Kiryn’s Wellness Corner: Fighting the Halloween candy urgesSoon we’ll be seeing displays for Halloween, and all the candy that goes along with it. It’s tempting to make excuses for those miniature-sized treats, but it’s just a trick! You’re working away on your next assignment then, magically, a pile of empty little wrappers appears, equalling much more than just one regular-sized treat. There […] Continue Reading |
How to Be Found tale of determination and teen loveThis is the first novel I’ve read by Vancouver-based author Emily Pohl-Weary, but it definitely won’t be the last. Her other works, such as Ghost Sick: A Poetry of Witness and Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, have both won awards and showcased Pohl-Weary’s diverse writing style. How to Be Found is […] Continue Reading |
The Nexus fall movie previewWhen it came time to put together our fall movie preview this year, the staff and volunteers of Nexus got excited; very excited. So excited that, with five writers involved, there’s bound to be some overlap, as well as conflicting opinion. And, as movie lovers, we are nothing if not opinionated. Bust out the popcorn […] Continue Reading |
Not the Last Word: Hope through COVIDI remember it was close to Christmas in 2019 when a colleague of mine at Nexus was reading up on the coronavirus. He was always telling us that he believed “this thing is going to get bad.” I brushed off his fears as one might brush off the rantings of a conspiracy theorist. I thought […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 4, 2023 issueCaf critiques: The talk of the town (or, more accurately, Camosun College) in the October 5, 1998 issue of Nexus seemed to be cafeteria complaints, covering both campuses. Two articles called for improvements for college food services in this issue. In the first, our single-named writer AJ addressed unfairly priced items and suggested that students […] Continue Reading |
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News Briefs: October 4, 2023 issueSocks for a cause Camosun’s school of Arts & Science is asking for your socks this October in Socktober, a sock-focused clothing drive.The department is asking for new socks for both children and adults and will be accepting donations until Wednesday, November 1. Students can bring their donations to Fisher 104. Supports offered for Professional […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society: Thanksgiving Food Drive and Stone SoupHere at Camosun College, student food insecurity has become the elephant in the room. Due to spiralling costs of living, our learners are increasingly forced to make a choice between full bellies and paying the bills. While post-secondary studies can be challenging at the best of times, the added pressure of wondering where the next […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Hallie Spoor hits all the right notes on new EPHallie Spoor Heart Like Thunder (Independent) 3.5/5 Brooklyn-based Americana artist Hallie Spoor’s latest release, the Heart Like Thunder EP, provides an insightful lens into the folk genre. Spoor—who was raised in Colorado—shows the thematic context of folk’s rural roots through the connectivity of her storytelling. The EP offers a developing new voice to the folk […] Continue Reading |
British Columbia Federation of Students campaign fights for affordable educationThe BC Federation of Students (BCFS) has recently launched the Rise Up campaign, which calls for more government funding for post-secondary institutions, and less of a reliance on international student fees. The Rise Up campaign was born from two other BCFS campaigns: Fairness to International Students and Fund It, Fix It. BCFS secretary-treasurer Jessie Niikoi […] Continue Reading |
