Know Your Profs: Camosun Biology instructor Sarah Cockburn just says no to raisinsKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Student society’s CamFest to hit Camosun campuses in SeptemberThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is bringing their annual start-of-semester celebration for Camosun College students to both campuses in September, and they’re promising a whole lot of fun this year. The events, happening September 6 at Lansdowne and September 8 at Interurban, are going to be carnival-esque good time, says CCSS student services coordinator […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Of Dwarfs and princes“Human beings need flattery; otherwise they do not fulfill their purpose, not even in their own eyes,” said Piccoline, a 26-inch-tall dwarf who is the strange and misanthropic anti-hero of Pär Lagerkvist’s 1944 novel The Dwarf. Lagerkvist—who was a Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright in the first half of the 20th century—won the Nobel Prize […] Continue Reading |
Of the Land – local indigenous voices: Indigenous realityLiving as an indigenous person today is seemingly not so bad for most people, but it isn’t as great as everyone thinks for every person. We all have variable experiences. It is not possible to just put someone in an indigenous box—you don’t have an indigenous experience; you have a human experience. There are opportunities […] Continue Reading |
College at a crossroads: what does the future hold for Camosun?Sometimes it feels like Camosun College is at a crossroads, wondering which way to go next. Will the institution focus on trades and job-skills training, or will it be more arts-based? What is the role of international students? How do the college’s sports teams fit into all this? We thought we’d wrangle a range of […] Continue Reading |
Metal band Necronomicon finds happiness in extremityNecronomicon vocalist/guitarist Rob “The Witch” Tremblay says that there is nothing he hates more about being in a metal band than practicing guitar by himself. The frontman says he feels out of sorts if he is not on stage playing for fans with his fellow band members. “I’m not the kind of guy sitting at […] Continue Reading |
