Penguin & Peacock: January 24, 2018 |
Magazine Issue
What’s Going On: January 24, 2018Until Sunday, January 28 Dancing in Victoria Dance Days in Victoria is back for its eighth year. All the dance studios in town open their doors and offer free dance classes of various styles during Dance Days, which is hosted by Dance Victoria. Also included are free performances that include question-and-answer periods with the artists. […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The cost of post-secondary education is costing Camosun studentsThe cost of post-secondary in Canada has become too high, and it’s preventing people from pursuing an education. In Canada, we have developed policies and regulations to ensure that all Canadians, regardless of their backgrounds, are afforded the same opportunities to advance. Nothing more clearly demonstrates this equality than persons from all walks of life […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: The road ahead looks promising for VaingloryWith Vainglory’s biggest update on the horizon, developers Super Evil Megacorp recently released a roadmap for the game’s future. The release focuses on January and February, when they plan to release their 5V5 mode globally. The company started off by outlining what changes we can expect in the next update, which they predict will hit […] Continue Reading |
Legendary punk rockers DOA still going strong after 40 yearsCanadian punk pioneer Joe “Shithead” Keithley has seen a lot in the past 40 years, from Thai police charging a gig in Bangkok that DOA—who he sings and plays guitar for—was playing to running for the Green Party. And, at 61, Keithley’s still got fire in his soul. Some people mellow with age, but for […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Stuart Berry on unorthodox approaches and unused office hoursKnow 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 that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
Forget About Tomorrow playwright says writing was therapeuticThe play Forget About Tomorrow examines the life of a woman whose husband developed early onset Alzheimer’s. Playwright Jill Daum originally began writing the piece in a workshop several years ago, before it had been made public that her husband, Spirit of the West vocalist John Mann, had developed the disease. “It was really therapeutic, […] Continue Reading |
Mind Matters: It’s time to talk about stigmaAn estimated one in five people will be diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their life. Maybe it will be a friend, or a loved one, or the person next to you on the bus. Maybe it will be you. Nobody knows for sure what causes mental illness; the best-educated theories point […] Continue Reading |
End of the line: What the end of net neutrality in the US would mean for Camosun studentsImagine an internet where your service provider chooses what you see. Imagine paying more to have the ability to send your mom a Facebook message. Imagine a censored web. Without net neutrality, this could happen. And, although Canada still has net neutrality, the USA, as of December 14, is moving away from the internet freedom […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 24, 2018 issueCamosun holding consent-education workshops Camosun College is holding free consent-education workshops in February and March for students and employees. The workshops are happening on February 8 and March 8 at Lansdowne, and February 22 and March 22 at Interurban. See camosun.ca/services/sexual-violence/education for info. College changes fee-policy wording Camosun has changed their wording in a fee […] Continue Reading |