Let’s Talk 2.0: The beauty of diversityUS national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman stated in “The Hill We Climb,” the poem she read during Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, that we live in times where “a skinny Black girl… can dream of becoming president/only to find herself reciting for one.” It was a bold move to read that at the inauguration, and […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Eamon McGrath’s new album worth a listenEamon McGrath Bells of Hope (Saved by Vinyl) 3/5 Toronto-based singer/songwriter Eamon McGrath’s latest album, Bells of Hope, is worth a listen for those into mellow indie rock. Bells of Hope is a continuation of the significant body of work McGrath has built up on his previous albums: it’s a blend of rock and Canadiana, […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Kyle Morgan inspires on new albumKyle Morgan Younger at Most Everything (Team Love) 4.5/5 Queens-based alt-country musician Kyle Morgan is back with his fourth album, Younger at Most Everything. The songs on the record are moving, and it’s obvious Morgan has a deep connection with his music. The first time I heard his music I felt inspired. It motivated me […] Continue Reading |
Take a Break with Shuffle Duck: February 23, 2022 issue |
Open Space: Camosun College desperately needs student housingCamosun College is in dire need of student housing. The creation of student housing offers community, certainty, and security. Private rental vacancy rates within the city remain at all-time lows, and the cost of rent continues to soar. In 2019, Camosun published their Campus Master Plan; it highlighted numerous areas for student housing on both […] Continue Reading |
Bread and Butter Collective reusable-container program comes to CamosunThere’s a new reusable food container program happening in Victoria, and it has a Camosun College connection. Camosun Culinary Arts chair David Lang is a founding member of the Bread and Butter Collective, who started the program. For $8, people can buy a reusable, polymer-based container at a participating restaurant when they get a take-out […] Continue Reading |
Blue Bridge’s Dracula pays homage to Bram Stoker’s writingWhether we’re talking movie, play, or book, one of the most interesting pieces of fiction that arguably gets better every time it’s adapted is Bram Stoker’s classic Gothic horror Dracula. And on February 26 Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre artistic director Brian Richmond will debut his new play adaptation of Stoker’s Dracula. Richmond describes his version […] Continue Reading |
Maritime Museum of BC shares spectacular seafaring stories in new exhibitIn the spring of 1958, John Guzzwell became known as “the man who came back from the dead” after circumnavigating the globe in a 20-foot sailboat and surviving gales and a cyclone that other, larger, boats had been destroyed in. Guzzwell had launched Trekka from Victoria in 1954, after building it by hand in a […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 9, 2022 issueHas it decomposed yet?: Students and staff were frustrated over the theft of cafeteria dishes a quarter-century ago at Camosun, as a story in our February 3, 1997 issue detailed. Cafeteria staff reported having to buy 600 new dishes a month to counteract the thefts, and the caf enacted a 10-cent charge for those purchasing […] Continue Reading |
Kaleidoscope: February 9, 2022 issue |
