Freedom from Addiction: Unhooking from mind patterns

Imagine a train barrelling down a track at full speed. There is a great deal of power moving the train forward. The train is headed for a specific destination and there is only one path to get there. The train cannot suddenly change course, and stopping—should something come into its path—is not an option.  The […]

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Camosun Business Study Group column: Introductions and salutations

Welcome! Whether this is your first semester or you’re a few years in, Camosun Business Study Group welcomes you. We’re a group of students who help others succeed, whatever their career path may be. Do you have to be a Business student? Nope! We’ve helped students from all disciplines, and last semester we started to […]

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What’s Going On: January 6 to 21, 2019

Thursday, January 9 Make an exhibition of yourself I never knew this was a thing, but apparently even the Royal BC Museum has a happy hour. This is a mindfulness-themed happy hour for adults (how adult do you have to be?) with museum fare, drinks, and tapas. You can tell people you got drunk with […]

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Camosun College president appointed BC Colleges board chair

Camosun College president Sherri Bell was appointed BC Colleges board chair on November 21, 2019. BC Colleges is a Victoria-based organization that represents 10 BC colleges; presidents from each institution meet regularly to go over common priorities and issues. Those presidents make up the BC Colleges board. “The role, basically, is that we work really […]

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New Music Revue: MAVI’s charisma shines on new album

MAVI Let the Sun Talk (Independent) 4/5 While some artists benefit from high-budget production, Charlotte, North Carolina rapper MAVI thrives on skeletal, sample-heavy beats that allow his non-linear flow and sharp lyricism to shine through. When he’s not studying neuroscience at Howard University, MAVI constructs insightful songs detailing stories of human experience and understanding his […]

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Open Space: Callout culture and the problem of emotional entitlement

We’re living in an age of social activism. We value personal expression and social inclusion more than ever before, and this is a good thing. It means that, as a society, we are learning to value greater diversity.  Unfortunately, we haven’t all learned the importance of discretion. The current callout culture is symptomatic of the social […]

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nêhiyawak navigate the intersection between traditional and contemporary

The North Saskatchewan river kisiskâciwanisîpiy flows through the heart of amiskwaciy (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 territory. In their new album, nipiy (Cree for “water”), Edmonton-based post-rock/ambient/pop band nêhiyawak echo the pace with which that river flows.  “When we think of nipiy, there is an intellectual and physical resource there that those waters, these rivers, have […]

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Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: How to have dinner with parents

Having dinner with your parents is like sitting across the table from a firing squad armed with questions about your past, present, and future. To survive, you have to be focused and quick on your feet. You can’t be shooting from the hip with evasive news like “Elizabeth’s pregnant!” This is the first time they’re […]

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