Ability’s Muse: Internalized dominance

Being an able-bodied person within our culture comes with a lot of privilege. We think of providing access ramps and designated disabled access washrooms as assurance that society is fair and objective. Until you actually listen to another student’s lived-in experience of accessing public postsecondary, you don’t realize how different it can be for them. […]

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Age of Geeks: Handy apps for improving studies

In this age of technology and everyone having a smartphone, nothing is too much work. Countless apps are available to do everything from taking notes in class to buying cheap books online. As long as you’ve got a smartphone and a few bucks, here are a few apps to ace, or at least pass, every […]

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Bite Me: Wings aplenty at Tartan Toque

The Tartan Toque is Victoria’s only true wing joint. However, the Toque has so many choices beyond chicken wings. You can’t just sit there and scan the menu board; it takes a few minutes to truly absorb what’s available. The food choices include house-made burgers, salads, wraps, and greasy goodness like fries and poutine. The […]

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Lit Matters: Joan Didion and the New Journalism

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” said Joan Didion, a multi-talented writer known for her novels, screenplays, and non-fiction. Didion’s most recent work includes two incredibly moving memoirs about the deaths of her husband of 40 years and, just over a year later, their only daughter. In addition to her novels and memoirs, […]

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Student parents say campus childcare at Camosun costly, long waitlists

Prices are high and waitlists long for Camosun students wanting to send their children to the college’s Child Care Services centres, according to some student parents. Derek Robertson is a student of the Sport Management program who says that utilizing the college’s Child Care Services was not feasible for him. “We can barely afford to […]

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New Music Review: Reservoir win by evoking ’90s midwest emo

Reservoir Cicurina Vol. 1 (Glory Kid Records) 4/5 Pennsylvania’s Reservoir are about to remind you of what the word “emo” once meant. Once upon a time, bands like Sunny Day Real Estate and Mineral actually embraced heart-on-sleeve emotion in music and delivered it to an energetic rock soundtrack that wasn’t overly slick or pandering in […]

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Ange Hehr makes her mark on local music scene

Ange Hehr learned to play the drums at age six, the guitar at age 15, and she made it into the top 100 for Canadian Idol at the age of 23. In two years, she has become a staple in the Victoria music scene, playing weekly at pub gigs at the Irish Times, Swans, and […]

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News Briefs: February 4, 2015 issue

Camosun food-service survey Camosun will be encouraging students and employees to take a food service survey from February 2 to 13 to provide feedback and reviews, allowing these services to be improved upon. Go to bit.ly/15w6EF9 to take the survey. Camosun to receive $400,000 for trades Camosun will receive $400,000 to purchase new trades equipment […]

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Charging tuition for Adult Basic Education causes uproar

As of January 1, tuition-free adult upgrading courses have been eliminated, and postsecondary institutions across BC are now allowed to charge tuition fees. This change by the BC Liberals differs from their announcement in 2007 that there would be no tuition for Adult Basic Education (ABE), which included high school and English as a Second […]

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