Let’s Talk 2.0: Living in a post-grad worldI recently realized that some of my final courses, which were more connected to direct sales, were filled with male students; there were way more females in the rest of my marketing classes. This mirrors the workplace, where engineering and sales departments are full of male faces. It’s quite intimidating to enter workplaces where there […] Continue Reading |
Show me the Money: The importance of financial-health checkupsThe recent decision by Camosun College to bring forward the fee deadline for the fall term came as a rude shock for many students. It meant coming up with a significant sum of money several weeks earlier or being removed from registered courses. This may prove difficult for some students, as they may need a […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Nope gets a big yepNope (2022) 3.5/4 Calling all horror/science fiction fans: Oscar-winning horror filmmaker Jordan Peele has released his newest thrill ride, Nope, and I must say that this is one great movie that all horror fans will give a big yep to. What I really like about this film comes down to one word: tension. As he […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Let’s talk about datingIsn’t it nice when you meet someone new? It’s exciting but also terrifying, because there are all these dating rules, right? And then dating seems a whole lot more difficult if you live in a multicultural country where everyone brings their own rules around what is acceptable and what crosses a line. Society is changing, […] Continue Reading |
Show me the Money: 2022 so far, and what’s aheadIt’s hard to believe that half of 2022 has already gone by. Although the world has largely managed to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, the year has given us all multiple new challenges. In this issue’s column, we’ll have a quick look at what has happened so far, and what I think the rest of the […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Jurassic World Dominion deceptive, boring, disappointingJurassic World Dominion (2022) 1.5/4 As I said in a previous article, the top movie I was excited to see this summer was Jurassic World Dominion. Well, I recently got to see it, and while having the entire cast back together does make for some good entertaining moments, overall this was a massively disappointing movie […] Continue Reading |
Show me the Money: My life on a student budgetI hope that this column has so far been helpful to readers and that it’s got you to start thinking about your financial health differently. This time around, I thought I’d share a bit about my life as a student, from a financial perspective, of course. I’m an international student, and I spent about four […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: The Batman almost-perfect thrill-rideThe Batman (2022) 3.5/4 Back in January, I said that Matt Reeves’ The Batman was the number-one movie for students to look out for this year. Today, I’m happy to report that Reeves delivers exactly what fans wanted and much more from this riveting film. One of the main things that had me super excited […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Female leadership is a choice to makeActively deciding on what you stand for can change the future. Feminists have to make that decision with every move they make. Maybe you like the idea of creating gender equality change but don’t know how. Change will never come easy, so we need to take baby steps toward it. I choose to pick female […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Ambulance nonsensical, nauseatingAmbulance (2022) 1/4 I’ve never been a fan of Michel Bay’s work but I went to see his newest movie, Ambulance, with a open mind, hoping that this may just be one of his better films. Unfortunately, my hopefulness was short lived. This movie—which is based on a Danish movie from 2005—is everything that I […] Continue Reading |
