Know Your Profs: Camosun Civil Engineering chair Zoë Broom on wiping out the pan with naanKnow 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. If you have an instructor you’d like to see interviewed in the paper, email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we’ll add them to our list of teachers to talk to. This issue, we […] Continue Reading |
Anthology gives unique spin on history of Canadian seasSpindrift: A Canadian Book of the Sea, edited by Michael and Anita Hadley, is an anthology about the Canadian seas. The stories and poems highlight, through the different authors’ personal experiences, the history of the Canadian seas and their effects on people’s lives. Both the stories and poetry are very descriptive and evocative; they create […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Proposed legislation looms on private corporationsThe federal government recently released Tax Planning Using Corporations, a paper that proposes changes to the taxing of private corporations. The laws that govern our tax system are convoluted. The Income War Tax Act was a 10-page document in 1917; it’s now a bloated 3,000 pages. Governments amend, repeal, and introduce new provisions to support […] Continue Reading |
Presidential hindsight: Catching up with three of Camosun College’s past presidentsWhether it’s coping with financial struggles, dealing with the aftermath of an impromptu speech that left some people offended, or facing an unexplained contract termination, serving as president of Camosun College is not without some havoc. Perhaps that’s why the stories behind three of Camosun’s former presidents—Lloyd Morin, Liz Ashton, and Kathryn Laurin—are so compelling. […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: How VR could turn esports on its headEscaping to another dimension or reality: it’s a dream that’s been around for a long time, as proved by the incredible number of movies and books inspired by the concept of virtual reality (VR). Of course, industry tech leaders have been trying to create VR for a very long time now, and in recent years […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Marijuana should not be legalized for recreational useMarijuana should not be legalized in BC for recreational use because of the associated health and safety risks. Medicinal marijuana has been recognized and legalized in BC for its health benefits; its effectiveness in pain relief, without the side effects from commonly used prescription pain medication like morphine, is invaluable. The budding gold mine has […] Continue Reading |
Secret bank accounts, a petition to defederate, and asthma-induced racist accusations: notes from the frontlines of the national student movementAs Camosun students go about their day—running to class, studying late, drinking ultra-caffeinated cafeteria coffee—many remain unaware that they are walking on top of a tension-filled world of student politics. And it’s one that they pay into through membership fees to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS). […] Continue Reading |
Exhibit showcases Camosun artist-in-residence alumniA little air is a new visual arts exhibit up at Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus, and it has a twist: it’s made up of older works from seven of Camosun’s artist-in-residence alumni. The works on display may vary in concept and design, but they are consistently thought-provoking and creative. “I was invited to apply for […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Stevens’ new EP decent summer tunesThe Stevens Good (Chapter Music) 3.5/5 The second album from Melbourne alternative band The Stevens is refreshing and calming and brings a warm feeling to rest in the listener’s chest. It blends into one perfect melody for summer road trips, as well as late-night study sessions. Opener “Chancer” is a soft and emotional song that […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A proposal: Camosun must offer job to displaced premierDearest reader, If events in our fair province following the recently passed provincial election might be proportionately and appropriately characterized as a storm, then the BC Liberal government should be thought of as a beached whale, aging and badly suited for the waters in which it swam, now found deflating on the shoreline in a […] Continue Reading |
