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Summer has finally arrived in Victoria, and with it the desire to get outside and get some vitamin D from the sun. In yoga philosophy and the ayurvedic natural medicine system of India, anything that is heat generating is said to be of a pitta (pronounced pita) nature. This includes the weather, and it is […]

I often think about how much I wish I was able to complete a full bachelor’s degree in the arts and humanities at Camosun.  When I first came to Camosun, I was in my early 30s and I had finally made the decision to go back to school. I did not have a good time […]

Aries (March 21 – April 19) The new moon in Leo on August 4 brings your focus to pleasurable fifth house topics such as hobbies and the senses. Mercury’s retrograde the same day brings a re-evaluative tone. With the 11th house Aquarius full moon on August 19, you feel more socially focused, especially with groups. […]

Recent Camosun grad and Polynice guitarist Trevor McMorran says that the band has an eclectic array of musical influences, and it checks out: the members soak it up from The Strokes, The Beach Boys, Tame Impala, and psychedelic rock, while one of their largest inspirations is even more left field. “[I] remember asking Julian [Baisa, […]

The soul of grime lives within each frame of 1987’s Withnail & I, written and directed by Bruce Robinson. Filth covers every nook and cranny of a London apartment, living creatures born out of the sink, conceived between decomposed dishware and neglect. The only thing worse is what lives outside its moulded walls, in what […]