What’s Going On: December 2, 2015 to January 5, 2016Wednesday, December 2 to Sunday, December 20 Centennial Square festivities The City of Victoria is providing some fun festivities for this holiday season by setting up a Ferris wheel in Centennial Square. Rides cost $2; the Ferris wheel runs on Fridays from 5 pm until 9 pm, Saturdays from 1 pm until 9 pm, and […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College Student Society: Thank you for votingI want to thank all of you who trusted and supported me with your votes. Getting people to like you is very easy. However, getting people to trust you is a process that takes time, and for those of you who trusted me with your votes, I am immensely thankful. I will assure you that […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: A return to the wastelandOn November 10, Bethesda Game Studios released their fifth installment in the Fallout series. Fallout 4 is a huge open-world single-player RPG in which the player traverses the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Boston in a quest to find their child, Shaun, and to avenge their spouse’s death. Along the way, the player can partake in optional […] Continue Reading |
Look: I’m doneTwo words have been careening like bullets off Camosun’s unshakeable walls. I hear them and nod, a sort of bow and prayer. Empathy for the reality of the point, for I live it, too. These words can mean everything or they can mean nothing. They are: “I’m done.” Done. At the time of this writing […] Continue Reading |
The postsecondary pharmacy: Camosun students are using prescription medication to help them studyThis is part one of an exclusive two-part report. Part two will feature reactions from Camosun College and the Camosun College Student Society, as well as an examination of the biological and physical impacts of using these drugs when not prescribed. It will appear in our January 6, 2016 issue. It’s a quiet Friday fall […] Continue Reading |
Naughty-but-nice Cheesecakes return to melt icy hearts with holiday performanceHave you been naughty or nice this year? Why not both? The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue are going to prove it’s possible to be both as they shimmy on stage on December 5 for their annual Naughty but Nice Peepshow. The 11-member troupe have been performing various takes on burlesque since 2006; The Naughty but Nice […] Continue Reading |
New Camosun student club explores outdoor adventureThe new Camosun Outdoor Adventure Club may have started as just a class project, but third year Camosun Sport and Fitness Leadership student Sylvia Watkins has turned it into a functioning student club, taking her fellow students from the classroom to the fresh air for hikes and more. “We had to do something in the […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Michelle Bass negotiates through classroom conflictKnow 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 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 know […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers coach Charles Parkinson enters Volleyball BC Hall of FameCamosun Chargers men’s volleyball head coach Charles Parkinson was recently inducted into the Volleyball BC Hall of Fame. Parkinson, who is also a faculty member of Camosun’s Centre for Sport and Exercise Education, is both appreciative of and humble about being chosen for induction. “It’s awesome. I can’t say that I’ve ever thought about it […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: December 2, 2015 issueCamosun Chargers men’s volleyball number one The Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team beat the Capilano University Blues 3-1 on Friday, November 20. This was the men’s 10th straight win and put them in at number 1 in the national ranking. The women’s volleyball team lost 3-2 to the Blues, putting them to the number 8 […] Continue Reading |
