Open Space: You are not a slave to your jobDespite any superficial vision or mission statements, the natural law of a corporation is that it must make as much money for its shareholders as it possibly can, by any means necessary. Often this takes the form of a charade of corporate responsibility in order to deceive customers, suppliers, and employees into believing that the […] Continue Reading |
Hyang Cho turns mundane objects into art in new exhibitButtons, glass jars, tape. In the exhibition At Random, artist Hyang Cho brings a new perspective to mundane items like these. Originally from Korea, Cho relocated to Canada about 15 years ago and currently lives in Guelph, Ontario. Learning how to navigate a different country with a new language has been a wellspring of inspiration […] Continue Reading |
The Periodic Column: The action potential of the thalamusHow do our brains decide what to learn? As students, how can we force our brains to hold on to the facts from our classes that we need to remember for exams instead of random information from our favourite TV shows? Turns out, researchers at Harvard University were wondering that, too. In order to learn, […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers golfers return from national golf championshipsThe Camosun Chargers golf team travelled to Medicine Hat, Alberta last month to compete in the 2018 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championships. The team competed at Desert Blume Golf Club from October 16 to 19 and placed 8 out of 11. Chargers golf head coach Doug Hastie says that although the team “actually overperformed […] Continue Reading |
Campus Access: Microwave concerns on campusThere are multiple options for food on campus. Well, there are multiple options for most people, that is. While some might argue that the campus cafeteria is perfectly accessible, that isn’t necessarily the case. It isn’t so much the layout of the cafeteria that’s the problem; it’s the volume of people in the space at […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk?: A cautionary taleWe have all known—or will come to know—at least one fuckboy over the course of our lives: the guy who makes our skin crawl whenever we have to interact with him; the one who has one too many dating apps, yet is eternally single; the one who wears just a little too much cologne, hair […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Sandra Christensen on life as a teacher and as a studentKnow 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 |
Tech Talk: Preparing for exams with appsPreparing for exams can be overwhelming, especially when you have many things to memorize. Here are two apps that can help you to memorize everything for tests. Anki is a fully-featured index-card app that works across all the major platforms, including a paid version for iOS. How it works is just like real-life index cards—you […] Continue Reading |
Primatologist who discovered mouse lemur to speak in VictoriaAs a young girl, Mireya Mayor was told it was too dangerous to join the girl scouts. Today, she has claimed the title “the female Indiana Jones.” Mayor is now a primatologist, correspondent for National Geographic, and a mother of six kids. “When I decided to head off on my first expedition, I had never […] Continue Reading |
Locals take on reimagined version of classic operaAccording to the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society (VGSS) music director Tom Mitchell, classic opera lovers and newcomers alike can enjoy the VGSS production of The Mikado: Reimagined, a take on Arthur Sullivan’s original 1885 opera The Mikado. “Sullivan brought such wonderful music for all the operas, and in The Mikado, there is certainly a […] Continue Reading |
