New Music Revue: Paper Beat Scissors’ hobo electro needs more electroPaper Beat Scissors Go On (Forward Music Group) 3/5 Halifax-based Tim Crabtree’s second effort under the Paper Beat Scissors name is a worthwhile listen for melancholic flannel-wearers and timid vagabonds alike. He describes his music as “hobo electro,” and although the hobo aspect is definitely believable, I wish more of the latter could have been […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Haruki Murakami’s fusion fiction“The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake,” Japanese author Haruki Murakami once said. Murakami’s books, often featuring a dream-like blend of realism and surrealism, have sold millions of copies worldwide and made Murakami a literary superstar in his native Japan. But the literary life came as a […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus Kate Rooper writes young-adult novelCamosun alumnus Kate Rooper has done many things so far in her life. She’s a blogger, a former fashion model, and a self-proclaimed “crappy part-time employee,” and right now she’s focused on her new young adult novel, Jane Unwrapped, which she co-wrote with her sister Leah. But her road to success began in a very different […] Continue Reading |
New play combines Batman and Downton Abbey at Craigdarroch CastleThe Lord of Misrule and his psychotic henchmen have taken you and the staff of Arkenham Abbey, an insane asylum in the English countryside, hostage. Your only hope for escape is the Knight Watchman, with whom the asylum inmates have demanded a meeting. As a dedicated foe of all criminals, you can be sure […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Chris Ayles marks hard for a reasonKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to know more about one of your teachers, but you’re too busy, or shy, to ask? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we’ll add your instructor […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Long Distance Runners deliver eccentric indie rockLong Distance Runners Elements (Independent) 3/5 Elements, the third album from Newfoundland rockers Long Distance Runners, blends folk, country, psychedelic, and classic rock sounds. The band delivers unique arrangements of guitar, bass, and percussion with synth and horns, creating a very eccentric sonic landscape. The punchy bass lines and shimmering guitar leads take centre stage: […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College students aim for refugee-sponsorship programWorld University Service of Canada (WUSC), a student-based and student-run non-governmental organization that has a chapter operating out of Camosun College, is hoping to start a refugee-sponsorship program through an official Camosun student refugee program. The program would place a sponsored refugee student at Camosun College. “Sixty-one schools across Canada already fund this program,” says […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The new liberal puritanismAccording to a recent article in The Atlantic, American universities are under siege. Apparently, the current generation of students feels entitled to an education scrubbed clean of any ideas, words, or works of literature that may in any way trouble one of their number. They are pressuring teachers to limit discussion of offensive topics and […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers golf team starts season strongThe 2015/2016 PACWEST golf season has begun, and the Camosun Chargers golf team has claimed its third consecutive win on home turf. The Chargers golf team, who took home silver in the provincial and national championships last year, hosted the Camosun Invitational at Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa on September 26 and 27. They […] Continue Reading |
Look: Art, fun, and creativityI was transported back in time last week to the land of elementary school field trips. Back then, the field trip was the holiest of holidays. Would our parents sign? Of course, now, I’m 43. I can sign my own permission form, which is what I did, so to speak, when it was time to […] Continue Reading |
