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  Springtime isn’t just an opportunity to rest and relax, free from the stress of a hectic school-time schedule. The springtime also serves as the beginning of the Punjabi calendar and is heralded by the harvest festival Vaisakhi. Traditionally held in mid-April, this past Friday saw one of UFV’s newest clubs, the South Asian club (SAC), host a Vaisakhi celebration in the SUB. Rahul Kumar, a first year student and one of the organizers of the celebration, says that the SAC decided to hold the event a month later than usual. “[Vaisakhi] is usually celebrated on the fourteenth of April,...

  UFV’s newest student run publication, Summit, will be hosting what they hope to be the first edition of an annual first conference on April 11. The academic journal caters to students in the humanities and social sciences, and is the first publication here at UFV that recognizes the excellence students display in research and essay writing. According to Valerie Franklin, one of the journal’s organizers and editors, “Currently there’s no way for students to get published or have their academic work recognized at UFV, and I think that’s part of the process of post secondary, havin...