Camosun Chargers alumnus up for national award

After helping lead the Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team to the national championship in 2022, Vitor Pereira has been nominated for the Sport BC Athlete of the Year Award under the College Athlete category. Pereira—who moved to Canada from Brazil in 2016 and joined the Chargers in 2018—had a lot of ups and downs in […]

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New Music Revue: Ladytron deliver sombre yet danceable album

Ladytron Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl) 4.5/5 UK-based electronic dance band Ladytron’s seventh album, Time’s Arrow, offers a lot more than initially meets the eye. Listening to the music alone it’s unclear what the lyrics really mean to say, but with the synthesizer featured there’s a definite reason for vague lyrics overpowered by the eerie and […]

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Nic’s Flicks: Babylon at turns brilliant and incoherent

Babylon (2022) 2/4 One of the most memorable movie experiences I had in 2022 came in the form of Damien Chazelle’s new Hollywood epic Babylon, which was released in December. This is one of those movies that I find very hard to sum up my feelings for—the technical brilliance battles with the incoherent storyline and […]

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Walking the Balance Beam: Keep looking ahead

I wrote in the last issue of Nexus about the challenges of finding balance in life. Trying to find balance with the staples in life—such as eating and sleeping, or multitasking with school, work, paying rent, and having fun—can be pretty overwhelming. What many students (such as myself) find difficult is the time we take […]

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Killer Pooh and Dune, Two: The Nexus 2023 movie guide

We made it through another great year of movies. While 2022 delivered such stand-out gems as James Cameron’s stunning Avatar: The Way of Water and Joseph Kosinski’s breathtaking Top Gun: Maverick, this year promises even more amazement. There’s a lot to be excited about, so let’s get into it. 6: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and […]

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