25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 6, 2021 issueWalking uphill in snow both ways: Our September 30, 1996 issue featured the story “Choosing a web browser,” which talked about which browser might be best for your particular needs. And we even detailed the download times. You know how today when you download an app or update a browser it takes, I dunno, a […] Continue Reading |
This is not a drill: Camosun students walk out for the environmentOur October 6, 2021 issue contained a feature spread of photographs from Nexus contributing writer Celina Lessard, who joined the Camosun student walkout to attend the Student Strike for Climate on Friday, September 24. Here’s what Lessard saw through her camera lens that day. Continue Reading |
New book does fantastic job detailing Hitchcock’s controversiesLet’s talk books. My favourite kinds of book are biographies and autobiographies. From Tina Fey’s hilarious account of her days as an up-and-coming comedian in her book Bossypants to Sidney Poitier’s insightful look into his professional career in The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography, biographies and autobiographies have always deeply influenced me in […] Continue Reading |
Leaving the Cave: Getting used to how things wereHow is it getting used to society again? Is it weird that we are actually really getting used to it? Everywhere we go we must be wrapped up and sanitized and masked, even though a huge number of us are double vaxxed. We are still being protected from others, and the steps we’re taking toward […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Taraka delivers promising solo debutTaraka Welcome to Paradise Lost (Rage Peace) 3.5/5 After the breakup of dance-pop two-piece Prince Rama, frontwoman Taraka has released her solo debut, Welcome to Paradise Lost, a grungy and varied punk album which makes her comeback from the Prince Rama breakup very promising. Welcome to Paradise Lost fills the listener with joy, entertainment, and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Snap elections weaken our democracyOn Monday, September 20, Canada went to the polls and decided the next federal government. And we essentially chose to keep everything the way we had it before. The Liberals were re-elected with a minority government and Conservatives were runner-up. The Conservatives lost two seats, the Liberals gained one, and the other parties had minor […] Continue Reading |
Camosun grad helps BC Culture Days bring connection through creativitySince 2009, BC Culture Days has been coming together with a group of art ambassadors who present their own forms of art as they work with professional mentors to bring people together in creativity and fun. Since the pandemic had changed our abilities to be together in public, directors and ambassadors at BC Culture Days—which […] Continue Reading |
Interurban’s Pizza Forno pizza machine: The Nexus reviewPizza is a no-brainer, right? Who can say no to pizza? Well, we can’t, so the Pizza Forno machine (apparently the island’s first pizza vending machine) in the Centre for Business and Access at the Interurban campus caught our eye. You can’t miss it: it’s literally right in front of your face when you go in that […] Continue Reading |
