Tastes of Victoria: Fresh new startsA new term is starting, and I still can’t figure out what my favourite part about that is. It’s exciting to think about all the new faces that will come across the campus and all the new readers joining me right now. As an international student in a new town, in a whole new country, […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Bill C-ya later Canadian newsWhen I entered Camosun College bright eyed and bushy tailed I wasn’t sure what career I wanted to pursue. During my first semester in the Digital Production, Writing and Design program I was quickly drawn to journalism. I thoroughly enjoyed my journalism class and was volunteering for Nexus, so my route to becoming a journalist […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Seeing my father for the first, and last, timeI was caught in my father’s hold in the same way a fly gets caught in the sticky threads of a spider’s web, struggling to escape the suffocation. He was one of the most brilliant people I have known, and also one of the most tortured. He was a professor in art history with a […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 5, 2023 issueNo fishing in Fisher: In the September 8, 1998 issue of Nexus we reported on the creation of the pond in the Fisher building. The project was launched because of a suggestion from Camosun’s Health and Wellness Committee; the pond was meant to beautify the space as well as cleanse the air. In ’98 the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College students impacted by security breachSome Camosun College students had their student ID, name, and date of birth accessed in a data breach incident that happened earlier this year. On March 10, 2023, Gallivan—a partner organization to the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) that provides post-secondary organizations with health and dental plans—was notified about the breach. The data breach happened […] Continue Reading |
Art exhibit explores mushrooms, ecology, climate changeThis month, guest curator Mel Granley and chief collaborator Jaimie Isaac are releasing a new environmental-focused exhibit at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. It’s called Symbiosis and, according to Granley, the exhibit’s main focus is the power of mushrooms and how they can help us tackle climate change. “I have been interested in mushrooms […] Continue Reading |
Not the Last Word: Life through the eyes of a XennialThis is an age where everything and everyone is categorized. The age we live in, the crowd we associate with, the generation we’re born into. We are either left or right wing, low income, middle-class, or upper-class. We are cis, we are trans. We are queer, straight, bi, pan. We are Generation Z, Millennial, Gen […] Continue Reading |
Camosun, we need to talk: It’s not us, it’s youIt’s the start of a new semester, and the start of a whole new chapter of life for students just beginning here at Camosun. So what better time than now to look to some of our returning writers to find out what they, honestly, feel needs to change at the college? But we’re not all […] Continue Reading |
Ruby Rioux and the Bats from Saturn: September 5, 2023 issue |
Nic’s Flicks: Oppenheimer could be one of decade’s bestOppenheimer 3.5/4 One of the most amazing films I’ve seen all year is the outstanding new Christopher Nolan movie Oppenheimer. From its magnificent acting, particularly from Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., to its stunning visuals and production values, this may just end up being in my top five greatest movies of the decade. It’s […] Continue Reading |
