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News Briefs: Camosun Chargers off to nationals, provincial government gives funding for accessibility, our arena still sounds like a grocery store

Matt O'Connor, contributing writer

October 15, 2014

Standing tall Camosun student Melissa Lyon has won a Standing Tall Award of $5,000 from Coast Capital Savings, which will help her to further pursue her educational goals and aspirations of becoming a teacher. The award recognizes her dedication to the pursuit of her career despite living with cerebral palsy and epilepsy since birth. Lyon […]

Antimatter Film Festival explores the experimental, again

Gillian Sellman, contributing writer

October 15, 2014

For a smaller city, Victoria is lucky to play host to a surprisingly large number of art festivals. Out of all of them, Antimatter Film Festival just might be the most diverse. The festival’s two founders, Todd Eacrett and Deborah de Boer, were involved with what is now known as the Victoria Film Festival when […]

Local author Sandra Steiner recovers with new trilogy

Mac Clohan, contributing writer

October 15, 2014

Author Sandra Steiner is looking to answer some difficult questions about loss, grief, and recovery with her writing. An Albertan transplant, Steiner has lived in Victoria for four years and has just finished two novels in her Spring Island trilogy. “I’ve always wanted to write a book; it’s been on my mind since I was […]

20 Years Ago In Nexus: October 15, 2014 issue

Greg Pratt, managing editor

October 15, 2014

Sleepy students: Our Speak Up in the October 17, 1994 issue of Nexus posed one of the most important questions we’ve ever asked students: where is the best place to sleep on campus? Some popular snooze spots two decades back included Fisher 100 and the student lounge in the library. Where are your favourite spots […]

Getting personal with Camosun College sociology instructor Peter Ove

Greg Pratt, editor-in-chief

October 15, 2014

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Every issue we ask a different instructor the same 10 questions. Do you have a favourite instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? A prof you need to know more […]

What’s Going On, October 15 to 28, 2014: Gettin’ wolfy, gettin’ free lectures, gettin’ the joke that it’s not that kind of public archive

Matt O'Connor, contributing writer

October 14, 2014

Until October 18 Speak the word Check out the last three days of the annual Canadian Festival of Spoken Word: Beyond the Word, being hosted in Victoria for the second time, with more than 100 artists and slam poets from over 20 Canadian cities. This event will be taking place mostly at the Victoria Event […]

A message from the Camosun College student society: ESL funding of vast importance to Canada

Rachael Grant, CCSS external executive

October 14, 2014

What? Protest the ESL funding cuts. When? Thursday, October 30 from 12 to 5 pm. Where? The BC Legislature. Why? Well, that’s a longer answer. Many of us, especially those born and raised in Canada, don’t think much of our ability to speak, listen, read, and write in English. We went to school, learned our […]

As I Was Saying: UN Campaign aims for equality

Megan Dunn, Camosun College Women's Centre

October 14, 2014

On September 20, the United Nations Women launched a new campaign called HeForShe, the first of its kind for the UN. The objective of the HeForShe campaign is to involve men and boys globally in the fight for gender equality. Over the next year, the campaign intends to mobilize one billion men and boys as […]

Lit Matters: Anais Nin reveled in intensity

Keagan Hawthorne, contributing writer

October 14, 2014

“Naked truth is unbearable to most, and art is our most effective means of overcoming human resistance to truth,” said Anais Nin. Nin, who was born in 1903 and died in 1977, is best known as the author of short erotic stories and a prodigious diary. She lived in Paris in the ’20s and ’30s, […]

Booze Clues: The Churchill great addition to Vic pub scene

Andrea Valentine-Lewis, contributing writer

October 14, 2014

The Churchill opened its doors in June; I’ve been there six times in the past two months. Considering the vast selection of bars, pubs, and lounges in our city, it definitely makes it into my personal go-to list. Trust me, this means a lot. There are several reasons it’s worth revisiting, the first being that […]