Lit Matters: The mythologies of Leonard CohenThere has been a lot of ink spilt over the songwriting-versus-literature debate since Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Some critics, even while they accept that lyrics can be literature, question the specific choice of Dylan. In a year with zero women laureates, why not Joni Mitchell? At […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: November 2 to 15, 2016Until November 7 Local B.C. readings Reading helps to connect families and friends; Read Local BC is a series of events that can just do that through readings of poetry, stories, and more. For more information on authors, dates, and locations, see books.bc.ca. Until December 10 Without an origin Altering photos is one of those […] Continue Reading |
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The Bi-weekly Gamer: Slugfest at Staples CenterWell, they did it: SK Telecom T1 (SKT) claimed their third championship in four years. This marks the end of the League of Legends World Championships for 2016 and, boy, was it a show to remember. Facing off in the finals against SKT were Korean league rivals Samsung Galaxy, a team that was rebuilt from […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 2, 2016 issueNew student reps elected to CCSS board The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held their student-board by-elections on October 25 and 26. 16 students were voted into their positions; look for a complete story in the Nov. 16 issue of Nexus. Student society gives the gift of giving Every year, the CCSS puts together a […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun English prof Nigel Brooks gets post-apocalypticalKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions to get to know them better. If you have an instructor you’d like to see interviewed in the paper, but perhaps you’re too busy to ask them […] Continue Reading |
Calculated Thought: Matters of interest, part deuxLast issue I voiced an ominous warning to not celebrate low interest rates, as they can be a sign of wobbling economies grasping for growth. And at such extreme lows, rates generally have only one direction to go. If interest rates rise, it shows that there’s confidence in our economy, which hopefully means wage increases […] Continue Reading |
Smashing spiritual stereotypes: A look at Victoria’s witchcraft communityAttending a post-secondary institution is not just about making it to class on time, double-spacing your mid-term paper, and choking down cafeteria food. Those are elements of a student’s day-to-day life—some of them vital elements—but education sometimes comes when a chalkboard is nowhere in sight, as it did for me the foggy fall Friday afternoon […] Continue Reading |
Victoria’s Evan Crofton brings Busty and the Bass homeVictoria’s Evan Crofton fell in love with hip hop and rap at a young age. From listening to records as a teenager to touring the UK and mainland Europe with his band Busty And The Bass (who are based in Montreal, where Crofton lives now), music and performance have always been his life. After being […] Continue Reading |
To See or Not to See: Adaptation is a modern masterpieceAdaptation (2002) 5/5 “Do I have an original thought in my head?” This is the first line of the Charlie Kaufman-written, Spike Jonze-directed Adaptation (2002), and from there the film sets about exploring the depths of its own question, proving itself to be one of the most fascinating, inventive, and oddly universal plumbings of the […] Continue Reading |
