News Briefs, March 19, 2014 issue: Camosun breaks ground, has winning DECA club, and looks for alumni to appreciateGround breaking at new Trades Centre This month marked the official beginning of construction for the new Trades Centre at Camosun’s Interurban campus. The brand-new trades training facility is expected to be completed by the 2015 fall semester, while the upgrades to other campus buildings will not be finished until 2016. Camosun is one of […] Continue Reading |
Victoria’s Aidan Knight a product of backgroundSpend any time in the Victoria music scene and you are bound to hear Aidan Knight’s name come up at least once. This Victoria native has been taking stages by storm for years and has previously performed and recorded with The Zolas, Hannah Georgas, Dan Mangan, We Are The City, Jeremy Fisher, and Counting Heartbeats. […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: St. Vincent and Killer Be KilledSt. Vincent St. Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic Records) 4/5 The self-titled fifth album by Annie Clarke, better known as St. Vincent, is a unique blend of jazz and pop with some of her unique guitar style (solos and all) and a David Bowie feel. “Otherworldly” is how I would describe it, with a fabulous mixture of […] Continue Reading |
Student Zen: Meditate your way to AsStudents tend to divide our attentions widely. There are likely few students who haven’t had difficulty balancing their attentiveness to school, work, and home life. We know the importance of giving our undivided attention to whatever we are doing, but what is this “undivided attention”? In the technical terminology of Buddhist meditation, there is the […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun College instructor Larry Lee’s classroom chemistryKnow 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. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we’ll get on it. This time around we caught up with chemistry […] Continue Reading |
20 years ago in Nexus: March 19, 2014 issueTone down the hysteria: That was the sentiment from a reader who wrote in to complain about our “political correctness” issue (discussed last issue in this column) in our April 5, 1994 issue. The cover art of the PC issue, showing a man dressed up as “Miss Camosun,” drew this reaction from then-Camosun students Sarah […] Continue Reading |
Head Hits Concrete keep extreme music undergroundPlaying in a grindcore band has its benefits and drawbacks. Just ask Head Hits Concrete vocalist Mike Alexander who, after a long hiatus, has returned with drummer Brad Skibinsky and guitarist Darcy Bunio to embark on a Canadian tour of houses, basements, and dingy dive bars. And while their shows are filled with chaos, feedback, […] Continue Reading |
Astrological Asininity: March 19, 2014 issueOMG I got my first fan letter the other day OMG OMG OMG thank you for reading I hope your future is great! Oh wait, I know your future and, well, it’s so-soÉ but you’re still awesome! Totes thanks for reading! For the rest of you, hi! I’m River and I can see the future!@ […] Continue Reading |
Mind Your Business: Breaking down a caseDECA has two case competitions approaching. The first is open to all Camosun students and will be held during finance week on Friday, March 21, starting at 10 am in CBA 285 at Interurban. The second will take DECA members all the way to Washington, DC to compete in the International Career Development Conference. When […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: March 19, 2014 issue: De-stress, good food, and some extra listings that didn’t make it in the paperMarch 13–22 100 years since war and illness This summer is the centennial anniversary of the start of World War I, but fewer people remember the epidemic facing soldiers returning home after the war: the Spanish flu. Fear surrounded each outbreak, with entire towns quarantined in Canada and millions of deaths worldwide. A theatre production, […] Continue Reading |
