New Music Revue: Mike Field shows songwriting guts on new albumMike FieldTrue Stories(Independent)4/5 Imagine if Miles Davis met Bad Religion in a bar and they then decided to mix a shot of world jazz with a side of Banner Pilot into their drinks and start singing. This sums up “Mechanic,” the first track on Canadian jazz trumpeter Mike Field’s fourth album, True Stories. That combination […] Continue Reading |
Campus Access: Bookstore access concernsLike many of the spaces on campus, Camosun’s Lansdowne bookstore is not without its faults in regard to access issues. That’s not to say that it isn’t accommodating when necessary; it’s just that accommodation and access shouldn’t have to be thought about. At the bookstore, getting through the shelves of books is a tight squeeze, […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Julia Liska loves chili, hates rogue student calls in classKnow 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 |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 7, 2019 issueGetting a rise out of fee raises: Writer Shelley Evans lamented the state of being a student in our January 10, 1994 issue, talking about the financial strain of those attending Camosun. In particular, Evans pointed out the raising of the Canadian Federation of Students fees that Camosun students were paying at the time. Speaking […] Continue Reading |
Communication Error: Colours of languageYou can sleep when you’re dead, but you’re not dead, and you cannot sleep. We must walk around in black and white, being followed around by our shadow, our spectre, our only friend: insomnia. But where did all of the colours go, and why are we left with nothing but the sleepless bodies of our […] Continue Reading |
The Trews share their secrets with CanadaThe Trews have a secret, but they can’t keep it much longer. The rockers are ready to take their sixth studio album, Civilianaires, on tour, and lead guitarist John-Angus MacDonald is at home in Hamilton, Ontario, savouring the moments before the band share their latest work with the rest of the country. “I think the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun gets second-highest enrollment rates of former foster children in BCSince 2017, the provincial government has been giving former foster children free post-secondary education, and Camosun College has the second-highest enrollment rates of these students of any BC post-secondary institution. Camosun vice president of student experience Joan Yates couldn’t be prouder. “The principles and values we have as a college about being life-changing and transformational […] Continue Reading |
Post-elections post-secondary: Now that student society and municipal elections have passed, what does 2019 hold in store for post-secondary life?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 […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 7, 2019 issueNew 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 […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: January 7 to 22, 2019Monday, 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 […] Continue Reading |
