Communication Error: A breath of fresh airWhat is it like to feel alone in a room full of people, to suffocate on your own breath as if you gasp for air but each attempt to inhale is so asphyxiating that your eyes begin to water and you momentarily forget your own name? As you lie face-down in a pool filled with […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 7, 2018Revisiting repairs: The story “Dawson Building to be replaced—again” in our November 15, 1993 issue talked about how Camosun was hoping to go ahead with a total rebuild of the Dawson Building. Somehow, I just want to make a joke about how in 2018 students still can’t walk all the way around the Young Building, […] Continue Reading |
Winnipeg’s Madeleine Roger brings gender parity and nature to debut albumMadeleine Roger’s debut solo album Cottonwood is rich with the influence of the nature she surrounded herself with while writing it. The warm acoustic guitar and sweet vocal harmonies of the Winnipeg singer/songwriter will have the listener feeling transported to her great-grandparents’ cabin in the woods, stoking the wood stove to keep the room warm […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 7, 2018 issue |
The Chopping Block Chronicles: The importance of eating and shopping locallyEating local has become somewhat of a phenomenon. In Victoria, we are blessed to be surrounded by an abundance of amazing producers, farmers, growers, and artisanal shops. This not only makes eating local easy but also gives us a vast quantity of choices. In high school, my chef was an advocate of the slow-food movement. […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 7, 2018 issuePoliticians meet with student organizations Student representatives in British Columbia met with a number of MLAs on the week of October 29, including premier John Horgan and minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark. Topics discussed were drawn from Making Post-Secondary Education Affordable for British Columbians, a paper created by the British Columbia […] Continue Reading |
Burst bubbles: How Victoria’s housing crisis impacts Camosun studentsOn September 15 of this year, a letter from a Camosun College instructor was published in the Times Colonist; in the letter, the instructor told of a “dedicated student” who had been evicted from Saanich’s tent city and faced challenges that most of his peers likely haven’t considered. My initial response was strengthened gratitude for […] Continue Reading |
