Drysdale destruction? Student-housing success? Looking into the good and the bad of the Camosun Campus Master Plan 2019I know what you’re thinking when you see the words “master plan”: a dark room, lit by a sole flickering light hanging right above a blueprint of both Camosun campuses laid out on a desk, with the scribblings of a mad genius scrawled all over those familiar campus landmarks. Well, the college’s Campus Master Plan 2019 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun instructor Kari Jones publishes new children’s book on resource strainCamosun College English instructor Kari Jones recently had her most recent book, Ours to Share: Co-existing in a Crowded World, published by Orca Books. The book, Jones’ seventh, looks at how having almost eight billion people on Earth puts strain on resources. Still, despite the heavy subject, Jones remembers her audience—the book is for ages […] Continue Reading |
Toronto’s Hawksley Workman continues to evolveBefore an artist can be celebrated as “eclectic,” it’s a rite of passage for them to create and then shatter audience expectations. Early success with hits like “Striptease” and “Jealous of Your Cigarette” had Toronto-based singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman playing in front of sold-out audiences that wouldn’t leave happy if he didn’t play another of his […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun College needs an on-campus doctorOne of the biggest shocks when I moved to Victoria back in July was realizing how hard it is to find a family doctor. Locals told me it’s easier to just stick to walk-in clinics, but I wanted to get around that when I registered at Camosun: I was hoping the college had an on-campus […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 6, 2019 issue |
Rick Mercer’s 22 minutes of fame still going strongLong before Donald Trump hijacked the term “fake news,” a little known comedy show called This Hour Has 22 Minutes hit the CBC airwaves. About a decade before the satire boom that brought Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to prime time south of the border, Canadians had developed a taste for the medium. 22 Minutes […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Looking back on the federal electionNow that the election is over, can we put the dirty politics behind us? Trudeau is still our prime minister, and the pipeline is still going through. What’s different is that the Liberals now have a minority government, which could be a good thing—historically, however, the Canadian political parties don’t work together very well, so […] Continue Reading |
Isle of Tease burlesque festival celebrates diversityVictoria’s burlesque scene is on the rise. And now, having been a dream for years and in planning for months, the city’s first international burlesque festival is soon to be a reality. The event, Isle of Tease, is organized by local performersand artists Misty Moss, Champagne Sparkles, and Gala Vega. “Festivals are kind of like […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun Psychology instructor Anneke van Alderwegen talks imposter syndromeKnow 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 a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Queering: The queer perspective on mediaWe’re in a time where the use of queer imagery and ideas in media are still used for shock factor, and queerbaiting is used as a marketing scheme for both television and advertising. This lack of authentic queer content has caused a sort of phenomenon of queering the media we observe as queer people applying […] Continue Reading |
