What’s Going On: August 13 to September 2, 2014: Super-powered Sugar, loving local art, and a big idiotFriday, August 15 Super-powered Sugar showcase SpaceBoots, Ellice Blackout, the Roper Show, One Night Stand, and Magic in the Woods will all strut their stuff at Sugar this Friday. If you like your rock hard, this is the place to be. If you like your rock soft, well, there are always Lionel Ritchie records at […] Continue Reading |
Behind the words with Camosun English instructor Laurie ElmquistKnow 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 English […] Continue Reading |
Camfest returns bigger than ever this SeptemberWith all of the gorgeous weather this summer, a beach-themed Camfest seems like the best option, and that’s exactly what the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is planning for their annual welcome-back festival at the college during September. Taking place September 2 at Lansdowne and September 4 at Interurban, with a beach-party-themed beverage tent at […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Camosun College gets funding for energy reduction and LNG training, Camosun College Student Society collects signatures for mental health clubhouse, and Camosun alumni Daphne Shaed hits the airwavesBC government funds energy-reduction projects Postsecondary institutions in BC have received $3.8 million in funding this year as part of the Carbon Neutral Capital Program. Camosun and UVic have both received improvements to their heating systems. The yearly reduction in energy costs for the postsecondary sector is estimated to be over $433,000 after upgrades. In […] Continue Reading |
New digital communication programs offered at CamosunAlthough some debate remains over whether they will fill the gap left by the now-defunct Applied Communication Program (ACP), two new certificate programs at Camosun have faculty and students excited for the future of communications programs at the college. Digital Communication, which started last September, and Digital Production, Writing and Design, which begins this fall, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: So-called border crisis raises questionsIn the past few weeks, the US has been facing what has been called a “border crisis.” What’s essentially happening is that information on US immigration reform is being lost in translation, and citizens of poverty-stricken Latin American nations are sending their children north in hopes that they will receive papers upon crossing the border. […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College Student Society: BC teachers deserve fair dealAs spring turns to summer and the British Columbia Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) carries on without a new collective agreement, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) continues to stand in solidarity with BC teachers. An attack on one branch of education is an attack on education as a whole, and postsecondary students have every right to […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: Ride for women’s mental health a successThousands of cyclists across Canada came together on June 22 to celebrate and strengthen mental health and raise $800,000 for the cause. Our Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) team, Is This Wheel Life?, was there. Ride Don’t Hide is a community bike ride taking place in 19 communities across Canada, benefiting the Canadian Mental Health […] Continue Reading |
Astrological Asininity: July 16, 2014 issueLOL so ummm I thought the three-hour classes were over but now there’s another semester of them? OMG this is going to turn me into SUPER RIVER! JK here are your fortunes. Ummm and before we get into them someone was asking about how I come up with these, or at least I was daydreaming […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: July 16 to August 12, 2014: Plenty of smoke, the hip-hop Bard, and Viking historical actorsTo September 8 The Field Trip Project’s tsunami musings The Maritime Museum of BC presents a travelling exhibit exploring the impact of the devastating tsunami in Japan, as well as its effects across the Pacific Ocean in BC. Artists in Canada and Japan were inspired by the recovery of unused relief supplies in Japanese children’s […] Continue Reading |
