Penguin & Peacock: October 24, 2018 issue |
Magazine Issue
Tech Talk: Student tech discountsBetween tuition and textbooks, being a student can cost a lot. But there are some companies offering benefits only to students. It can be their marketing effort trying to entice you to their products early on so you use them after school, but if they are standard in your industry there might be no harm […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: To like or not to like the word “like”When did we get so lazy about speaking our own language? I’m guilty of it myself: the insertion of “like” into every sentence, for example, using it as an adjective, an adverb, a preposition. Using “like” can send the meaning of one very simple sentence into many different directions, and we don’t ever think about […] Continue Reading |
Trying to conjure Bloody Mary at Camosun’s Lansdowne campusEver have one of those moments when you question your sanity? Welp, for me, that moment happened on a recent Saturday night in one of the bathrooms in the Richmond House at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus. I stood huddled in the corner of a rusty bathtub, heart pounding, thoroughly regretting my life choices, including eating Mucho […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: Tips for finding jobs after graduationFinding a job after graduation can be one of the greatest challenges for international students. There are many variables—such as deadlines, interviews, emails, resumes, and cover letters—to be taken into consideration. All this needs to be done in a different language and culture, which can be overwhelming for us. So here are some tips for […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 24, 2018 issueCamosun shook out Camosun College took part in the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, October 18 at 10:20. The provincially organized effort requires all students, faculty, and staff who are on campus to gather at a designated emergency assembly point. Download the Camosun emergency app for more info on this and other emergency procedures. […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Giving mindfulness a shotIf you’re a human being, you’ve experienced stress. If you’re a student, you probably have a menu of stressors we like to call “deadlines,” with a side dish of part-time work and a serving of interpersonal turmoil for dessert. Stress helps us accomplish goals, meet deadlines, and develop as people, but we also need strategies to […] Continue Reading |
Post-secondary poltergeists: Is Camosun haunted? We hit the ground to find outAs always, October snuck up on me. I wasn’t quite ready to let go of the summer, but midterms have come and gone and the turkey dinner has been slept off, which means that Halloween is upon us. For most, Halloween is simply a spectacle of consumerism, consisting of sweatshop-produced disposable costumes and pumpkins that, […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Sylvia Platters and Stephen Carl O’Shea team up for diverse split LPThe Sylvia Platters/Stephen Carl O’Shea Shadow Steps (CIVL Radio) 4/5 Vancouver’s The Sylvia Platters and Stephen Carl O’Shea (from You Say Party) are both on the new split 12” LP, Shadow Steps. Side A starts with The Sylvia Platters’ “Morning Ritual,” a short indie song influenced by ’90s rock but with a late-’70s sound. It […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student opens new gymnastics facilitySecond-year Sport Management student Lucas Tiefenbach started coaching gymnastics when he was 13 years old; at 17, he became one of Canada’s youngest nationally certified coaches. After coaching the Western Australian men’s national team he eventually moved to China to work as Inspire Sports’ technical director, setting up China’s first recreational gymnastic centres. Now, he’s […] Continue Reading |