Nexus looks back, through the haze, at the Great Canadian Beer FestivalThis was my first year attending the Great Canadian Beer Festival, and let me tell you, it did not disappoint. I was very pleased to find when I arrived that all 65 breweries in attendance were Canadian. The crowd of people that poured onto the field when the bell rang, announcing the opening of the […] Continue Reading |
Despite rain Rifflandia 2015 a successEven though there was intermittent rain all weekend, Rifflandia 2015 was a success. The festival, now in its eighth year, brought 230 musicians to the city for four jam-packed days of music spread throughout Victoria from September 17 to 20. Orchestrated by local production company Atomique Productions, Rifflandia transformed 22 locations around the city—from parking […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Consent conversationsIf you’ve never heard of Laci Green, then, well, we kind of wonder where you’ve been. Green is a popular YouTube vlogger who describes herself as a “sex education activist,” based in the San Francisco Bay Area. And we’re bringing her to town. Let face it, folks: sex is and always will be cool. The […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The joys of being nakedI recently got myself a “plus” membership to the downtown Y. The quiet change room has a hot tub, steam room, and sauna. Men linger after swimming or working out to catch up on news and gossip, quietly relax, or read the paper. There is a sense of unhurried ease, and there are bodies of […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: The numinous everyday of Marilynne Robinson“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient,” wrote Marilynne Robinson, who has been called one of America’s finest living writers, despite having only published four novels in the last 35 years. Robinson’s novels are themselves good reasons to be alive. Using prose that is graceful and light, she […] Continue Reading |
The Functional Traveller: Turbulence before takeoffThis is the debut of a new column in which Camosun student Sera Down chronicles her adventures as a student in Japan. There is something to be said of the Type A personality. When it comes to preparing for an extended stint at university in a foreign country, these individuals excel. Their list of necessities […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Raccoon BanditRaccoon Bandit Close Your Eyes (Independent) 3.5/5 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island indie rockers Raccoon Bandit’s second album, Close Your Eyes, is well worth checking out. Unlike many indie-rock bands, whose sounds meld together into a wave of redundancy, this band is unique. “Searcher Song” is a particularly noteworthy track that very wisely opens the album […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun geography instructor Hilary Sandford swears with conviction… off the clockKnow 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’s Mechanical Engineering Showcase returnsNo one would expect the bust or hardcover book sitting on a fireplace mantel as being anything other than what they appear to be. And if you’re thinking secret-passageway triggers, I would say you’ve read a few too many spy novels in your time. But while secret passageways seem to exist solely in works of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years ago in Nexus: September 9, 2015 issueDid you know we just turned 25? That’s right: the very first issue of Nexus, known back then as The Nexus, appeared on stands around Camosun in September 1990. So we’re relaunching the popular 20 Years Ago column as 25 Years Ago and starting back at the beginning… CCSS and CFS union begins: A news […] Continue Reading |
