UVic Women’s Rugby Team
I’m sure if you’re reading this, you probably remember playing capture the flag as a wee one in elementary school. The good ol’ days...
The top 6 reasons you need to come to UVic and Victoria
I will openly admit that the weather recently has influenced this post and I have the need to sell you on UVic and Victoria,...
Richard Sherman, football, #LeftShark: UVic and the real story of varsity athletics
In the midst of all the Superbowl buzz, including the hype around “Left Shark,” a link pertaining to Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman talking...
The Beatles and Jelly Babies, hockey, Beyoncé…UVic?
Dear world, This week in school, I sat in an entire class dedicated to learning about the History of the Beatles. Just let that...