Camosun College instructor explores intense themes in new bookCamosun College English and Creative Writing instructor Kari Jones knows all about betrayal, responsibility, crisis, and community. After all, her new young-adult novel, At the Edge of the World, explores all of those themes and more. The book is set in a fictional small town along the west coast of Vancouver Island inspired by Tofino […] Continue Reading |
To See or Not to See: Fitzcarraldo fearsomely and fantastically unfalteringFitzcarraldo (1982) 5/5 Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo (1982) is a film so bizarre that there are scenes that, in retrospect, I feel I must have dreamed. There is an untenable wild—a musty creeping of fortune and disaster—at the heart of this film. There’s an omnipresent sense of dread and unease that captures the viewer and slowly […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: October 19, 2016 issueHarshing the college’s mellow: According to a story in our October 15, 1991 issue, Camosun was dealing with the “stoned virus” on its computers at the time. The virus, which displayed a message on computer screens calling for legalization of marijuana, was spreading throughout the computer labs at the college. Unfortunately, this was before the […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Dean Ween returns with The Deaner AlbumThe Dean Ween Group The Deaner Album (ATO Records) 3/5 Best known as half of alt-rock duo Ween, Dean Ween is not one to sit idle between gigs. Since Ween’s breakup in 2012, he’s been jamming with friends, and it’s culminated in The Deaner Album. Opening with “Dickie Betts,” a southern-rock ode to the Allman […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Matters of interestCanadians are binging on cheap debt. Interest rates are at historic lows and household debt at record highs. Earlier this year, Canada topped the charts of G7 countries with the highest “debt to disposable income” ratio, recently clocked at 167 percent; for every dollar of after-tax income Canadians make, we owe $1.67 to someone else, […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: The magic reality of Gabriel García Márquez“A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it,” said Gabriel García Márquez, a Latin American novelist and journalist best known for his sweeping novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Márquez grew up in Colombia and began his literary career as a journalist. But when the government was […] Continue Reading |
New book looks at Canadian history in rich detailDerek Hayes’ Canada: An Illustrated History (Douglas & McIntyre) is a thorough and entertaining glimpse into Canada’s past and what led us to today; this 296-page behemoth is great for those who are interested in our country’s history. The book starts with the discovery of North America by Aboriginal peoples and ends with Justin Trudeau […] Continue Reading |
Camosun considers bringing gamification to the classroomThe prospect of video games in classrooms seems like an absurd idea thought up by a group of nerds. But, in reality, video games are more popular than ever, and some innovation in our school system is long overdue; students have been writing tests, papers, worksheets, and everything else on paper and in Microsoft Word […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Scenic Route to Alaska deliver comforting sounds on Long Walk HomeScenic Route to Alaska Long Walk Home (Butler Records) 3/5 Edmonton indie-folk-pop band Scenic Route to Alaska has come out with a sweet and nostalgic sound on their fourth LP, Long Walk Home. Lead singer Trevor Mann’s voice has a unique sound to it that makes each word he sings cut through all the instruments […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students save thousands with free textbooksCamosun students have saved over $115,000 since 2012 through the Open Textbook Project, according to the provincial government. The project offers free online textbooks so students don’t have to pay for physical books. The project is spearheaded at Camosun by Plumbing and Pipe Trades instructor Rod Lidstone, who says that Camosun was given “copyright freedom […] Continue Reading |
