Nic’s Flicks: Dune fantastic, absorbing adaptationThe most challenging movies to make often prove to be book-to-film adaptations. Luckily, director Denis Villeneuve has done with Frank Herbert’s marvellous world Arrakis what Peter Jackson did with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth over a decade ago: made an incredibly good film that explores the philosophical themes and ideas that the author was trying to convey […] Continue Reading |
Leaving the Cave: Study habitsWe’re deep into the semester now: midterms are past us and we’re up to our ears in assignments. I know it’s apparently an urban college myth, but doesn’t it feel like all the hardest and backbreaking night-owl kind of assignments seem to come at the same time, as if the instructors are having some secret […] Continue Reading |
Show me the Money: So you have some savings, now what?In the previous issue of Nexus, we talked about creating a budget to help you start saving. In this issue, we’re going to look at some things you can do with the money you’ve saved. The most important thing to do with your savings is to create an emergency fund. This is cash set aside […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Movember musingsBeing vulnerable isn’t just a female thing, yet it’s still treated like it is. I just wonder, is this how the male population want to be seen? As testosterone-driven beings with no emotion, here to show off their masculinity and throw coconuts on each other’s heads? Most likely not. So if males don’t want to […] Continue Reading |
International at Camosun: My first HalloweenThey say that when there’s a festival coming up, you can feel it in the air. I’ve never honestly understood why everyone celebrated Halloween, a spooky holiday, but when it was coming up this year, I could certainly feel it in the air, and it made me excited to understand it better. It’s not just […] Continue Reading |
Leaving the Cave: Remember we’re togetherWhen you look out the window these days and see nothing but rain, rain, rain, and more rain, do you ever stop and ask yourself what kind of self-care we need to do in these unsettling times? Although COVID-19 is sort of kind of maybe calming down, am I the only one who feels like […] Continue Reading |
Show Me the Money: Budgeting 101As its name suggests, this column is about money. Specifically, we’ll be looking at personal finance, investing, and the market and economy. In this first instalment, we’ll talk about the most fundamental concept of personal finance: budgeting. The first step in creating an effective budget is to list all of your income and expenses in […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Size inclusivity and falsehoodsSo there I was, sitting through two of YouTube’s (painfully long) unskippable ads, when one of them happened to catch my eye. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t catch my eye in the way they had hoped; I wasn’t enticed into buying their product. No, what had interested me about this ad was the fact that […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: The Last Duel an absorbing piece of historical dramaThe Last Duel (2021) 3.5/4 One of my favourite movie genres is historical dramas. I love learning about forgotten pieces of history, such as William Wallace’s fight for freedom in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-wining drama Braveheart or the story of T.E. Lawrence’s experiences during the First World War in David Lean’s classic film Lawrence of Arabia. […] Continue Reading |
International at Camosun: My first Thanksgiving as an international studentWhen I was in India, I had only heard about Thanksgiving in Hollywood movies and TV shows. I never really knew what it was actually about. I had some assumptions—I thought it was just a festival or a holiday. But it turns out Thanksgiving is more than that. I never thought that I would get […] Continue Reading |
