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 |
News Briefs: September 9, 2015 issueWi-fi issues? Camosun College’s Information Technology Services would like to remind all Camosun students to reset their passwords to get on Camosun’s wi-fi. To do so, visit the library or computer lab, or go to password.camosun.ca. If you’re a new student, the default is your birthday in this format: mmddyy. Good luck! Good things happen […] Continue Reading |
Local festival preaches world peace through puppetryTimothy Gosley is best known around town right now for being the director for this year’s Puppets for Peace festival weekend, but there’s something that not everyone knows about the man: he was once a puppeteer for the beloved children’s show Sesame Street. “I have been a puppeteer since about 1980,” he says. “One of […] Continue Reading |
Canadian Federation of Students under fire from BC membersThe Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC) had its semi-annual general meeting from August 13 to 16; the meeting agenda contained several motions condemning the national Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) organization. The motions talk in detail about how the BC branch of CFS (which is a separate legal entity from the national CFS) has […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: September 9 to September 22, 2015Friday, September 11 I wonder what facts they would like disregarded? Revel in the chaos that Ontario-based grindcore band Fuck the Facts will bring to Victoria on September 11. Our quaint city is just one they will be screaming at during their North American tour for their latest album, Desire Will Rot, which was released […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun geoscience instructor Tark Hamilton loves to explore and researchKnow 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 |
A Message from the Camosun College Student Society: September 9, 2015Welcome to a new semester at Camosun College! We look forward to meeting you this year! Students often ask what it is we do, so we thought this would be a great time to introduce ourselves. The purpose of the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is to make Camosun a community rather than just an […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: John Gardner on monsters and menAmerican novelist, essayist, poet, and critic John Gardner is perhaps best known for his novel Grendel, in which he constructs the world of Beowulf from the perspective of a sensitive, curious monster. Grendel, who has a love/hate relationship with his terrible mother and hangs out with a philosophizing dragon, gives us a unique chance to […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: A Camosun student looks at Hong Kong’s recycling systemCompared to Victoria, Hong Kong is in the dump in regard to their waste management schemes: their landfills are expected to be full this year. The easiest thing to do would be to criticize them and suggest that Hong Kong adopt a system such as Victoria’s, where places to deposit recyclables, compostables, and garbage are […] Continue Reading |
