Open Space: Camosun tuition-drop deadline exclusionaryIn 2022, Camosun reaffirmed academia’s commitment to exclusionism by moving the 100-percent-tuition-refund course-drop deadline backwards three weeks. Historically, the deadline was after classes began so students could, without financial penalty, drop a course after attending a few lectures. But the requirement to lock in course enrolment (and tuition) before classes start is problematic. Because of […] Continue Reading |
Alisha’s Light incredible coming-out storyThe long-running Victoria Fringe Festival is in its 40th incarnation, once again brought to our fair city by Intrepid Theatre to showcase outsider performance art. Fringe fests have long been the domain of the freaks and geeks, and a safe harbour for anyone not quite fitting into the mould of what you could call the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 8, 2026 issueCorporate collusion: Concerned about corporate influence on campus? I mean, you probably should be, and you wouldn’t be alone in that: back in our September 4, 2001 issue, we covered how students were upset about corporate donor plaques popping up around campus. “I think it is pretty disgusting,” said Camosun College Student Society director Kristen […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Faculty Association calls for increased post-secondary funding in Budget 2027As British Columbia’s post-secondary institutions face growing financial pressures, the Camosun College Faculty Association (CCFA) is calling on the provincial government to increase stable public funding for colleges and universities through Budget 2027. The CCFA has submitted its recommendations to the Select Standing Committee on Finance, arguing that post-secondary institutions need reliable government funding rather […] Continue Reading |
Spider-Man: Brand New Day great movie 25 percent of the timeIn 2021, current Spidey actor Tom Holland said, “If I’m playing Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.” So, when it was announced he was in talks to star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he indicated that if he were to don the mask again, the story would have to be something special. Then […] Continue Reading |
A Student’s Guide to Local Politics: What even is a municipality?Politics—you’re probably already familiar with the term, or you at least hold a notion of what the concept means. A simple way to think about politics is to think of them as the complicated web of relationships that humans hold between each other and their environment(s). To best introduce municipalities, it’s first crucial to understand […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Time Spent Driving deliver playlist-worthy emo/indieTime Spent Driving Lost Leaves (Thirty Something Records) 4/5 After releasing an EP and two full-length albums in the early 2000s then taking a nine-year hiatus from 2003 to 2012, Time Spent Driving—an emo/indie rock band based in California—released two more albums in 2015 and 2023. Now, signed with a new record label, they’re ready […] Continue Reading |
Evie the Alien: August 5, 2026 issue |
Closing the Interurban Math Help Centre hurts studentsAs the summer term switches over to the fall term, the weather won’t be the only change at Camosun College. One loss students will face is the closure of the Math Help Centre at the Interurban campus. So, I have a question: should the School of Arts and Access be renamed to the School of […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: When it comes to adulthood, there is no timelineSomewhere along the way, we were handed a very specific timeline for adulthood: graduate high school at 18, finish college or university in your early 20s, and get a job to start building a career. By your mid-20s, you’re, apparently, supposed to know exactly what you’re doing. But walk around a college campus and that […] Continue Reading |
