New Music Revue: 18th & Addision give modern take on pop-punk with new EP18th & Addison Old Blues/Modern Love (Wiretap Records) 4/5 New Jersey duo 18th & Addison invigorate the pop-punk scene with their cutting-edge style and polished sound on their new EP, Old Blues/Modern Love. Band members Tom Kunzman and Kait DiBenedetto are pop-punk industry vets, and their experience shows in the quality of the music. 18th […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Iggy Pop gets half-great with FreeIggy Pop Free (Loma Vista) 2.5/5 Not only is Iggy Pop alive, but somehow at 72 he’s still making great music. For half a century he’s been the poster boy for punk rock, and he’s still going: on September 6, Pop released his 18th solo album, Free. Naturally, expectations are high for the follow-up to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun officially opens Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and WellnessOn Wednesday, September 11, Camosun College officially opened the Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness. The four-storey, 95,000-square-foot building will house 15 health and human service disciplines and University Transfer health courses for over 1,000 students. The total cost of the building was $63.8 million ($40.3 million from the provincial government, $11 […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 11, 2019 issueComposting conundrums: The story “Composting to begin at Camosun” in our September 19, 1994 issue talked about how the college had started using a composting system for cafeteria waste. All well and good, but you know how often I, here in 2019, pull recyclables and compostable items out of garbages on campus? The college has […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Late-night bus service long overdueI can’t believe that BC Transit thinks that adding late-night bus service is a good idea. I think it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money. Who’s taking a bus as late as 2:45 am? Why add this service to the schedule when there’s never been a demand before? What person is taking a bus that late […] Continue Reading |
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New Music Revue: Toxic Holocaust deliver dystopian imagery over raging crossoverToxic Holocaust Primal Future: 2019 (Entertainment One) 4.5/5 After six years of waiting, thrash fans will be satisfied by the seventh studio album from Portland’s Toxic Holocaust (the brainchild of Portland’s Joel Grind), Primal Future: 2019. Looking at the title of the album, we expect to see a dark, dystopian world. Primal Future: 2019 begins […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Jody Watson on being humbled by technologyKnow 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 want […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: The funny business of running a businessToday, I’m going to talk about owning a business, which, when exploited properly, can aid and abet the party. For about three years, I ran a business where I built and repaired guitars for hobbyists and performing musicians. It was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Thinking about running your […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society campaign encourages students to raise their voices and voteThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) are working together to launch the Get Out the Vote campaign, which encourages students to vote in the upcoming federal election. The campaign was launched at Camosun on Tuesday, September 3 and runs until October 21, which is federal election day. […] Continue Reading |
