New Music Revue: Reaches reaches for experimentation on new albumReachesWherever the Internet Goes, Sorrow Follows(We Be Friends Records)3/5 Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and travelling man of many monikers Justin Randel has fabricated seven intriguingly titled songs here on his second album of electro-pop-sonic sounds as Reaches. Randal enjoys experimentation. For example, he incorporates piano into “Love to the Ghosts Lost at Sea”—it’s an unexpected and pleasant […] Continue Reading |
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New Music Revue: Victoria’s Wise Child’s debut will be on your summer playlistWise ChildIdle Hands(Independent)4.5/5 Wise Child is a local indie-rock band with a laid-back and beachy sound. Idle Hands is the band’s debut full-length album—and it is absolutely worth listening to. The dreamy and soft vocals are accompanied by cool instrumentals with a surf-pop vibe. The music is approachable and fun and feels wonderfully fitting for […] Continue Reading |
The Chopping Block Chronicles: The socially acceptable drugFirst off, I just want to point out that I am an avid coffee drinker (I write this as I take a sip of my quad espresso), and that the purpose of this article is solely to question our philosophies around substances in general. I was once posed a question in one of my health […] Continue Reading |
Metric return to town for their biggest show yetFrom the moment our conversation started, I could tell that Metric vocalist Emily Haines was an incredibly down to earth and professional individual. Metric is a juggernaut in Canadian music—when they roll through town this month, they’re headlining the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, with July Talk opening up—and extremely accomplished artists; however, regardless of their triumph, […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 3, 2019 issueTaking Nexus to task: Our April 5, 1994 issue featured several letters to the editor, none of which had many good things to say about us. We were accused of “irresponsible journalism,” told we had a “misleading article” in the previous issue, and were labelled “consistently conservative and predictable.” Ouch. Get corporations off campus: Incoming […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: April 3, 2019 issueFederal government reduces student-loan interest The federal government announced its Budget 2019 on Tuesday, March 19. Of particular note to post-secondary students is that Budget 2019 detailed a decrease in interest on federal student loans. Interest on these loans will now be limited to prime; it was previously anywhere from prime plus 2.5 percent to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Wellness Club a refuge for self-careMental health is very important and should be taken care of constantly. With huge amounts of homework, tests, quizzes, projects, papers, and many other assignments required by classes, time management can be incredibly difficult for students. In student life, time can be almost as valuable as a diamond ring. Camosun students might not know about […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Exam season? Sleep season!Happy exam season! Yeah, I’m rolling my eyes and glaring at me too. We’ve got exams, we’ve got essays, and we’ve got presentations. It’s not really the time of semester that we celebrate; usually, we celebrate surviving it. One thing that will help you get through the upcoming chaos is sleep. Yep, that thing we […] Continue Reading |
First Things First: How to procrastinate smartI have a style of procrastination that I like to call “active procrastination.” Instead of doing the things you love to do to put off working, you clean. Or cook, or do extra work for another class, or finish a quiz a week early. Sometimes I plan out my life for the next two years […] Continue Reading |
