Green Your World: Green reflectionsAs I reflect upon my time at Camosun I have come to realize the importance of volunteering. In first year I got a job with City Green, a local non-profit specializing in helping homeowners access grants to make their houses more energy efficient. By donating my time I was able to get my foot in […] Continue Reading |
What’s Up With Her?: Objectification of women still not okayIt would be nice to think that the objectification and degradation of women are no longer problems in our culture here in 2011. But they are problems, and the continuing exploitation of women in advertising perpetuates those problems. For example, a local house party featuring all-you-can-drink beer was recently marketed using a poster featuring a […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: The vulva is not invisibleOften the genitalia of the female body is discounted and the breasts are the focus of the sexualized anatomy. The fact that women have a vulva is seldom mentioned. Women’s clothing, specifically swimwear and yoga pants, exemplifies the expectation of a perfectly smooth, featureless, generic genital region. When, in fact, women do have external genitalia, […] Continue Reading |
The Arkells come into their own on new albumIt’s been a long three years since Hamilton indie rockers The Arkells put out their debut album, Jackson Square. In that time, the band logged in a lot of hours touring around Canada, and while they made an impression on fans and critics, winning the Juno Award for new group of the year along the […] Continue Reading |
Arena Rock: Death breathNapalm Death Club 9ONE9 Victoria, BC October 25 Over 27 years ago, in Birmingham, England, Napalm Death were beginning to fuse death metal with hardcore punk. Featuring abrasive vocals, sociopolitical lyrics, down-tuned guitars, and speedy punk drumming, Napalm Death were the grindcore pioneers. Strangely enough, they recently played at Club 90NE9 in Victoria. Local grinders […] Continue Reading |
New exhibit brings photos back off the hard driveAn instructor from Camosun’s visual arts program will be opening his latest art installation downtown at Open Space gallery on November 10. The exhibition, entitled Thirty-Five Thousand Forty,will demonstrate a new way of reading digital photography and exhibit over 35,000 photos displayed on the 14-foot walls of Open Space gallery. The installation is courtesy of […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: November 2, 2011 issueJames Blake Enough Thunder (Universal) 4/5 James Blake’s latest addition to his musical catalogue is this six-song EP, which contains his unique style of eclectic electronic sounds mixed with synthesized genius. What makes Blake so unique is his ability to sweep the listener off their feet and carry them somewhere they could only imagine, and […] Continue Reading |
Victorian runs island for Rwanda awarenessEric Mazimpaka spent October running up and down Vancouver Island. He covered 560.5 kilometres with little money and little time to prepare. He slept in a car every night and was fuelled mainly off of candy. Mazimpaka began the run on September 27 and finished it on October 24, covering roughly 26 kilometres per day. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s rowing club off to a rollicking startCamosun’s recently formed rowing club wasted no time getting to the podium when student athletes Graham Obee and Trish Mara medaled in the lightweight men’s single sculls and lightweight women’s single at the Western Canadian University Rowing Championship in Burnaby on October 23. The wins come mere weeks into Camosun’s rowing club existence. Although a […] Continue Reading |
Lecture series looks at gender-identity issuesGender: what that word really means today is a complex issue. To help examine the complexities of the concept, an upcoming lecture series will explore what gender means for individuals and within our society. Gender Identity: Understanding Trans-Identities begins November 2 at the Lansdowne campus. Camosun College Student Society Pride director Daphne Crossman and Camosun […] Continue Reading |
