Look: Being prepared and being OCDI’m not always the most prepared person. I’m a procrastinator. I wait and I wait until basically the moment makes all the minutes disappear and time ticks down like a clock on high-speed internet. Assignments are due and the workload is huge. I remember, somewhere in the far reaches of my memory, someone telling me […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun dean Dominic Bergeron really misses teachingKnow 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 |
Lit Matters: The gargantuan humour of John Kennedy Toole“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life,” said Ignatius J. Reilly, the fat, slovenly anti-hero of John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces. Set in mid-century New Orleans, the book features a menagerie of hilarious characters that revolves around the bombastic Reilly. Lover of medieval philosophy […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College’s Dunlop House pub teaches real-life skillsCamosun College has a lot of unique quirks. Every program has something a bit special about it, but the Hospitality Management program might take the cake. Now in its 42nd year, the program takes a very hands-on approach to learning. “We run a fine dining restaurant on Wednesday evenings in the fall, and then on […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Nexus is your life on paperNow 25 years old, Nexus is a small college newspaper that students fund through their student fees (the paper has no official ties to Camosun College, so we can report on college issues without bias). Having this newspaper on campus is an invaluable resource for where you stand, and for finding out how your world […] Continue Reading |
25 years ago in Nexus: October 21, 2015 issueDon’t forget to make your voice heard: The story “No student elections for Lansdowne!” in our October 16, 1990 issue was notable enough for its outrageous use of an exclamation point in a headline (ugh), never mind the content: due to a shortage of candidates, the student council elections for that October had to be […] Continue Reading |
The Rocky Horror Show returns for Halloween funAfter the success of last year’s staging of The Rocky Horror Show, local group Rebel Knock Out Productions decided to make it an annual event. The cult classic musical tribute to sci-fi and horror B-movies has been staged since 1973; Atomic Vaudeville’s Britt Small is directing this production. “We’re starting with the foundation of what […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society elections to take place in OctoberThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) student council elections are taking place on October 28 and 29. As has been the case in years past, getting students aware and voting is a challenge. CCSS executive director Michel Turcotte says it is up to the candidates to engage students. “I think it’s kind of unfair thinking […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: October 21 to November 3, 2015Until Saturday, October 24 Silent entertainment Wonderheads are a theatre company that preforms wordless and in full-face masks. Their latest play, LOON, tells the story of a lonely janitor with a child-like imagination and fascination with the moon. This play is a mix of physical theatre, comedy, and pathos, all wrapped up in a love […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: October 21, 2015 issueCamosun Chargers golf team national champs The Camosun Chargers golf team recently took home the men’s national collegiate championship title. The Chargers emerged victorious at the PING CCAA national championships after defeating the Niagara Knights in the finals, which was hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades at Chilliwack Golf Club. This is […] Continue Reading |
