International Women’s Day: The Camosun student perspectiveThis year’s International Women’s Day’s theme is “embrace equity,” which is important to reflect on and strive for. And while there’s a broader societal importance to International Women’s Day, there’s also a personal significance to it for me. The personal side of it starts with the women in my family and branches out from there. […] Continue Reading |
Ruby Rioux and the Bats from Saturn: March 8, 2023 issue |
Taxidermy Bug Project: March 8, 2023 issue |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 22, 2023 issueMothpocalypse: In our February 23, 1998 issue, we reported that the problematic gypsy moth (now known as the spongy moth) population problem in Canada had a controversial solution: to aerially spray the insecticide Foray 48B to kill them at their larvae stage. This particular insecticide has been known to kill harmless moths and butterflies and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: IUD procedure shouldn’t be more painful than neededDeciding on birth-control methods can be like sitting between a rock and hard place. The daily pill is one of the cheaper options but remembering to take a pill every day, at the same time, can be a challenge. It feels risky, especially when certain things, like antibiotics, can lessen the effectiveness of the pill. […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Avatar: The Way of Water stunning but not without faultAvatar: The Way of Water (2022) 3/4 Last year, I did a fall 2022 movie preview that listed Avatar: The Way of Water as my second most anticipated movie. Well, the wait is over and my verdict is in: while it has its issues, Avatar: The Way of Water is a gorgeous visual experience that […] Continue Reading |
Walking the Balance Beam: Signing offIt seems like the most difficult thing to achieve in life is balance: to live life with calmness, with harmony. I see people in a big hurry all the time. We’re always wanting to achieve, to be the best, whether it be in work, in school, or in our homes and families. This is often […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Beat Awfuls look at dark side of youth culture on new albumBeat Awfuls PAWS (Youth Kulture/Cocoa Beach Tapes) 3.5/5 Richmond (by way of Lexington and Boston) lo-fi rock trio Beat Awfuls intrigue and provoke on their fourth album, PAWS. With song titles like “Interstate Skeletons” and “Ego Death Kult,” it’s clear that PAWS was intended to be edgy. The album conveys a cherry-flavoured apathy for life […] Continue Reading |
Art lecture series explores depiction of old age throughout history, across culturesThe Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Sunday Art Lecture series is back for its ninth year, this time out featuring Katherine Young’s As if Autumn Leaves: Age in Asian and Western Art. A professor emeritus at McGill University and associate fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria, […] Continue Reading |
Campus Ultrasound opens at InterurbanCamosun College recently opened its doors to a new outpatient clinic offering sonography services for patients in the community. Campus Ultrasound opened in the Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness on Monday, February 6 after the official opening announcement on Thursday, January 26. Camosun Diagnostic Medical Sonography program leader Dustin Pendergast says […] Continue Reading |
