20 Years Ago In Nexus: October 1, 2014 issueClock concerns: An opinion piece titled Wake Up! in our October 3, 1994 issue brought up an interesting point: facilities at Camosun just aren’t open early (or late) enough, according to writer Patrick Isaac. What do you think, now that two decades have passed? Has Camosun got the hours for the computer labs and libraries […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: Time for some iBugsWe aren’t even halfway through the fall and it’s already been an awesome season for mobile technology: there were the announcements of the Xperia Z3, Note 4, and new Moto X, and now Apple has unveiled the latest member of the iPhone family: the iPhone 6. While Android and iOS are two very different systems […] Continue Reading |
Booze Clues: Cocktail perfection at Little JumboLittle Jumbo is a relatively new cocktail lounge/bar in town, but since it’s run by some of Victoria’s booze pioneers, it’s already a hot spot. Located down a secretive alley on lower Fort (506 Fort St.), Little Jumbo seems modest from the outside, but as soon as you walk in it’s a whole other story. […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters!: The question of why?“Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?” This is the question American literary critic Harold Bloom asks at the beginning of his book, How to Read and Why. Bloom isn’t the only person to ask this question and then find the answer waiting in literature. “If I were a young person […] Continue Reading |
Greener’s Digest: CSEA 101Camosun 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 […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago In Nexus: September 17, 2014Presidential 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 […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: The full rundown on the new iPhone 6It 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 […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: September 3, 2014 issueWalk 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 […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: Working poor studentsI 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, […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: Tech gadgets you just don’t needIt’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, […] Continue Reading |
