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 |
Vinyl lovers come together at Victoria record fairIt might seem hard to believe, but there is a demographic of people who don’t open MP3 files to listen to music. Instead, they prefer to listen to tunes the old-fashioned, tangible way: on vinyl. Ryan Wugalter, organizer of Vinyl Supernova—a large record fair happening on October 22—says that there will be more records for […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 19, 2016 issueCamosun Chargers golf team gets first place The Camosun Chargers golf team earned first place in the Pacific Western Athletic Association closing tournament on Sunday, October 2. Head coach John Randle said in a press release that he is proud of his team for shooting the 2,347 conference low that earned them the win. Camosun […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Africa Calling struggles to get phone donationsVictoria is known for its vast number of charities. Camosun College is no stranger to them; Africa Calling, for example, has had a strong presence here on campus for the past seven years (indeed, the group started as a class project at Camosun). Africa Calling collects phones and distributes them to those less fortunate, but […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Max Oleson connects with studentsKnow 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 in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Slothrust’s intelligent lyrics shine on new albumSlothrust Everyone Else (Dangerbird Records) 3.5/5 Jazz- and blues-influenced rock is not my usual genre of choice, but Slothrust kept me interested on their third album. The songs have very interesting titles, which always pulls the listeners in and is very fitting for this album. Personally, I would have preferred the first song, “Surf Goth,” […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: Rebooting esportsChange is inevitable; when you are the biggest esport in the world, change can mean the difference between bankruptcy and fortune. Riot Games recently released a new set of changes for their professional League of Legends players. Centred on fandom, economics, and stability, Riot hopes to apply these changes (and more) to all 13 leagues […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Feminists need to listen to cis men tooI would be perfectly justified if I hated men. It’s a statement I’ve made many times to cis men, after a conversation where I “out” myself as a feminist and state that feminism is about equality. The gears turn, they get the look, they blurt out that feminism is about hating men. They expect me […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: October 19, 2016 issue |
