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Camosun Students for Environmental Awareness (CSEA) is a not-for-profit organization based out of Camosun College at the Lansdowne Campus. CSEA focuses on spreading environmental awareness while promoting sustainability on campus and in our local community of Greater Victoria. We address such issues as over-consumption, waste disposal, water quality, and native species conservation, as well as […]

Presidential faux pas: In our September 19, 1994 issue we had a story about how Camosun’s first female president, Liz Ashton, had officially commenced her duties. Ashton went on to much notoriety by saying in an unrehearsed speech in 2008 that “the students that come to us, initially, they’re not the best and not the […]

It wouldn’t be too far off to say that Christmas has come early for Apple fanatics and enthusiasts. In a September 9 event, Apple unveiled the long-awaited next generation of iPhones, which will be Apple’s flagship for this year and next (at least until the next iPhone launch). And this time the iPhone is coming […]

Walk Safer turns 20: We’re not sure if it’s cause for celebration or dismay that 20 years after its inception a program helping students walk safely to their cars or off campus is still needed, but, hey, happy birthday Walk Safer! Back in our September 6, 1994 issue, we wrote an article announcing the program’s […]

I came to the conclusion this year that I’m a member of the working poor. Sadly, I’m not alone and, because of that, I’m surely becoming an antipoverty activist. Many will argue poverty doesn’t exist in the western world and that we have to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps and find work. Well, […]

It’s that time of the year again, when fresh young minds merge into the world of education, while returning students continue to take on the real world in the coming years. Packing the right tech goes a long way to making your life easier and, of course, more fun when you go back to school, […]