Noms!: Victoria’s Turmeric Indian Cuisine spices up the nightTurmeric Indian Cuisine is the new kid on the block, offering tasty, authentic Indian food, leaving you full and happy with their spiced offering of foods. Turmeric is located in Goldstream Village where Columbo’s Taverna stood for many years, beside the Caprice Theatre. I visited Turmeric on their second night open with a friend of […] Continue Reading |
A Message from the Camosun College Student Society: Strength in student numbersThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) provides services, events, and advocacy to its members to improve student life and educational quality at Camosun College. Students at Camosun are also members of their provincial and national students’ union, the Canadian Federation of Students-BC and the Canadian Federation of Students. As members of the provincial and national student federations, Camosun students have access to a […] Continue Reading |
Gaining Uplift on the Downhill: The adjustment periodPsst! Want to write a mature students column for us? Get in touch! Going back to school after being out of school for a long time can feel really weird. There are familiar feelings of excitement and anticipation of new experiences and people, eagerness and motivation to learn new things. There is also trepidation […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College Student Society: The $15 billion costThe Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canada’s progressive think tank, recently released a report on the cost of postsecondary education. The report highlights the many issues in the current system. Since 1990, tuition fees have tripled. At the same time, other economic indicators such as inflation and minimum wage rose at a much slower rate. […] Continue Reading |
Queerly Forward: Bathrooms should be inclusiveThe majority of students use the washrooms on campus without a second thought. However, issues of safety and accessibility affect a number of people who face a variety of challenges within these spaces. For some queers, the lack of gender-neutral spaces can lead to situations in which they may feel intimidated or uncomfortable in using […] Continue Reading |
Gameplay: Hot fall games now availableAs gamers, we usually have to play the waiting game before getting our hands on a particular title. Sometimes we wait for weeks, even months, but eventually we push the thought of it out of our heads because the anticipation eats us up. Instead we busy ourselves with school, work, or just life itself, and […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Why we need feminismI was hoping to write about another topic this week but in the wake of frosh week here in the colony of Canada we need to be discussing rape culture. Let’s not shy away, as have in other media sources, from the real impact and meaning of the chants that have been peppered throughout the […] Continue Reading |
Noms!: Spaghetti keeps on givingSpaghetti is a meal that can be created in bulk for reasonably cheap and provides you with dinner or lunch for days. Spaghetti is probably the most thought-of thing when people say “pasta,” and for good reason. Spaghetti is awesome, but for it to be awesome you need an awesome sauce. Okay, now that I […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: Submitted for your considerationAs students, we must manoeuvre a seemingly endless obstacle course of deadlines, cram sessions, and textbooks; add sleep deprivation and a substantial amount of debt and you’ve barely scratched the surface of the student experience. This is a common thread for all students, this struggle that exists to obtain that glorified piece of paper, and […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: New phones all over the placeThe last two weeks have been quite eventful in the technology sector. New releases, acquisitions, controversial statements… everything seems to be happening at once. Here are the top four stories you shouldn’t have missed: Apple releases two new iPhones After several months’ worth of hype about the upcoming iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, we finally […] Continue Reading |
