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“Before I became a feminist, I suppose I was an angel, a poet, a revolutionary,” wrote Nicolle Brossard, a Quebec poet, novelist, and essayist who has written more than 30 books since she began publishing in the 1960s. Along with numerous other awards she’s won, she’s taken home the Governor General’s Award for poetry twice, […]

With the advent of a terribly inaccurate Hollywood film, and a more respectfully documented Vice short, I thought the time was right to explore a Japanese topic that many people are curious about: Aokigahara, also known as the Suicide Forest. I recently went there with a friend under the premise of an anthropological expedition. This […]

The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is dedicated to providing advocacy, services, and student life on campus. We are in a constant state of change, re-evaluating our policies each year to ensure we keep up to date with the needs of our members. Last semester we re-imagined our clubs policy to better equate the disbursement […]

Although not League of Legends, the mythical-god-centered MOBA Smite stands out with its own unique style of gameplay, which has led to it being quite a popular game. Recently, Smite wrapped up its own world championship tournament. Starting with best-of-one matches, lesser teams were quickly eliminated by the superior teams, all fighting for a shot […]

Individuality is definitely a factor in Japanese culture. It’s expressed in the confines of a group an individual associates with, contributing to a subculture community. However, there are certain boundaries limiting what is socially acceptable “self-definition.” First, one must be Japanese. As a largely homogeneous culture, you must first fit inside the box before you […]

Coming off of two major events in the League of Legends e-sports scene, a large majority of the top professional teams saw drastic changes to their rosters. Here are a few that had the most impact. Starting off in the Korean league, world champions SKTelecom said goodbye to three of their players: Lee “Easyhoon” Ji-hoon, […]

“In surfaces, perfection is less interesting,” said Anne Carson, an internationally renowned poet and classical scholar originally from Ontario. “For instance,” she went on, “a page with a poem on it is less attractive than a page with a poem on it and some tea stains.” Tea stains or no, any page with a poem […]