Students take issue with plagiarism checkerEDMONTON (CUP) – Text-matching technology is currently under scrutiny at the University of Alberta, with the department of biological sciences’ plagiarism checker the latest subject in a long discussion about academic integrity on campus. The mandatory text-matching tool, used by the biological sciences department since September, is inciting controversy after the department’s decision to go […] Continue Reading |
Twenty-year-old UVic student battles rare form of bone cancerThe unconditional love from family and friends surrounding Subha Gill, a 20-year-old second-year UVic student and aspiring doctor who is battling bone cancer, may be the key to the success of an upcoming fundraiser. An April 6-7 event, including a 24-hour skating marathon and a three-on-three hockey tournament, hopes to raise $5,000 for Gill, who […] Continue Reading |
School presidents say 2012 budget will affect studentsVANCOUVER (CUP) – BC’s university and college presidents believe that service cuts will come if the provincial government cuts funding to post-secondary education. A letter signed by presidents of the 25 publicly funded universities and colleges in BC, including Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin, argues that it’s “unrealistic to assume that the [funding] reductions contemplated […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: New approach needed for drug awarenessOver the past year there has been considerable media coverage given to the increasing incidence of ecstasy-related deaths in Canada. In BC alone, 16 people died from adverse effects to the party drug in 2011; two more have already died in 2012. At least five of these deaths have been blamed on the drug being […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: April 4-10Friday, April 6 The Sentimentals, Lovers, Capital Region Logans, $8, 9:30 pm Lovers had one of my favourite releases of 2010, and, to my understanding, the release went virtually untouched. Darklight is a fantastic album and has some really enjoyable, mellow pop songs. The trio has a lot of energy and emotion behind their music. […] Continue Reading |
Eye on Campus: April 4-10Wednesday, April 4-Thursday, April 5 CCSS Elections The last two days to vote in the Camosun College Student Society elections are Wednesday, April 4 and Thursday, April 5. Fill out a ballot and enjoy participating in democracy. Polling stations are located in the Campus Centre at Interurban and the Fisher building at Lansdowne, open from […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: Chargers, BoG, BC Transit, ban bottled waterCamosun students named academic all-Canadians Camosun College Chargers basketball players Jordan Elvedahl and Caitlin Marshall have been named academic all-Canadians. The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) recently announced the 2011–2012 SIRC-CCAA Academic All-Canadian Award recipients, which included 162 student-athletes from across Canada. The SIRC-CCAA Academic All-Canadian award is […] Continue Reading |
Gone but not forgotten: A look at the Missing Women Commission of InquiryIt felt like a turning point. After years of requests by advocacy groups, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry was finally about to begin. This was back in September, when Nexus covered the epidemic of missing and murdered women in BC. Many hoped that justice would be served. As the commission was preparing to launch […] Continue Reading |
High-school poetry slammers to claim victoryThere won’t be any dusting off of tomes or reciting of iambic pentameter at Victorious Voices, the third annual high-school poetry slam championships. Instead, teams of students from six Greater Victoria high schools will perform spoken-word poems for a panel of judges including mayor Dean Fortin and poet laureate Janet Rogers. The performances will be […] Continue Reading |
