Louise Burns uses full band to get new sounds on Young MopesVancouver’s Louise Burns says that once she started writing material for what would become her most recent album, she couldn’t stop. The end result is Young Mopes, which came out in February and landed itself on the Polaris Prize long list earlier this year. But Burns admits now that even though it was easy to […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Don’t let paranoia ruin HalloweenRemember Halloween? It was that holiday that every kid looked forward to because they wanted candy; it was the holiday that every parent looked forward to because dressing your kid up and taking them trick-or-treating was fun. So when did we as a society become so paranoid and lazy? I live in a historically busy […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun needs to abolish its registration depositAs I pondered what bills I shouldn’t pay this month in order to pay Camosun’s $175 registration deposit—which is $1,000 for international students—I wondered why students have to pay a deposit at all. In terms of fees, it’s relatively small—some might even say unimportant. But to the hopeful and financially destitute student, Camosun might as […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Propagandhi’s Victory Lap and Counterparts’ You’re Not You AnymorePropagandhi Victory Lap (Epitaph Records) 4.5/5 Victory Lap, the seventh full-length album from Winnipeg hardcore band Propagandhi, twists my world. I’m not just talking about the full and hearty riffs and drum work, although the music alone would make this album special. Guitarist Sulynn Hago’s debut with the band is full of her fierce playing. […] Continue Reading |
Sarah Slean looks at creative process, marketing processCanadian musician Sarah Slean says that downtime helps her realize what she really wants to be doing. And she’s clearly taking some downtime: her 11th album, Metaphysics, came out this April, more than five years after her last album. “I bought a farm and decided I was going to attempt something that was not transient, […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Returning to the League of Legends championshipsThe time for the League of Legends world championship has come. The tournament is not only distinguished by the large prize pool associated with it, but also as being a time for friends from across the globe to get together and check out one of the most watched esport events. This year, staying true to […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun Psychology instructor Cate Pelling on the future of post-secondaryKnow 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 better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun speaker wants to get rid of suicide-prevention stigmaLast year, suicide was the second leading cause of death of Canadian youth between the ages of 10 to 24, surpassed only by motor-vehicle-related deaths. But while it’s one of the biggest issues facing society today, suicide and suicide prevention still remains vastly untouched by education, media, governments, and even parents at home. Scott Chisholm […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Visual Arts faculty show students how it’s done with new exhibitNext time you think your teachers are robots who don’t exist outside of class, head to the mezzanine in the Lansdowne library or the space between Young 111 and 117, also at Lansdowne. Both of these spots will be filled with the work of Visual Arts faculty in the R + D exhibit. Camosun Visual […] Continue Reading |
Dead Reckoning recounts woman’s tale of meeting her father’s murdererCarys Cragg’s Dead Reckoning is an emotional and compelling memoir about meeting her father’s murderer. While also looking at the injustice that surrounds the case, Cragg gives an in-depth view into an intense process, with details about her thoughts and experiences as she meets the man who murdered her father 20 years earlier. Cragg’s active […] Continue Reading |
