New play explores music, technology, and pop culture of generation XIn 2015, BOOM—a one-man show written and performed by Rick Miller about the legacy of the baby boom—came to the Belfry Theatre. Miller, a musician and devoted music fanatic, initially used BOOM to explore the early evolution of rock and roll, but it quickly evolved into something more. “It was about music at first, and […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Promise to keep the conversation going, okay?It’s shocking to think that 18 months ago, I wrote my first Let’s Talk? column. In some ways it seems like yesterday; in others, it seems like it’s been a lifetime. From Women’s Day to fuckboys, from consent to baking for firemen, from Alabama to questioning the validity of Ross and Rachel, Let’s Talk? has […] Continue Reading |
Toronto electronic duo LAL create safe spaces with musicToronto-based electronic duo LAL tackle very down-to-earth social issues through their music, but for their new album, Dark Beings, they took inspiration from something out of this world. The two members of LAL—Nicholas Murray and Rosina Kazi—got motivated by listening to NASA satellite sound recordings and tried to recreate those sounds on the album using […] Continue Reading |
C’est la Vie: August 7, 2019 issue |
News Briefs: August 7, 2019 issueCamosun to offer three new technology programs in September Camosun College is offering three new courses in technology this September. The one-year Interactive Media Developer program will prepare students for work in game application, web development, graphic design, and user interaction. The Electrical Engineering Technology—Marine and Industrial diploma program will prepare students to enter marine […] Continue Reading |
Lake of broken glass: Struggling on the frontlines of mental health at Camosun CollegeTruth be told, you were all that was on my mind most days for the better part of two years. Not in a pining, bullshit-fairy-tale kind of way, no. Not anymore: by the time the winter semester rolled around in January of 2017, I feared for you. As professors scratched Expo markers over whiteboards and […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: August 7 to 27, 2019Until Sunday, August 11On the way to the RoxyA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum might have debuted in 1912, but this play tells a classic story—it’s inspired by ancient Roman playwright Plautus, and it tells the story of a slave named Pseudolus and his plan to find freedom by helping his […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Biology instructor Brooke Cameron passionate about science, equality, portobello mushroomsKnow 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 who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Time management for your healthIf I have freshly relearned anything during my time at Camosun, it’s the unshakeable value of time management. It’s one of those lessons I’ve had to keep learning over the years, utilizing strong time-management skills while busy and throwing everything to the wind when my to-do list shrinks. Like most students, I work a lot […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: Keeping the positive attitudeWhen I first had the idea for this column, it was out of pure adrenaline. I think that’s how I made most of my decisions in my first year. I followed through with a lot of my first instincts—sometimes it worked out, sometimes it didn’t. That first-day-of-school anxiety was nothing new to me. The transition […] Continue Reading |
