New Music Revue: Insect Ark get bold, original on new albumInsect Ark The Vanishing (Profound Lore Records) 4.5/5 First there was Portal/Well in 2015. Then came Marrow Hymns in 2018. Now, the path continues with Brooklyn-based experimental doom metal band Insect Ark’s third harrowing album, The Vanishing. For nearly 10 years, Insect Ark have been producing amazing work that does a great job of entertaining […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: March 4 to 17, 2020Until Saturday, March 14 Where’s Walt? I always like to encourage my fellow students to attend live theatre. It’s educating and entertaining and sometimes you won’t exactly break your bank account. Langham Court Theatre is staging I and You, directed by John Han—the play revolves around two teenagers, Caroline and Anthony, and their endearing road […] Continue Reading |
Documentary about breast-milk issues screening at CamosunMilk, a 2015 documentary by Noemi Weis about how political and commercialized childbirth and infant feeding has become, is being shown at Camosun College this month. Event organizer Samara Oscroft, who is also a Nexus contributor, says that although getting this screening together with her Geography 102 class has been a lot of work, she’s […] Continue Reading |
Spark Festival gains national attention with quality of playsThe Belfry Theatre’s Spark Festival is the brainchild of Belfry artistic director Michael Shamata. To get more of that festival feel, Shamata transformed what was once called The Festival and had a six-week run into the two-week Spark Festival. “It didn’t feel much like a festival,” says Shamata. “When I got here, I started to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun MyWellness column: Creative ways to deal with mental healthAs a creative person who’s struggled with anxiety most of my life, I’ve found many ways to write, paint, and sing my way to mental freedom. Author Neil Gaiman once said that when things go wrong (which they most certainly will), you should make good art. Now, you may be thinking that there’s no way […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: No one has better or worse taste in musicIt’s ridiculous to pretend that there is such a thing as objectively good taste in music. Yet, this is often discussed. Music is subjective, and it’s shortsighted to label some as universally superior. Twice, Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, in 2004 and in 2010. Out of […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: March 4, 2020 issue |
It is not a celebration if there is no reflection: A historical date for women and the importance of speaking upApart from the challenges of moving to a new country, living abroad offers a delightful chance to be immersed in a new culture, to appreciate the richness of sharing experiences, and, hopefully, to celebrate the beauty of diversity. This gets even more interesting when we can build a sense of belonging that’s applicable in both […] Continue Reading |
Camosun responds to student demands, puts elevator in CTEICamosun College is finishing installing an elevator to the upper-floor mezzanine in the main atrium of the Centre for Trades Education and Innovation (CTEI) building at Interurban. The building, which opened in 2015, originally had no elevator to the mezzanine. However, after hearing student opinion on the matter, the college has added one in, at […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 4, 2020 issueCamosun hires new Ombudsperson On March 2, Robert Thompson replaced Carter MacDonald—who is retiring—as Camosun College’s ombudsperson. Thompson has a master’s in conflict resolution from the UK’s University of Bradford and has advocated for human rights with Peace Brigades International. He has also worked with the United Nations as the ombudsperson support officer at the […] Continue Reading |
