The Blue Stones bring their success story to townFrom being good friends just jamming together and discovering their sound to breaking through and achieving success, The Blue Stones have come a long way. Now the Windsor-based alt-rock duo are coming to Victoria during their first North American headlining tour, in support of their debut full-length, Black Holes. Before vocalist/guitarist Tarek Jafar and drummer […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: March 20 to April 2, 2019Until Saturday, May 25Walk and talkThe Capital Regional District is hosting a series of guided walks and hikes in its regional parks. Register for a selection of guided walks, moderate and intermediate hikes, and accessible tours at crd.bc.ca. Until Monday, May 27Pictures of the floating worldPrints by influential artists of the ukiyo-e tradition, Katsushika Hokusai […] Continue Reading |
New book looks at A Tribe Called Quest’s LegacyHanif Abdurraqib makes a heartfelt homage to the band A Tribe Called Quest in his new book Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest. The band left an indelible mark not only on the author and on all of rap but on the music industry, and this book explains why. When […] Continue Reading |
C’est la Vie: March 20, 2019 issue |
Penguin & Peacock: March 20, 2019 issue |
Know Your Profs: Chemistry instructor Silvija Smith on the importance of having fun while learningKnow 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 |
Camosun student and instructor volunteer with Canucks Autism NetworkA Camosun student and instructor have been volunteering with an organization that brings team-sports opportunities to autistic children. The Canucks Autism Network (CAN) currently helps support over 4,000 young autistic people living in BC and relies heavily on volunteers. One of these volunteers is fourth-year Sport and Fitness Leadership student Teresa Vivian. Vivian heard about […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College involved in proposal to enhance transportation to rural Indigenous areasThe South Island Prosperity Partnership (SIPP, formerly known as the South Island Prosperity Project) and Camosun College have partnered on a proposal that will focus on improving transportation to and from school for students living in rural Indigenous communities. The two organizations are finalists in the Smart Cities Challenge, a government-funded competition encouraging communities to […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk: Not my job to cook dinnerRecently, I was reminded just how old school the old-school way of thinking about gender roles really is. I was chatting with an older man about younger people and our hippie ways, which included him making a crack about vegans, to which I lamented that my boyfriend is a vegan but he wasn’t one when […] Continue Reading |
Communication Error: Down side upOur lives are inverted. Life is inside out. For a moment, imagine that we are trying to keep the dead dead. Suppose that the aim of life is not for it to end in death, but rather to keep the dead in their place—to keep them from living, so that we can continue to live. […] Continue Reading |
