Snowed in Comedy Tour returns to Victoria with big lineup, big laughsTwelve years ago a few comedians booked a handful of shows as an excuse to go snowboarding. With 70 shows scheduled for this year, the Snowed in Comedy Tour is now the largest comedy tour in Canada. Award-winning comedy veteran Pete Zedlacher, who this year will be hitting the road for his fifth Snowed in […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: January 6, 2020 issue |
Open Space: Climate change is trying to kill us, and maybe we should let itEarth would be better off without humans; climate change is the fever trying to kill the virus. From a humanistic perspective, climate change is the end of the world as we know it. From an evolutionary perspective, however, it’s just a routine rebalancing of power. In the past 2.5 billion years there have been five […] Continue Reading |
Thinking positive: Exploring how views of sex have changedSex. That’s all I need to say and there’s an immediate reaction. “Hell yeah,” say some of you. “Oh, no,” say others. Like it or not, sex is a part of biology, which means it’s a part of human life. Its connotations are ever-changing, depending on the social circles we’re in at any given time. […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Tommy Happynook talks diversion tacticsKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to […] Continue Reading |
Langham Court musical focuses on what’s under the surfaceOne of the biggest challenges facing Victoria-based director Heather Jarvie these days is adapting an outdated show: for example, taking a musical and stripping it of the misogyny, sexism, and gender stereotypes of the 1970s. When a modern version of the show in question, Company, hit London’s West End in 2018, she jumped at the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun MyWellness column: MyWellness’ top-five tips to stay healthy this semesterA new semester is here, and it’s the goal of the MyWellness program to keep you as healthy and relaxed as possible. So take a look at our most effective de-stressors, and let us know if you think of any we missed! 1. Balance We know how hard it is to juggle work, school, friends, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 6, 2020 issueFresh-food vending machine installed at Interurban Students at Interurban now have access to fresh food, even after the cafeteria is closed, thanks to a new vending machine. The machine is part of a development that took place after the School of Health and Human Services moved to the Interurban campus in September. The food options […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: January 6, 2020 issue |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Plastic-bag ban now social obligationAs someone who has worked retail on and off for the past eight years between multiple stints in school, I have sold thousands of plastic bags. When I first moved to Victoria almost five years ago, plastic bags were still being used. There was, however—and there still is—growing concern from environmentalists that the use of […] Continue Reading |
