News Briefs: Promoting voting, drop-in basketball for Camosun students, new Interurban complex updatePromoting voting The BC municipal elections will be held on Saturday, November 15 and Canadian voter turnout is at an all-time low, with some cities’ turnout rates as low as 33 percent. Promote the Vote is a non-partisan campaign asking citizens who are known to vote to speak with their family and friends about doing […] Continue Reading |
Food-support service run by Camosun alumnus finds permanent homeThe Shelbourne Community Kitchen, run by Camosun alumnus Kim Cummings, has received unanimous support from Saanich council to move to a permanent home at 3541 Shelbourne Street. After using several temporary locations since April of this year, the kitchen was granted a temporary use permit that allows it to utilize the Shelbourne location for three […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Don’t let risk-taking become a forgotten artHitchhiking has developed a bad reputation, bringing to mind greasy, smelly hippies or murderous rapists looking to steal your car and harm your person. I don’t believe these fears are grounded and I maintain an indiscriminate policy on picking up hitchers. I don’t have altruistic motives. I pick them up because sometimes they give me […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Psychology instructor Judy Caldwell loves to researchKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series to help you get to know the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions. Do you have a favourite instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to know more about one of […] Continue Reading |
20 years ago in Nexus: November 12, 2014 issueJust keep it open: Quickly looking over back issues of the paper, one thing becomes clear: the Lansdowne Writing Centre got closed down a lot. And re-opened a lot. And closed down again a lot. And re-opened again a lot. Here, in our November 14, 1994 issue, it had re-opened, with student tutors. Stay tuned […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Chic Gamine make Christmas music tolerableChic Gamine Christmas Vol. 1 (Independent) 4/5 I usually find Christmas music tacky and quite annoying, but Chic Gamine has changed my mind. The band, which features members from Winnipeg and Montreal, offers up a modern take on the genre while still maintaining their soulful harmonies and old-school Motown vibes. My French is not quite […] Continue Reading |
Britain’s BalletBoyz make rare stop in CanadaWhen 10 men from Britain hit the Royal Theatre stage this month, they may be built like Marines (one was even planning on joining the Marines before he found his passion) but they’re actually professional ballet dancers. The BalletBoyz transform all previous notions of ballet into a masculine display of strength. Billy Trevitt and Michael […] Continue Reading |
As I Was Saying: Jian Ghomeshi allegations open dialogue on sexual violenceThe sexual violence allegations surrounding former CBC radio personality Jian Ghomeshi have raised many questions, concerns, and discussions about sexual violence. The imperative topics here are sexual violence towards women in Canada, the stigma that victims endure, and the measures that need to be taken to prevent further violence. Our society has a distorted view […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: New Android comes to life with fresh look, featuresIt’s arrived early: we’ve already got a look at Android L before it’s widely available for consumers. Google wants to attract the developers, and that’s one way to do it. Android L, also known as “Lollipop,” is here: the latest Nexus devices ship with this version of Android installed. According to sources at androidpolice.com, the […] Continue Reading |
BC human rights activist and TEDx speaker Lauryn Oates brings Afghanistan issues close to homeNot many people divide their time between the BC coast and Kabul, Afghanistan, but human rights activist Lauryn Oates does just that. When the Vancouverite was 14, an article she read about Taliban cruelties inspired her to respond to the what she saw as a lack of action from the western world. She was horrified […] Continue Reading |
