Smith vs. Smith: November 16, 2016 issue |
Magazine Issue
New Music Revue: Redspencer relaxes, Rykka brings the partyRedspencer Perks (Deaf Ambitions) 3/5 While Redspencer is based in Melbourne, Australia, the indie-pop band’s members grew up in northern New South Wales; the influence of that area’s sunny weather can be heard from the first chord on Perks. This, Redspencer’s debut album, is the perfect soundtrack for day trips in the summer, gazing at […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Bill C-16 not taking away rightsI’m tired of the opinion that Bill C-16 is about taking away a person’s rights when it’s about recognizing them. I’m tired of the fact that it is a certain type of person with this opinion, and I’m tired of the fragile male ego, the one that objects when others succeed in fighting for their […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student developing new appEvery Camosun student develops their own path in life; sometime students end up in places they thought they’d never be. Camosun College Business major Connor Foreman, for example, has found himself entering into the world of app design and getting a head start in the business world. Foreman says that his app, Locus, aims to […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: John K. Samson, Aloonaluna, Flower Girl, SparrowsJohn K. Samson Winter Wheat (Anti- Records) 4/5 Winter Wheat is the second solo album (third, if you count 1993’s split release Slips and Tangles) from John K. Samson, former vocalist/guitarist of popular indie rockers The Weakerthans. In true Samson style, the album is dripping with Canadian and prairie images and is an homage to […] Continue Reading |
Twin Rains get extreme with their dream popTwin Rains take the sounds of pop to extreme places on their debut album, Automatic Hands. But not extreme in a loud or heavy way; instead, they go the other direction. They’ve been called “dream pop,” if that’s any indication as to what their sound is like. And it makes sense that they want to […] Continue Reading |
Student society refuses to participate in CFS rally; student petition circulates regarding CFS membershipEvery Camosun College student pays, through their student fees, membership dues to the Canadian Federation Of Students (CFS), Canada’s largest national student group. Despite this, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has chosen to not participate in the CFS’ Fight the Fees rally, which is happening on November 2 as part of the CFS’ national […] Continue Reading |
Smith vs. Smith: November 2, 2016 issue |
Camosun Chargers volleyball season beginsVolleyball is one of those sports that everyone knows. From daring dives to powerful spikes to coordinated sets, a viewer expects the players to be masterful in all regards of the game. The wear and tear on the mental strength of a player or coach can be quite strenuous. The Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball team […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: For our collective benefitDearest reader, Allow me to draw your attention to the crisis of the student debt and all of its attendant problems, a concern on whose unhappy nature much has recently been written, and for whose reformation far more precedent yet remains. I am astonished, bystander though I am, that a certain collection of glaringly obvious solutions […] Continue Reading |