The Bi-weekly Gamer: Climbing out of the bloodbath

2016 is a milestone year for professional North American League of Legends teams. With the world championships just around the corner, the 16 teams qualified to attend this prestigious tournament have been locked into their groups’ brackets. All three of the North American teams this year show tremendous skill and improvement compared to previous years, […]

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Tokyo Police Club survive a decade in the music industry

Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright has seen a lot in his band’s decade-long career, including Victoria’s Rifflandia festival. The band played the fest last year and although they’re missing it this time around they’re still excited to be coming back to the island. “Yeah, Rifflandia, we did that last summer and it was amazing,” […]

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The annual report: Camosun College president Sherri Bell looks back at her first year on the job

Camosun College president Sherri Bell started her job here a year ago, following the unexpected and prompt termination of previous president Kathryn Laurin’s contract. Bell was stepping into a position filled with questions, and she was about to lead the college through a year of change. We caught up with Bell recently to talk about […]

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Camosun staff art exhibit showcases diversity in mediums

Just because a piece of artwork hasn’t reached the traditional stage of completion doesn’t mean it’s not art that its makers can display with pride. At least that’s Camosun Visual Arts prof Mike McLean’s opinion; the R+D exhibit backs him up, and it’s up and running on campus until September 26. McLean says that it’s […]

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Camosun College launches gender-inclusive washrooms on both campuses

Five single-occupancy washrooms at Camosun’s Interurban and Lansdowne campuses were recently re-designated as being gender-inclusive. The college added signage to these washroom doors stating that they are “all gender” washrooms and that “anyone can use this restroom, regardless of gender identity or expression.” Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external executive Rachael Grant says that the […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 21, 2016 issue

Just a story about a big-ass tent theft: From the “why would anyone bother?” department: our September 16, 1991 issue featured the cover story “Tent theft proves costly to student society,” which detailed, well, exactly what it promised: the woes of the Camosun College Student Society as they dealt with the aftermath of one of […]

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Camosun College Mechanical Engineering Showcase returns to Interurban for 2016

Science is like fire: it changes lives and creates futures. When Prometheus took fire from Olympus, people thought fire was a miracle, and Prometheus was a hero. In a way, engineering technology is like those ancient myths, because it brings miracles to people’s lives. For example, 2,000 years ago, people could not believe that they […]

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Lit Matters: Existentialism in the woods with Per Petterson

“You decide when it will hurt,” chides a father to his son in Per Petterson’s novel Out Stealing Horses. The novel, set in the Norwegian forest in both the present day and in 1948, is a tender look at human relationships and the forces that determine how we, as individuals, are defined. Petterson has become […]

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