Health with Tess: Maintaining your academic healthLife is unpredictable, and things out of your control can happen during your time studying at Camosun, but this does not have to determine your future opportunities. Grades matter, and they get looked at when you apply for future schooling or even for some jobs. When personal illness, affliction, or family problems arise and they […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Re-examining former favouritesThere was a time not so long ago when I was blissfully unaware of how poorly female characters were written in a vast majority of movies. I would hear people complain about how there was a serious lack of strong women getting screen time, and, in my lack of being woke, I didn’t seem to […] Continue Reading |
Bubbles: July 10, 2019 issue |
Camosun College board of governors elects new chairLaylee Rohani has been elected as the new Camosun College board of governors chair. Rohani, who moves into the position on August 1, has been a member of the board for five years, and has been in the position of vice chair since January 2018. Rohani says that outgoing chair Ron Rice has left big […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: July 10 to August 7, 2019Until Sunday, July 14’Til curtains do we partBarefoot in the Park, a comedy by Neil Simon, is running at the Roxy Theatre until July 14. This show premiered in 1963, but it timelessly—and comedically—illustrates the early days of marriage and the trials and rewards that they hold. Tickets range from $20 to $48; for show […] Continue Reading |
A matter of maturity: What’s the difference between how mature students and younger students approach post-secondary?When I think about all the various transitions I have made in my life—from a child into a teenager, from a girl into a woman, from sleeping on friends’ couches and asking parents to help out to paying bills, voting, watching the news, and being politically aware—I’m also aware of the transition I never made: […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Ban the cigarette, nowCigarettes are disgusting. Before the ’50s, there was little knowledge of the health risks associated with smoking. They were marketed as glamorous, sophisticated, and, in some cases, healthy. Today, however, we know that they’re deadly. This heinous product would never be allowed to enter the market today. Cigarettes are disgusting, and the corrupt industry that […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: Getting ahead in the new yearNow that class registration is finally here and we’re at the peak of summer, I’m here to tell you how to cheat the system and start being a good student by taking care of things early. You’re probably laughing at me right now: “Studying early? What am I, a nerd?” Okay, rude, but preparing as […] Continue Reading |
Former Camosun instructor no longer legally permitted to practise nursing in BC, college won’t release details of investigationA consent agreement released by the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP)—the provincial regulator for nurses—on Wednesday, June 19 has given more details on student complaints arising from a five-week Camosun College field study trip to the Philippines in 2016. The report says that former Camosun Nursing instructor and chair Stephen Bishop “took several […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Let’s talk about AlabamaAs the writer of a column about women’s issues, one would think that I’d be sitting at my keyboard with bated breath, fingers feverously clicking across the keys as I express my views on everything going on in the southern states right now. But in reality, I’ve been dreading writing a column for this issue. […] Continue Reading |
