New Music Revue: Black Wizard’s Livin’ Oblivion diverse and honestBlack Wizard Livin’ Oblivion (Listenable Records) 4.5/5 Vancouver doom metal/stoner rock band Black Wizard’s fourth album Livin’ Oblivion is one hell of a raw and honest journey from start to finish. At times, it’s not as heavy as its predecessor, 2016’s New Waste, but its diversity pays off. Eugene Parkomenko’s hearty drum work on opener […] Continue Reading |
Chargers to host national volleyball championshipsThe Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team will be hosting the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) national volleyball championships at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) at Interurban this month. The championships will take place from March 7 to March 10; Chargers men’s volleyball player and fourth-year Sports Management student Doug Waterman says that, for […] Continue Reading |
What is the future of retail? With another retail giant gone, Camosun’s Lansdowne neighbourhood is changingCamosun’s Lansdowne campus neighbourhood will never look the same. On January 14, 2018, Sears, one of the Hillside Centre’s anchor tenants, closed its doors for the last time. It marked the end of an era in Canadian retail. Sears closed about 190 stores nationwide and took with it 15,000 jobs. Demographic changes continue to fuel […] Continue Reading |
Canadian Federation of Students cancels Camosun defederation referendumThe Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has confirmed to Nexus that the referendum for Camosun students to decide on whether or not to defederate from the CFS has been cancelled. Students will continue to pay CFS membership fees until the referendum is rescheduled, which can now happen no earlier than September 15, according to CFS […] Continue Reading |
Art exhibit measures emotional distances with technologyImagine the awe of the viewers in front of their box-like televisions in 1969 when they watched the first black-and-white images—sent by a slow-scan television (SSTV)—of the moon. This then-cutting-edge technology allowed transmission of images through voice frequencies across two stations—in the above case, between the moon and the Earth. “Slow-scan was built around this […] Continue Reading |
Terra Lightfoot brings her most recent mistakes to townHamilton singer/songwriter Terra Lightfoot says that her latest album, New Mistakes, is a window into where she currently is at in her life. She says the album is about being comfortable with the challenges that can arise in any situation. “Instead of shying away from making a mistake, it’s realizing that each problem we encounter […] Continue Reading |
Symposium shines light on college’s coffee-cup problemOn Tuesday, January 23, The Curse of the Coffee Cup, a symposium about the environmental impacts of disposable coffee cups, was simulcast at Camosun College’s two campuses. The event focused on how we can reduce or eliminate the use of paper and plastic coffee cups at Camosun. “Camosun has for the past five or six […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: February 21 to March 6, 2018Friday, February 23 Bringing the family together The Jim Cuddy Band is joining up with Barney Bentall, Sam Polley, and Devin Cuddy on a tour across Canada. The band will be promoting their new album, Constellation; their stop in Victoria will bring them to the McPherson Playhouse. For more info and tickets, head over to […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Vainglory hits milestone in mobile gaming with new releaseThe time has finally come for Vainglory. The game’s long awaited 5v5 mode arrived on February 12, and with it came huge changes to the mobile esports and gaming community. The new mode boasts some of the most highly technological achievements so far reached on mobile devices, including proper coding of “fog of war,” an […] Continue Reading |
Camosun instructor Laurie Elmquist shows the importance of letting go in new bookCamosun writing instructor Laurie Elmquist’s new book Where’s Burgess? paints a world that children can relate to and that will take adult readers back many years, suddenly immersed in the world of nine-year-old protagonist Reece. Children’s literature is an underappreciated genre, which is unfortunate when works like this are out there. Elmquist writes with both […] Continue Reading |
