Open Space: Pronoun usage shouldn’t trample freedom of speech“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction”—powerful words once uttered by Ronald Reagan. And these words could not strike truer in recent days, as freedom of speech is under fire in academia. We live in a world where we are no longer man and woman, but man, […] Continue Reading |
Dearest Reader: A proposal: Valentine’s day is a grand opportunityDearest Reader, To your most assured awareness, that so-talked-about festival of Valentine’s Day is again nearly upon us. Rarely has there been a holiday which has come to be reckoned so unpleasant and so widely and vastly despised in the young people of our nation as this one. The burden of lonesomeness that plagues they […] Continue Reading |
Django Fest brings Roma flair to VictoriaThis month, venues along Victoria’s waterfront district will be transformed into a world of near-mystical performance art rooted in the wayfaring soul of the European Roma and the sparkling jazz clubs of the first half of the 20th century. It was by the blending of these two styles that Django Reinhardt, himself Romani, crafted a […] Continue Reading |
Toronto’s USS return to second home VictoriaToronto’s USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) are playing not one but two dates in town on their current tour for new album New World Alphabet, and there’s a reason for that: it was Victoria where the band first started to get noticed outside of Toronto. “In 2008, when our first song got discovered and started getting […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College student Comics Club welcomes allWith superhero movies everywhere, video games becoming more mainstream, and general nerd lifestyle becoming popular through mass media, it’s no surprise that comic books are making a huge surge in popularity. Even Camosun has jumped on this and has a program dedicated to graphic novel and comic book design. There is now also a comic […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Tea Fest rises from the dead to bring tea to townThe Victoria Tea Festival ran for several successful years before it ended in 2013. But local tea lovers have cause to rejoice: The International Tea Appreciation Society has decided to put on the Victoria Tea Festival Revival to continue the legacy of the previous festival. “This year we’re doing a tea market and symposium at […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Investing: getting startedNow that you know the difference between an RRSP and a TFSA (see last issue), how do you get started investing? Banks have discount brokerages—services that process purchases and sales of investments—that they work with. Do some research and find one that suits your needs. Once you have an account, you can start buying and […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Writers: Nexus staff writer Adam BoyleHave you ever wondered about the Camosun students writing the articles you read in Nexus? Know Your Writers will help you dive into the minds of the writers behind the stories. This issue, staff writer Adam Boyle talks about making the right choice, getting motivation to write, and his strange amount of free time. What […] Continue Reading |
25 Years in Nexus: February 1, 2017 issueThat’s one way to get the message across: The story “Tuition freeze unlikely” in our February 3, 1992 issue talked about how Tom Perry, who was the provincial minister of advanced education at the time, had recently visited Camosun College. The Camosun College Student Society, unhappy at the state of tuition, gave Perry a little […] Continue Reading |
Camosun to construct $48.5-million building at InterurbanCamosun College is building a new Health and Science Centre at Interurban, thanks in large part to provincial and federal funding. The $48.5-million project is being funded with $12.5 million from the federal government and $31 million from the provincial government, with the college paying the rest. Camosun vice president of education John Boraas says […] Continue Reading |
