New Music Revue: David Franklin Courtright off to amazing start with Brutal TendernessDavid Franklin Courtright Brutal Tenderness (TODO) 4.5/5 While David Franklin Courtright now resides in Los Angeles, the singer/songwriter, originally from Atlanta, draws inspiration from his roots—music such as Appalachian folk, classic rock, and southern hip-hop. His debut album Brutal Tenderness is an emotional journey about a queer boy forced to hide his true self who […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Bloodletter’s fourth album thrilling invitation into the darknessBloodletter Leave the Light Behind (Wise Blood Records) 4.5/5 The fourth album from Chicago thrash-metal band Bloodletter has been unleashed, and it’s one not to be missed for any fans of the harder genres. The group has been around for over a decade, but prove with Leave the Light Behind that they are still brimming […] Continue Reading |
Nexus newspaper August 6, 2025 full issueRead the full issue here. Continue Reading |
The importance of being readers: Why we study literatureThere’s something sacred about opening a book, entering a whole new world, and becoming entirely immersed in a story. English classes were always a favourite of mine for this very reason. Although my education is focused on a very different field of study, I think that everyone can benefit from the practice of literary analysis, […] Continue Reading |
How to get the most out of summer’s final stretchSummer is arguably the most awaited season: with it comes more freedom in regard to time management and activity planning. Some use it to recharge for the new school year, whereas others decide to invest this time in projects and work. It doesn’t matter which of these paths you have chosen: we all deserve the […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: August 6, 2025 issueCamosun student takes home co-op award Saffron Hilder, a recent Camosun Accounting graduate, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2025 Gordon Hutcheson Memorial Co-op Award. The award, sponsored by Hutcheson & Co. Chartered Professional Accountants, is given to an Accounting student based on co-op and academic performance. Mechanical Engineering Technology students showcase capstone […] Continue Reading |
Chargers women’s volleyball welcomes new coachThe Camosun College Chargers women’s volleyball team will usher in a new coach courtside this coming semester. Scott Freeburn will be succeeding Brent Hall as head coach during the 2025-26 season as Hall moves into an assistant coach position with the women’s volleyball team at the University of the Fraser Valley. For 15 years, Freeburn […] Continue Reading |
Editor’s Letter: The easy poseIn Salabhasana, the locust pose, I was ordered by a poised, cavalier, liberated man to abandon my likes and dislikes—my dislikes there in those damp moments assumed to be the waves of contractions burning in my lower abdomen and then the rest of me. This was the correct expectation. We paused, all nine of us […] Continue Reading |
Great Works Theatre Festival presents timely mix of comedy and tragedyChallenging audiences with relevant issues, the Great Works Theatre Festival features two plays presented in collaboration through Puente Theatre and Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre that will be performed at the Belfry Theatre. The plays on offer are a modern retelling of Blood Wedding, originally by Federico Garcia Lorca, and a classic rendition of David Hirson’s […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Völur and Cares deliver breathtaking collaborative effortVölur/Cares Breathless Spirit (Batke Records) 4.5/5 Close your eyes and let Toronto-based experimental doom metal band Völur and solo sound artist Cares take you on a fantastic adventure with collaborative effort Breathless Spirit. The album is musical storytelling at its best—most of the narrative beats are told with carefully crafted classical and metal. Listening to […] Continue Reading |
