25 years ago in NexusCafeteria chaos: One of the main cover stories in our March 5, 1991 issue looked at a strike that almost shut down the Lansdowne cafeteria. But not quite: a one-year contract was agreed upon between Beaver Foods, who owned the cafeteria then, and their workers. The Camosun College Student Society stepped in and suggested mediation […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Carpentry and Trades program coordinator Christian Allen teaches for the 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 |
Camosun College Student Society concerned over minister of advanced education’s commentsThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) claims that minister of advanced education Andrew Wilkinson made statements regarding BC student debt in a February 3 Times Colonist article that were misleading or unrealistic. Specifically, the CCSS is concerned about Wilkinson’s claim that 61,000 students receive financial assistance. The CCSS says that this is representative of less […] Continue Reading |
10 things you didn’t know about Camosun (Lansdowne edition)Camosun College opened its doors in 1971; in the past 45 years, countless students have roamed the halls and fields of the Lansdowne campus. During that time, stories have been told and myths have blossomed: tales of, for example, ghosts, underground tunnels, and, uh, turtles. Naturally, there are lots of unanswered questions, and we’re here […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: What is a sport?I want to talk about the word “sport,” the definition behind it, and how e-sports is dismantling the stigma of gaming. This topic is a hefty one, so I will be breaking it up into two columns. The Oxford Dictionary defines a sport as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Marian Engel bears it all“Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is through change that we pretend that we can make decisions, and keep our pride,” wrote Marian Engel, a Canadian novelist who was very much interested in stories of personal change. Engel […] Continue Reading |
The Sheepdogs return to town a changed bandThe Sheepdogs are coming back to Victoria with new tunes and a new lineup. Three years since the release of their self-titled album, Future Nostalgia features 18 new Sheepdogs songs that the group recorded at a cottage in Stony Lake, Ontario. It’s the Saskatoon rock band’s fifth album, and it comes with a lineup change: […] Continue Reading |
The Valley brings current events close to homeAs students, we’re often too focused on our coursework to assess our own mental health or that of those around us. We consider the victims of police aggression and devastating mental illness to be beyond us, fleeting figures in dashcam videos and quivering cell-phone recordings whose altercations are to be put on trial on YouTube. […] Continue Reading |
Local author examines The Butchart Gardens’ hidden historyResidents of Victoria are all too familiar with The Butchart Gardens. It’s one of our more well-known claims to fame; it’s also widely known that beneath the beautiful and blossoming landscape lies a historic tale, although the details of the tale are unknown to many. This uncertainty is precisely what prompted University of Victoria professor […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s Art-Poem-Art Experiment shows off student workDuring February and March, Camosun College Visual Arts instructor Nancy Yakimoski and visual arts student Aileen Penner are facilitating a special art project for students at the college. It’s called the Art-Poem-Art Experiment, and it will show off the talents of Camosun students in a unique way. “We’re both poets involved in the writing community, […] Continue Reading |
