The Sylvia Platters serve up fresh musicAbbotsford dream-pop band The Sylvia Platters just released their new EP, Melt, and it’s an important step for them: it’s the first record they’ve put out since getting the band back together a year ago after some time on hiatus. “Last summer we played a bunch of shows around BC and kind of honed that […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College institutes new 20-credit registration limitAs of September of this year, Camosun College will be implementing a 20-credit registration limit. This will prevent students from registering in extra classes as a safeguard, a practice that the college says is making other students unable to get into the classes they want. Camosun registrar Scott Harris adds that this limit is coming […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Cryptocurrencies are the new Wild WestAfter a turbulent road to the mainstream, cryptocurrencies are making headlines. Most of this new hype isn’t discussing the revolutionary blockchain technology that runs these systems, but the gargantuan price rally that major coins have experienced since the beginning of 2017. Early adopters have made out swimmingly. Initially valued at $0.0008 USD per coin—the estimated […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: July 12, 2017 issueCamosun alumnus new Chargers coach Former Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball player Brent Hall is the new Chargers women’s volleyball head coach. Hall—who graduated from Camosun with a bachelor’s degree in Athletic and Exercise Therapy—played for the Chargers when they won consecutive British Columbia Colleges Athletics Association provincial gold medals in 2009 and 2010. Hall replaces […] Continue Reading |
Cream of the Craft: Some in-between beers for the in-between days of spring and summerProbably my favourite time of the year is when we swing from spring toward summer. The weather seems to be in a constant state of flux between really nice and really crappy. On the nice days, I’ll sit under a shady tree, read a book, and listen to some chill tunes. On those grey, muggy […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 14, 2017 issueCredit maximum to be implemented on course registration As of September, Camosun students will not be able to register in more than 20 credits per term. This new rule comes as a result of a high number of students registering in courses they may or may not take; because of this, classes are often filled […] Continue Reading |
Totally depressing contemporary-art scene exposedReally, the word “art” barely even has any place in that headline, or in the scene that The Orange Balloon Dog: Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market documents. In the book, author Don Thompson—who has several books to his name, all focusing on the same theme—shows how the modern contemporary art world […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: June 14 to July 11, 2017Saturday, June 17 until Monday, September 4 Cumberland before WWII Mirror with Memory, an exhibit that showcases what life was like before the Second World War in the central Vancouver Island community of Cumberland, is on at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria until September 4. The photos and documents in the exhibit showcase some very […] Continue Reading |
Workshop combines city planning and tree housesWhat’s an engaging way to get citizens proactive in city development? Get them to sketch a tree house, of course. And that’s what Crazy Dames—made up of artist Jennie Suddick and urban planner Sara Udow—intend to do at Open Space’s upcoming Creative Placemaking Workshops. The workshops are divided into two separate events, the first of […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Melvin van Peebles soundtrack looks aheadMelvin van Peebles Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song (An Opera) (Stax Records) 3.5/5 This reissue of this 1971 soundtrack is notable for the performances of Earth, Wind & Fire—at that point, still relatively unknown—but lays down a mean ’70s funk/soul groove regardless of who’s playing it. But it’s noteworthy for more than that. With a wild, […] Continue Reading |
