Know Your Profs: Steve McKinnon on sushi and “spare time” in soccer seasonKnow 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 |
Making RENT in Victoria is no easy taskThe Victoria Operatic Society (VOS) isn’t one to shy away from a difficult show. Over the last few years they’ve put on productions such as Les Miserables, Spamalot, Miss Saigon, and, most recently, 9 to 5. This is something that director Doug Crockett is excited to be a part of with their latest production, RENT. […] Continue Reading |
Communication Error: Trap doorsAre you afraid of spiders? It’s said that when one conversational door closes, another opens. What if lying behind the door of new opportunity is an eight-foot-tall, hairy trap-door spider ready to paralyze you, then spin you in its web for later consumption? All while it feeds on your friends? We’re told that networking, branching […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Nicole Kilburn incorporates Indigenous knowledge into field schoolThe world of archeology is changing, and Camosun Anthropology instructor Nicole Kilburn and the Archaeology Field Assistant program she developed are at the forefront of that change. Kilburn developed the program in 2008 to fill a skills gap in the industry. “Generally, if you are working [in the field] you have an undergrad in Anthropology […] Continue Reading |
Local company sets new stage for pole dancing in VictoriaIt’s a busy and fast-moving world out there; it feels like there is always somewhere to go and that there’s always something that has to get done. Often, we look around and wonder if life will slow down enough for us to take a breath. When Electra Productions co-founder Jane Bull decided that it was […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumna helps bring storytelling event to VictoriaThe buzz starts before 7 pm down on the sidewalk in front of the Victoria Event Centre on Broad Street on the third Thursday of every month. There are greetings and hugs in the lineup as people wait to get into the storytelling event Confabulation. Confabulation producers Cassandra Togneri and former Camosun student and Nexus […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 21, 2018 issue |
Campus Access: Richmond House woesMost buildings on Camosun’s Lansdowne campus are decently accessible. However, due to the age of the campus, there are a few buildings that have not been modernized. One such building is the Richmond House. Not only is the building itself inaccessible, so are the services that are run within it, which include the Women’s Centre, […] Continue Reading |
The Periodic Column: Me, my interstitium, and II might be a little late to the science party, and maybe everyone else has already gotten over this discovery, but I sure haven’t. Back in March (ancient history, I know), scientists discovered a new maybe-organ, the interstitium. Researchers originally called this newly discovered tissue type an organ, but there has yet to be a […] Continue Reading |
Health with Tess: Exercise doesn’t have to cost an arm and a legSchool is hard on our bodies, especially in November and December. We know we’re probably not getting as much exercise as we should, or even as much as we got in the summer. The cold weather is making it easier and easier to reach for the chocolate and fries (hopefully not at the same time), […] Continue Reading |
