What’s Going On: January 10 to 23, 2018Until Sunday, January 21 Losing everything The play The Prisoner of Second Avenue is coming to Congregation Emanu-El synagogue this month. It’s a story about a married couple, and about how having a mental breakdown after losing everything becomes the best thing that’s ever happened to the husband. Tickets are $20 and are available at […] Continue Reading |
Vince Vaccaro gets honest with his process, his past, and the industryFor Victoria-based guitarist/vocalist Vince Vaccaro, there are no limits to creating art based on what he calls the different seasons of life: sitting on the beach watching the sun set, reliving past pain, and considering the inevitability of death, to name a few. This comes through in his music: for example, 2016’s So Long Wicked […] Continue Reading |
Eye on the National Student Movement: January 10, 2018 issue1. The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) held its semi-annual general meeting from November 17 to 20, 2017 in Gatineau, Quebec; student delegates from the Camosun College Student Society attended. At the meeting, the CFS denied a motion that would have allowed students to be able to view the financial audit detailing over $260,000 withdrawn […] Continue Reading |
Mind Matters: Resolution reboundWell, with the holidays swiftly behind us and the first week of school in session, many of us are knee-deep in our new year’s resolutions. Sadly, a lot of us won’t manage to keep them. But don’t fret: if you’re one of those people, you’re in good company. The majority of people don’t keep their […] Continue Reading |
January CamFest aims to warm students up to campus lifeThe January CamFest may not be as grand as its September counterpart, but the core goals that the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) sets out to accomplish with it are the same. CCSS outreach coordinator Quinn Park says that the January CamFest allows students to connect with the college. “Students can count on warm drinks […] Continue Reading |
Camosun music instructor Daniel Lapp comes home for the holidaysWhen Daniel Lapp isn’t teaching music classes at Camosun through the Victoria Conservatory of Music, the world-class fiddler is organizing his annual Home for Christmas concerts. Lapp—who is also, among other things, a singer and multi-instrumentalist—is legendary in the fiddle scene, having played with Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles, Lou Reed, Spirit of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 29, 2017 issueStill wasting after all these years: An editorial in our November 30, 1992 issue lamented finding paper in garbage cans on campus. Amazingly, all these years later, that problem persists (Nexus staffers have been spotted elbow-deep pulling paper out of garbage cans). One would hope that things are getting better. Right? Right. Now, if anyone […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Don’t disregard cryptocurrenciesBitcoin’s rise in worth from pennies to thousands of dollars has analysts calling it a bubble, and maybe it is. The price behaviour of these digital tokens is interesting and is being chalked up mostly to speculative demand. But, to echo my previous written sentiments, it’s the technology—specifically, the technology behind Ethereum’s blockchain and virtual […] Continue Reading |
Student camaraderie flies high at Camosun’s Dunlop House pubAs Camosun students hustle to classes on Thursday afternoons, many are unaware that Camosun Hospitality Management students are prepping food and drink to be served at the Dunlop House pub and restaurant, located on the Lansdowne campus. On Thursdays, staff and students are welcome to come in and relax with a drink or some food […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Vainglory the perfect mobile MOBAVainglory is a mobile-exclusive multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA)-style game like League of Legends or Dota 2, but, unlike those two, Vainglory is limited to three-on-three matches. I’ve been looking for something new to play on my phone. I wanted something outside of traditional “pick up and go” mobile games, and I also wanted something […] Continue Reading |
