Victoria Film Festival back with new films and new directorsThe Victoria Film Festival (VFF) is back, once again featuring new, unique films from filmmakers from around the world. Each year, film enthusiasts and filmmakers come together at various theatres around the city to watch these newly released films. There’s voting, there’s competition, there’s a whole lot of fun. “The great thing is always about […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Get ready for tax seasonA new year is upon us, and that means it’s what we call in the accounting business “busy season.” Students, workers, and businesses all need to get their affairs in order to keep things legit with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Much is changing, and below is a primer to get you updated with tax […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumna uses nature, Emily Carr for art inspirationYou’re out for a run, bundled up to ward off the cold. Your heart rate is soaring and you’re starting to feel like you could take on the world. The endorphins aren’t letting you down. Local artist and former Camosun student and Nexus contributor Jean Oliver says painting gives her this same sense of invigoration. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun CFS student fees at centre of referendum disputeUpdate: As of 1:45pm PST on Monday, January 29, the British Columbia Federation of Students has not remitted the fees discussed in this story. The Canadian Federation of Students told Nexus today that they are waiting on the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) to propose new referendum dates so the fees can be remitted within the […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Geneviève Beninger on dramatic Jeopardy, losing her voice, and tending chickensKnow 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 |
What if? What if?: Former Camosun student uses personal struggles to illustrate comic about anxiety for kidsIt’s incredibly quiet at Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus. For most students, it’s the beginning of the holiday break, and instructors are scrambling to grade mountains of papers. I find myself pacing back and forth outside By the Books. I’m a few minutes early for a 12 pm interview. I walk in and look around, stopping […] Continue Reading |
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Camosun students serve it up with new food truckStudents in Camosun’s Culinary Arts program are keeping their fellow students’ hunger at bay with hot food served up fresh out of their new food truck. The food truck has been operating at the Interurban campus, selling bowls of ramen noodles with pork or chicken, vegetables, and an egg for $10. Camosun chair of Culinary […] Continue Reading |
Comedic play explores power through urine analogyUrinetown director Roger Carr likes his plays the same way he likes a frosty pint: the darker the better. Why, then, is the local director working on a musical/satirical comedy if he likes dark plays? Because there’s more bubbling under Urinetown’s surface than there initially seems to be. “This musical raeally appeals to me,” he […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: January 10, 2018 issueStudent Society goodwill: In our January 11, 1993 issue, the story “Food bank update” talked about the food bank program run by the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). Through the program, the CCSS collected over $4,000 in donations of food and cash, which they distributed through hampers to students in need. And the goodwill didn’t […] Continue Reading |
