Astrological Asininity: May 14, 2014 issue

Hi so OMG whoa these spring classes are long like hours and hours long my head is spinning more than usual! Here are some fortune cookies LOL I mean fortunes. Aries: Accidentally Aries! Totally a new movie I’m writing in my head LOL. Just kidding, and by the way, I hope you manage to buy […]

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Camosun alumni Ann Eriksson’s novel addresses two types of health issues

Camosun graduate Ann Eriksson has a history in biology, but she’s always had a passion and love for books and writing. After joining a friend’s writing support group she wrote her first novel, fell in love with doing it, and just kept going. Eriksson’s fourth and most recent novel, High Clear Bell of Morning, merges […]

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Camosun College PISE students off to Bolivia

There’s real-world learning, and there’s real-world learning. Nevin Harper, chair of Camosun’s Bachelor of Sport and Fitness Leadership program at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE), is about to introduce 20 of his students to that very reality as they embark on a field learning trip to the mountainous regions of Bolivia. Departing on […]

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News Briefs: Camosun and Royal Roads agree to understand, Camosun business students raise bread, tap water better than bottled water after all

Camosun students help health clinics The Island Sexual Health Society received some assistance from the Camosun College Student Society after announcing a significant funding shortage earlier this year. The student society, which represents over 9,000 Camosun students, provided a donation of $1 per member with a challenge to the UVic Student Society to match or […]

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Age of Geeks: Google scores big with music and maps

Spring has been wonderful time for the tech-y and geeky people, with lots of announcements and pleasant surprises. And it wasn’t just the anticipated released dates of devices that were pushed a bit earlier, but also the announcement of the much-awaited Google Music services. So, let’s have a look at the wonderful tech stories over […]

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Camosun College gets $280,000 for business services

Camosun College recently received $280,980 from the federal government to go towards services that aim to increase local business innovation. The money, which came in the form of two Applied Research Tools & Instruments awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), is going towards biofermentation equipment that will be used […]

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Victoria author Chad Ganske turns to science fiction for debut novel

Idyllic Avenue, the first novel from local author Chad Ganske, is the end result of a life spent in the pursuit of writing. But the strange thing is that the sci-fi book, which follows Stanford “Saturn” Samuels (a man with an eye mutation that makes him “imperfect”) and his life on the distant planet of […]

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Zed: Chapter 2

[Note: This is part two in a three-part series. To read part one, go here. To read part three, stay tuned!] The following is a theatrical retelling of a Humans vs. Zombies event, hosted by UVic Urban Gaming. During these events, the last of the human race fights off the zombie horde with everything NERF at their […]

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Politically Speaking: The beasts in the east

Turns out last issue’s column on the right way to run a separation campaign struck a few nerves in Quebec. All jokes aside, the separatist PQ lost their government and handed the Liberals a majority. Even everyone’s favourite premier lost her seat. Of course, news sources editorialized everything about it. My favourite line? “Separatism is […]

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Pink Mountaintops’ Stephen McBean returns to Harpo’s stage in Victoria

Thanks to an old friend, a familiar face will again grace a familiar stage when Stephen McBean brings his Pink Mountaintops project to a new version of Harpo’s (now known as the Upstairs Cabaret in Bastion Square). Opened in 1974 and closed in 1995, Harpo’s is revered by longtime members of Victoria’s music scene as […]

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