Magazine Issue | Nexus newspaper

Post-elections post-secondary: Now that student society and municipal elections have passed, what does 2019 hold in store for post-secondary life?

Fred Cameron, features writer

January 7, 2019

The fall of 2018 was a time of political change for students here at Camosun. Elections have come and gone for both the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and municipal councils on the lower island. We’ve also been given an option to reform our provincial electoral system with the proportional representation referendum. The referendum is […]

News Briefs: January 7, 2019 issue

Adam Marsh, student editor

January 7, 2019

New Career Lab open at Interurban A new Career Lab recently opened at Camosun’s Interurban campus. The lab is meant to engage students in co-ops and applied learning at the college. During an open house event at the Career Lab on Wednesday, November 28, a new student platform called MyBluePrint was launched; MyBluePrint is an […]

What’s Going On: January 7 to 22, 2019

Katy Weicker, staff writer

January 7, 2019

Monday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 9A frosty welcomeThe Camosun College Student Society is hosting CamFrost, a welcome-back event for students (think CamFest with a winter twist). CamFrost will take place at the Interurban campus on January 7 and Lansdowne on January 9; the festivities go down from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on both […]

Podcast hosts Taggart and Torrens bring show to Victoria

Jessica Ho, contributing writer

January 7, 2019

Jeremy Taggart and Jonathan Torrens are taking their wildly popular Taggart and Torrens podcast on the road. The podcast—which has almost 4 million downloads and has been awarded the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Audio Show or Series—is a musical and comedic celebration of Canadian media and culture in which Taggart and Torrens share stories […]

25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 21, 2018 issue

Greg Pratt, managing editor

November 21, 2018

Flyer friction: We did a cover story on feminism at Camosun back in August of this year, but it’s been a hot topic on campus for a long time. Athena Tupaatsch wrote in a letter to the editor in our November 29, 1993 issue that the Camosun College Student Society’s “women’s centre has done me […]

Tech Talk: DNS and your privacy

Sunki Baek, contributing writer

November 21, 2018

Keeping your privacy on the internet is getting harder, with more government or private organizations being interested in using personal data for their own benefit. One of the best ways to keep your privacy on the internet is to set up domain name servers (DNS) properly. Let’s find out why and how. First off, what […]

First Things First: The unnecessary existential crisis

Tiegan Suddaby, contributing writer

November 21, 2018

Picture this: You’re on the floor thinking about how you haven’t done anything special in your life while everyone else is living theirs way better than you ever could, and you feel like a failure. Sure, I’m going to school, you think, but everyone else does that. I’m nothing special. You then think you must […]

News Briefs: November 21, 2018 issue

Adam Marsh, student editor

November 21, 2018

Camosun research on the rise Camosun College has jumped from the number 41 spot to number 26 on Research Infosource’s annual list of the top 50 Canadian research colleges. Camosun scored third nationally for research growth; its research income, which is what the final rating is based on, grew 69.2 percent this year. Research Infosource […]

Anxiety, accessibility, and athletes: A look at the ten most-read stories on our website in 2018

Fred Cameron, features writer

November 21, 2018

In the fall of 1995, there was a municipal election in Edmonton. My tenth grade Social Studies class received a visit from two of the candidates running in my ward. Alderman candidate and leftist character Tooker Gomberg was always entertaining, but, unfortunately, he had to save time for some schmuck who gave us no reason […]

Unpacking the Bags: A letter from an international student to Victoria, BC

Renata Silva, contributing writer

November 21, 2018

Dear Victoria, When I arrived, we were complete strangers. I carried in my bag a mixture of feelings—nervousness, anxiety, and satisfaction. I could feel that you, on the other hand, were quiet and patient. At first, we didn’t like each other because we did not speak the same language and you had a different climate […]