News Briefs: November 1, 2017 issueCamosun keeps firebombers safe Camosun Innovates, the applied research branch of the college, is working on a project to help those battling forest fires throughout BC through a partnership with Conair Aviation. The project keeps tabs on pilot fatigue and vital signs using Fitbits and heart rate monitors. The overall goal of the project is […] Continue Reading |
Transit tribulations: Camosun students are being left in the cold as buses pass them by. What’s being done about it?On September 19, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) posted a picture on their Twitter feed of “well over” 40 students at a bus stop at Camosun’s Interurban campus. Many of the students are staring at their phones; the ones who aren’t look anything but happy. It’s the beginning of a new semester, and already […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Cannibal Corpse, Electric Wizard, and more gruesome, ghastly new releasesElectric Wizard Wizard Bloody Wizard (Spinefarm Records) 3.5/5 English doom metal goes with Halloween like beer goes with bar nuts. Electric Wizard’s latest album, Wizard Bloody Wizard, is a great addition to the haunting festivities this year, because, to put it bluntly, it’s creepy as hell. “Necromania” makes me feel as though I’m walking down […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Canadian e-commerce giant gets called outI was scrolling through Facebook one day and an advertisement caught my eye. It read, “Become a Facebook millionaire,” and I immediately thought, “What’s the new get-rich-quick scheme being pushed now?” To my surprise, it was an ad for Shopify, the Canadian e-commerce platform. A week later the headlines rolled out: Shopify’s stock price fell […] Continue Reading |
Local harpist Josh Layne keeps busy with orchestra and withoutSolo harpist Josh Layne is no stranger to performing with the Victoria Chamber Orchestra. His first time with them was in 1995, performing Claude Debussy’s harp concerto Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane. It features a powerful use of solo harp, which gave Layne plenty of opportunity to shine. However, working in an orchestral setting involves […] Continue Reading |
Cheesecake Burlesque Revue returns with Halloween extravaganzaNot every hobby incorporates this much boob. The members of the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue have been shaking what their mamas gave them for 11 years, and they don’t intend to stop. Originally inspired by a birthday party, the gang has since become a travelling act, bringing their wacky, zany performances to a variety of stages. […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun English instructor Katie Tanigawa on bad language and good weekendsKnow 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 who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want […] Continue Reading |
Camosun opens Interaction Lab at Interurban campusCamosun is opening its new Babcock Canada Interaction Lab to students on October 24. The lab is set to provide students with real-life problems that, once solved, will benefit local companies, mainly in the small-scale manufacturing and product-development sectors. The college’s intent for the lab is for students to get hands-on work experience. Working in […] Continue Reading |
Unpacking the Bags: How to cope with being away from familyAfter spending a long time away from home, we begin to reflect on the real consequences of the decision to move to another country. When we, international students, arrive at our destination, it’s all joy, novelty, and satisfaction to be living a dream. We need some time and some special days for us to really […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A proposal: Financially troubled students should try not being poorDearest Reader, Few, it sometimes seems, are the issues of this fine publication making their way to the stands without trace of that complaint most central in a student’s life. I write, of course, of the general and common concerns of financial instability in the lives of the city’s young populace, the instability that allegedly […] Continue Reading |
