Student society “reasonably confident” Camosun took action over events detailed in accusatory letterThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) feels that Camosun College has taken action after an anonymous letter was sent to the CCSS stating that a Camosun student allegedly threatened to use a gun to shoot women at the school in November of last year, but the college is not giving out any details. CCSS student […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Chemistry prof Silvija Smith on ice cream and embracing technologyKnow 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. If you have an instructor you’d like to see interviewed in the paper, but perhaps you’re […] Continue Reading |
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The Bi-weekly Gamer: Esports and the surge of wealthRecently there has been a huge amount of money floating around in not just one or two esports but in almost all of the major ones. Teams are being bought up in Overwatch for upward of $1 million; prize pools in Dota 2 are reaching $18 million; League of Legends is pumping, presumably, thousands into […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 29, 2017 issueCFS controversy begins: Back in 1992, the Camosun College Student Society was talking about joining the Canadian Federation of Students; Camosun students did end up voting to join the national student organization. Letter-writer Chris Conway wrote in our March 30, 1992 issue, “What benefit is membership in the Canadian Federation of Students?” Interestingly, we ran […] Continue Reading |
Art exhibit looks at environmental issues through pole dancingBirds of Paradise is a new art installation that seeks to use pole dancing as a vehicle to tell the story of a post-energy-crisis world. Lauren Mardsen—who came up with the idea and directed, filmed, and edited the video installation—says that she was inspired by a friend displaying her pole-dancing skills. “I really got inspired […] Continue Reading |
Play examines true story of gay rights in 19th-century VictoriaUniversity of Victoria professor Jennifer Wise has long held a passion for site-specific dramatic performances based on little-known histories of Victoria. Having cut her teeth on her original production, The Girl Rabbi of the Golden West, Wise is now working with director Matthew Payne and students of the UVic theatre program on A Queer Trial, […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A proposal: Camosun must acknowledge a neglected cultureOne can surely envisage few ideals yet dearer to the heart of the Canadian than this grand nation’s consummate manner of societal inclusion for all amongst its population in each and every forum of economic and social opportunity, and in every facet of public life. With like admiration, we may gaze back in pride on […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 29, 2017 issueStudent society raising student voting awareness BC students have launched the Students Are Voting campaign in an attempt to get more students to commit to voting in the May provincial elections. The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) was campaigning to get signatures at the Lansdowne campus on March 15 and will continue gathering signatures until […] Continue Reading |
Smith vs. Smith: March 29, 2017 issueSee more at smithvssmith.com. Continue Reading |
