Events, September 4 to September 17, 2013: Comforting creatures, Camosun Farmbox, Rifflandia, and moreUntil October 4 Creature feature Creature Comforts is happening now. What is it? Good thing you asked! It’s an exhibit going down at the Maritime Museum of BC until October 4, showing what it’s like for animals who live at sea. Dogs on boats? Geese on boats? Reindeer on boats?! Hold on, reindeer are real? […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Canada’s commercial flight scene dismalHave you ever noticed how Canada has absolutely no decent commercial airlines? First of all, it seems more than half the staff on Air Canada flights are old enough to be my grandmother and have probably been working there since the company started. Though, I have to give it to them, making it through countless […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago In Nexus: September 4, 2013 issueSilent airwaves: “FM Radio License Approved for Camosun’s Communication Program,” from our September 7, 1993 issue, tells a tale of Camosun’s radio station, well, getting approved for an FM radio license. Given how events shook down the past couple of years and that the station’s office is now an empty shell after it closed down […] Continue Reading |
Is it time for social media reform? Experts weigh in. #changeIt’s mind-numbingly obvious that social media is a huge part of the lives of students today. Everyone knows about social media, most people partake in it, and it affects every Camosun student. There are social media meetups. There are networking and career-advancing opportunities. There was the Arab Spring. There is also the destruction of self-esteem. […] Continue Reading |
Steve Bays brings Hot Hot Heat back to Victoria for RifflandiaSteve Bays will be one busy and excitable guy come September 13 and 14, when he pulls double duty playing in two different bands on the main stage during the Rifflandia music festival. But this is really nothing new. After all, Bays is always busy, and always excitable, whether it be playing music or working […] Continue Reading |
UVic alumni Sam Dunn finds success with movies and television, tries hand with crowdfundingWhen filmmaker, University of Victoria anthropology grad, and lifelong heavy metal fan Sam Dunn sat down with executives from VH1 to pitch his Metal Evolution television show idea, he must have done a good job. They bought it. (Considering Dunn had the strength of popular documentaries Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and Global Metal behind him, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, September 4, 2013 issue: VIU’s free tuition, CRD’s wastewater, and a 100-year-old stone bake oven found in SookeVIU to give free tuition to youth raised under provincial care In a landmark decision, Vancouver Island University recently announced they will be giving free tuition to people who have been raised under the BC government’s care. They are the first postsecondary institution in the province to take up the challenge that Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond […] Continue Reading |
A Message from the Camosun College Student Society: CCSS has lots to offerWelcome back, students! The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has been busy this summer planning for the upcoming school year. The CCSS represents the interests of more than 8,000 students at both the Interurban and Lansdowne campuses through advocacy, services, and events. Camosun students have access to many services provided by the CCSS and the […] Continue Reading |
Victoria’s Great Canadian Beer Festival brings all kindsIt’s time once again for the Great Canadian Beer Festival, reminding Victorians that, yes, we are the Portland of Canada when it comes to craft beer. The local beer landscape continues to change, with new breweries opening every year across the province. Gerry Hieter, chairman and co-founder of the Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF), is […] Continue Reading |
Queerly Forward: Welcome back from PrideThe Pride Collective, a constituency of the Camosun College Student Society aimed at serving the queer community on campus, is made up of a fantastic group of people. These people are getting pumped for the fall semester with exciting plans for workshops, get-togethers, parties, and all sorts of random stuff. These plans are made at […] Continue Reading |
