Camosun students launch new creative writing clubThere’s a new Camosun College club for students interested in creative writing. The Creative Writing Guild aims to offer a space for students to review, brainstorm, edit, and share their work with like-minded individuals. Second-year University Transfer student Forrest Foster is one of the club’s founding members; he initially started the Creative Writing Guild as […] Continue Reading |
Kiryn’s Wellness Corner: Flowing through OctoberNightfall is setting sooner as we near the end of October. What better way to light up the dark, and your Halloween spirit, than carving into the bright orange of a pumpkin and creating a fun or spooky jack-o-lantern to decorate your doorstep? Not only is it strangely satisfying to squish your fingers through the […] Continue Reading |
Ruby Rioux and the Bats from Saturn: November 1, 2023 issue |
Things That Happen: November 1, 2023 issue |
Drop-in sports return for Camosun studentsCamosun College’s drop-in sports program is continuing this year, and Camosun College Recreation and Athletics operations assistant Kyle Jones, who helps run the program, is excited to welcome new students onto the gym floor. He also wants to make sure people know that it’s not all about sports—just as importantly, it’s a space to connect […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Blue Ocean offer journey on debutBlue Ocean Fertile State (Slumberland Records) 3.5/5 Oakland-based indie electronic pop band Blue Ocean’s debut album Fertile State is a 12-track journey. This is the kind of album you’ll want to hear when in need of a return to those nostalgic, ’80s-like synth tunes—it reminds the heart of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” or Erasure’s […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 1, 2023 issueEternal evil: In the November 2, 1998 issue of Nexus, writer Tara O’Donovan reported on renters calling for a better security-deposit system. According to O’Donovan, many renters were accusing landlords of not returning their security deposits for seemingly no reason. In response to this, the Vancouver Tenants Rights Action Coalition launched a campaign that proposed […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: In defence of polyamoryWhen my fiancé and I first told our friends that we had pivoted to polyamory, the first question we were asked was if our relationship was doing okay. In reality, we were more deeply in love than ever, but I wasn’t surprised by the question. These days I’ve seen a lot of couples open their […] Continue Reading |
Filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen gets abstract at AntimatterIt’s October, and here in Victoria that means it’s time for the Antimatter [media art] film and media art festival. One of the movies screening at the fest this year is from Los Angeles-based filmmaker Zhuoyun Chen; Only If You Could See a View Above the Clouds is inspired from a difficult period of transition […] Continue Reading |
Nature Tongue: Timeline editIn the book I’m currently reading about time travel, there are rules around timeline editing so that no one can edit another timeline to sway the evolution of history. In one scene, a group of time travelers hand out zines, trying to seed a concept into consciousness to make a ripple effect. I like to […] Continue Reading |
