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Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and Camosun College elections are fast approaching! College and student society boards offer a wide range of positions to become involved in, and all positions will be up for election at the beginning of April for the 2013-2014 year. The college elects students to two separate boards: the board of […]

Read this: Rate My Professor is an obnoxious website students use to help decide which instructor to avoid, trash, or lust over. Now, read this: students can use Rate My Professor to determine if their learning style will mesh with that of an instructor’s. Patience is required to sift for useful information through rants and […]

A society can be judged on the basis of how it treats its most vulnerable members. I cringe when this concept crosses my mind, as individuals of the utmost fragility fall through the cracks of our mental health system in BC so frequently. The cracks in the system that I speak of are far more […]

Today I bring you another recipe: pudding cookies. They’re relatively easy to make, and delicious. I call them pudding cookies because they are made using an instant pudding mix, making them extremely soft and extra delicious. They do, however, have such high butter/sugar content that it may be best not to think about it. Here’s […]

Wednesday, February 6 Tools of manipulation The Victoria Peace Coalition and the UVic social justice studies department will be hosting a presentation and workshop at UVic’s MacLaurin building on February 6. This seminar is the first part of the series The History of the Media: Tools of Manipulation, and it will feature Bo Filter, author […]

It’s common practice in today’s society to say what’s on your mind without considering the implications. What we say can make or break a relationship, build a person up, or bring them to their knees. Words are far more powerful than we give them credit for. A word that I hear at an alarming frequency […]

My Chosen Cafe is a great place when you don’t know where to go. Why? The food is awesome, and it’s nowhere near where anyone lives, so anyone you want to meet for a bite can’t complain about it being further from them than it is from you. I figure it’s an equal opportunity sort […]

Wednesday, February 6 Zion-I, Wilderness Crew, A-1 Club 90NE9, $17.50-$20.50, 9 pm Do you know how many kids Bob Marley had? Okay, so that’s a loaded question. Obviously I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t remarkably high. Go ahead and take a guess. Ballpark it. I don’t need it to be exact. Did you guess 11? […]

US leadership developer and coach Art Petty offers group project tips free on his blog to make them accessible to everyone because “everyone’s doing it, and many are not doing it well,” he says on the blog. Group projects are the foundation of your future. Whether you’re a Starbucks barista or a CEO, you will […]