What’s Going On: February 7 to 20, 2018Until Saturday, February 24 Lock up the heart! Phoenix Theatre is performing its newest play, Crimes of the Heart, this month. The play focuses on sisterhood and what happens when sisters reconnect after one has committed a violent crime. Tickets are between $15 and $26; more information can be found at phoenixtheatres.ca. Until Saturday, March […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: A tale of three bubblesWhether it was the tulip mania of the 1600s or the dot-com bubble in the ’90s, bubbles form when investor interest turns to hysteria and people start buying things not because they are useful but simply because they believe the price will rise high and fast. Recently, three particularly bubbly markets have been making headlines: […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 7, 2018Still senseless?: In his Earth Person Commentary column in our February 8, 1993 issue, writer Alan Callbeck said that humanity is “moving toward increased senselessness, a depersonalized reality where emotional expression, intellectualization and simple human contact have been reduced by the way we live, work and behave.” So, it’s 25 years later, and our question, […] Continue Reading |
Contemporary artist provokes to rethink feminism’s potentialThree holograms stand at the end of Deluge Contemporary Art Gallery in Victoria. If you stand at the right angle in front of them, you can catch a wrinkled handkerchief on each. Are they real? What do they mean? Contemporary art puzzles us. It’s not about proportion, composition, or accuracy of imitating nature. It’s also […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student hits career highs in basketball with the ChargersCamosun Chargers men’s basketball student athlete Dylan Marsden recently had a commanding 32-point weekend, hitting his own personal career high. Marsden was also recently nominated for PACWEST Athlete of the Week; he’s proud of what he’s accomplished, both for himself and for Camosun. “I mean, obviously, it’s every athlete’s dream to be nominated for things […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: Don’t be afraid of new opportunitiesMany of us international students, who chose to invest in education in another country, already have a career we want to pursue. The cost of studying abroad is very high, so it’s not something we choose to do without having a fairly fixed idea of the type of job we want, and we want to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society receiving mystery packagesThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is one of several student unions throughout the province that has been receiving mystery packages from Amazon. The packages, which started showing up to the CCSS in late October, contain seemingly random items, including, to name just a few examples, small technological gadgets, sewing needles, and sex toys. And […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: The joy and sadness of leaving your countryIt’s normal to have classes full of international students in Canada. It is not strange to listen to several languages on the streets and interact with many different cultures in a classroom. But what makes so many people choose to leave their countries? Most international students come in search of something they could not find […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 24, 2018Blind Melon’s rocky start in YYJ: In our January 25, 1993 issue, we caught up with Blind Melon guitarist Rogers Stevens (who is now an attorney) after the band, then on the rise to superstardom, played a set in legendary local venue Harpo’s to a less-than-enthusiastic crowd. “This is not indicative of the way all […] Continue Reading |
Black History Month amps up schedule, unifies heritageBlack History Month is more than just a historical examination. Officially recognized in 2008, the month-long celebration of culture has grown into so much more. Victoria African and Caribbean Cultural Society founder Pulchérie Mboussi says that Black History Month grows into a bigger festival of celebration every year. “This year is going to be huge. […] Continue Reading |
