Victoria’s Astrocolor offer weird take on holiday music with debut releaseAround the holidays, Christmas music is inescapable. From shopping malls to private parties, the blithe choruses of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Deck the Halls” will follow you from Thanksgiving dinner right up until your Christmas feast. Some relish how these songs carry with them the spirit of the season, while others fiercely detest them. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Reversing Falls rock ragged, rawReversing Falls Reversing Falls 2 (Independent) 3.5/5 This Montreal-based noisy rock band storms out of the gates strong with “This Is Why,” the song taking an almost-surf-rock guitar line and filtering it through shoegaze production and a ragged garage-rock/indie-rock sound. It’s a stellar way to start off their second album, and it doesn’t stop there. […] Continue Reading |
One door for all: The Camosun College Pride Collective is leading the way for gender-neutral multi-stall bathrooms at CamosunThe Camosun College Pride Collective is currently working on a proposal that would see the implementation of gender-neutral washrooms on both campuses. Gender-neutral, also known as gender-inclusive, washrooms are washrooms that can be used by those who identify as male, female, or outside the gender binary. This would be good news for transgender students, who, […] Continue Reading |
Gamers excited about 2016 releases2016 is set to be a huge year for exciting video games, with big-name sequels such as Final Fantasy XV, Street Fighter V, and Mass Effect: Andromeda hitting shelves. Down at Hang & Play Video Games, store owner Adrian McBurney is hearing a lot of excitement from his customers, including much talk about a new […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Jodi Lundgren gets creativeKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor 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 want to […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: January 20 to February 2, 2016Wednesday, January 20 until Saturday, January 30 Tap dancing comedy The Langham Court Theatre is starting off the new year with Stepping Out. Set in the 1980s in a dingy church hall, the show features a group of wannabe tap dancers stumbling their way through dance classes in a comedic way. Shows start at 8 […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College Student Society: Clubs: the perfect side dish for your educationThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is dedicated to providing advocacy, services, and student life on campus. We are in a constant state of change, re-evaluating our policies each year to ensure we keep up to date with the needs of our members. Last semester we re-imagined our clubs policy to better equate the disbursement […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Career Fair offers more for business students this yearCamosun College is hosting its annual Career Fair from 10 am to 2 pm on Thursday, January 28, and this year’s event will be offering something new for the college’s students. Camosun College marketing officer Sally Coates has been working hard to include companies who may be looking for those who are taking business classes. […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: January 20, 2016 issueCamosun dental clinic open to new clients Camosun College’s dental clinic, located at the Lansdowne campus, is now taking new clients of all ages. This low-cost professional dental hygiene clinic offers full assessments, cleaning, polishing, fluoride, X-rays, and sealants. More information can be found at camosun.ca/smile or 250-370-3184. Chargers check-in On Friday, January 8 the […] Continue Reading |
Camosun environmental sustainability plan gets silver ratingCamosun College recently earned a Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) silver rating for its official college sustainability plan. This was the first time the college completed a STARS evaluation, which is done through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS uses a four-point ranking system, consisting of bronze, […] Continue Reading |
