Open Space: Climate change is trying to kill us, and maybe we should let itEarth would be better off without humans; climate change is the fever trying to kill the virus. From a humanistic perspective, climate change is the end of the world as we know it. From an evolutionary perspective, however, it’s just a routine rebalancing of power. In the past 2.5 billion years there have been five […] Continue Reading |
Thinking positive: Exploring how views of sex have changedSex. That’s all I need to say and there’s an immediate reaction. “Hell yeah,” say some of you. “Oh, no,” say others. Like it or not, sex is a part of biology, which means it’s a part of human life. Its connotations are ever-changing, depending on the social circles we’re in at any given time. […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Tommy Happynook talks diversion tacticsKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to […] Continue Reading |
Langham Court musical focuses on what’s under the surfaceOne of the biggest challenges facing Victoria-based director Heather Jarvie these days is adapting an outdated show: for example, taking a musical and stripping it of the misogyny, sexism, and gender stereotypes of the 1970s. When a modern version of the show in question, Company, hit London’s West End in 2018, she jumped at the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun MyWellness column: MyWellness’ top-five tips to stay healthy this semesterA new semester is here, and it’s the goal of the MyWellness program to keep you as healthy and relaxed as possible. So take a look at our most effective de-stressors, and let us know if you think of any we missed! 1. Balance We know how hard it is to juggle work, school, friends, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 6, 2020 issueFresh-food vending machine installed at Interurban Students at Interurban now have access to fresh food, even after the cafeteria is closed, thanks to a new vending machine. The machine is part of a development that took place after the School of Health and Human Services moved to the Interurban campus in September. The food options […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: January 6, 2020 issue |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 6, 2020 issueNow that’s recreation: The story “New student lounge for Interurban students” in our January 9, 1995 issue talked about how students were getting a student lounge in Interurban’s Classroom Administration Building (CAB, not be confused with the CBA building at that campus). Among other services, such as a clothing exchange and soup kitchen, the lounge […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Plastic-bag ban now social obligationAs someone who has worked retail on and off for the past eight years between multiple stints in school, I have sold thousands of plastic bags. When I first moved to Victoria almost five years ago, plastic bags were still being used. There was, however—and there still is—growing concern from environmentalists that the use of […] Continue Reading |
Camosun brings therapy dogs to campus to help during exam crunch timeFinal exams are stressful. Every spare moment of time is all about studying, and tight, worried stares replace cheerful faces as students prepare for the scenario that could make them or break them. This is why for the last five years Camosun College has been bringing therapy dogs to both campuses during exam time, offering […] Continue Reading |
