A connected campus: How technology is changing the classrooms of CamosunWe’re in the midst of a technological revolution that is changing the way we communicate, think, and, perhaps of most relevance to Camosun students, learn. People are glued to their electronic devices more than ever; in some ways it’s replacing face-to-face communication. Life in the classroom has changed, too, with more and more students ignoring […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 16, 2016Bound with surprising claims: Here in 2016 we’re used to seeing news stories about people being offended about, well, everything; a news story, for example, about someone claiming a toy sexually harassed them barely registers as being absurd anymore. But maybe it’s not that new of a thing: in our November 12, 1991 issue, we […] Continue Reading |
Brewing Revolution goes down easyI don’t normally read memoirs or biographies; I find they tend to be insipid and vain. However, when my editor asked me if I like beer—I do—and asked me to review Frank Appleton’s Brewing Revolution (Harbour Publishing), I made an exception. I’m glad I did. Starting out as a microbiologist in England, Appleton came to […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College contributes $10,000 to student society Walk Safer programCamosun College recently contributed $10,000 to the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) Walk Safer program. The program assists students who want to be escorted to or from their car or between Camosun’s buildings; Walk Safer staff also patrol the campuses in the evenings. Walk Safer is staffed primarily by work-study students and volunteers. “We asked […] Continue Reading |
To See or Not to See: Crumb a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigmaCrumb (1994) 5/5 The world of Robert Crumb, the reclusive and reluctant counter-culture comic visionary of the 1960s and ’70s, is a fiercely fascinating microcosm of idiosyncrasies including sordid perversion, familial dysfunction, and the pressures of unwanted fame. Crumb (1994) is the microscope that documents it all, and in doing so it shows us the […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: New mortgage regulations may impact rental marketNew federal mortgage stress-test regulations could increase the cost of rental housing. In reaction to the worrying levels of rising household debt in Canada, finance minister Bill Morneau has cooked up a way to slow the debt buffet. As of October 16, buyers are evaluated on their ability to pay their mortgage based on the […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 16, 2016 issueFormer Nexus writers on reality show Camosun (and Nexus) alumni Shawn O’Hara and Shane Priestly are part of a new reality comedy special called Building the Room that follows a group of comedians through the writing, production, and promotion process of their show. According to a press release, the comedians will have to promote their […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: From one worlds to the nextGame developers Blizzard recently hosted their annual convention, Blizzcon. By far the most noticeable event at the otherwise boring convention was their Overwatch world cup tournament. I talked about Overwatch in this column a couple of months ago, when the game was first released. In seemingly no time at all, it has fully flourished into […] Continue Reading |
Les Liaisons Dangereuses draws upper-class parallels from eras pastSex is a weapon of manipulation. At least the two rivals in the play Les Liaisons Dangereuses would have you believe it is. But the play—Christopher Hampton’s stage adaptation of the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos novel—is much more than that, says director Fran Gebhard. “The play is set in the 1780s, just before the French […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: The genre-busting fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin“My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it,” wrote Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the 20th century’s most successful world-hopping novelists. Because many of her novels and stories take place on other planets or in times far removed from our own, […] Continue Reading |
