What’s Going On: May 13, 2015 issue (with extra web-exclusive content)Until Saturday, May 16 Duplicity at Deluge Check out the work of three artists exploring, according to Deluge, “the hand-wrought reproduction of existing surfaces” at duplicate. The exhibit is at Deluge Contemporary Art, 636 Yates Street; see deluge.ca for more info. Until Sunday, May 24 The door is always… The Open Door Access to Art […] Continue Reading |
Sherri Bell named new Camosun College presidentSherri Bell is the new president of Camosun College. Bell, who will enter the position on July 1, has extensive experience in the public education system, working most recently as superintendent of schools for the Greater Victoria School District, where she’s been for the past 19 years. “I’m thrilled,” says Bell. “I am absolutely thrilled […] Continue Reading |
Stardust in the waters: a journey through a provincial parkHalf a block past the entrance to the Butchart Gardens, the van crunched onto the side of Wallace Road. The three of us, all local teenagers, crawled out to the gravel pathway between the wall of trees and the empty road. We pulled up our coat zippers and clicked on our flashlights. Mine, a police […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Michele Agostinelli sticks on bright side of nursing educationKnow Your Profs is an ongoing column where we ask the instructors at Camosun College the same 10 questions in order to get to know them and their teaching styles a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in Nexus? Maybe you want to know more about one of […] Continue Reading |
The Prodigal Planeswalker: Let’s not forget TimmyIn a previous column I delved into the different player archetypes of Magic: The Gathering. I exalted the virtues of being a “Johnny” player and how my 60-card deck is an expression of my creativity, versus the “Spike” player with their in-it-to-win-it competitive nature. But it’s common to forget about “Timmy.” According to Magic: The […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: Searching for authenticityHave you ever gazed upon a portrait of a person and had the figure stare back at you? Did it give you a creepy chill or a warm sense of belonging? That effect is the kind that organizational culture has on us. A truly diverse organizational experience should be much like a painting; every brush […] Continue Reading |
Bite Me: Garrick’s Head tops the English-style pub heapIn Victoria we have so many options for places to go to experience the traditional English pub atmosphere, but my top choice out of them all would be the Garrick’s Head Pub. Garrick’s has been a local fixture since 1867, is known as one of oldest English-style pubs in Canada, and is located in the […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s flights of fancy‘‘All grownups were first children, but few of them remember it,’’ wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French novelist and pilot who is best remembered for his moving children’s fable The Little Prince. Saint-Exupéry was an aviation pioneer in the 1920s and 1930s, flying at a time when being a pilot was a rough and adventurous […] Continue Reading |
Student groups say minimum wage increase not enoughA two-percent increase to British Columbia’s minimum wage will go into effect in September, but student groups are complaining that the 20-cent-per-hour hike isn’t nearly enough to keep students and families in BC above the poverty line. “Students are looking for a meaningful increase to minimum wage. It doesn’t make sense for anyone, whether they […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball coach Chris Dahl named Coach of the YearThe head coach of the Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball team has won the national Coach of the Year award, an honour that his players and coaching staff agree is well overdue. Chris Dahl, now in his fifth year coaching the Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball squad, was awarded Coach of the Year while his team was […] Continue Reading |
