Francois Leduc swims with great white sharksFrancois Leduc gives literal meaning to the term “swimming with sharks.” Leduc recently spoke at the IMAX about his experiences free-diving with sharks for the making of the movie Great White Shark. During the filming of the IMAX feature it was Leduc’s job to protect the featured diver William Winram when they were diving with […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College details ESL funding cuts to domestic studentsNearly 150 concerned students listened to senior administrators of Camosun College on February 4 and 5 as they explained the recent cuts to government funding for domestic ESL programming. ESL students packed the designated meeting rooms at both campuses and spilled out into the hallways. The official word from the college, represented by vice-president academic […] Continue Reading |
The writing’s on the wall: a poet laureate, an activist, and a writing professor weigh in on words and the power they holdWith the onset of Ted talks and viral Upworthy videos, many people are finding their inspiration online. These kinds of videos are becoming increasingly popular and are flooding social media. But this raises the question: what is happening to the written word? Is writing losing its effectiveness in provoking thought? Do people pay as much […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun College marketing and communications Laurie JacksonKnow 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. This time around we caught up with marketing and communications instructor Laurie Jackson […] Continue Reading |
Astrological Asininity: February 5, 2014 issueSo someone told me it’s winter but it’s totally not winter, that’s in December! The cosmos works in weird ways, but not THAT weird! Aries: So, that exam was pretty hard, right? That’s because you didn’t study enough, not because of the cosmos LOL. Taurus: Do you ever just sit and think about the word […] Continue Reading |
Saanich approves construction of Camosun College’s new Interurban trades facilitySaanich municipal council recently approved the construction of Centre for Trades Education and Innovation, a new trades facility at Camosun’s Interurban campus. As mentioned in last issue’s News Briefs, the $30-million project received a unanimous approval from council, much to Camosun’s delight. “I’m very, very pleased,” says Camosun dean of trades and technology Eric Sehn. […] Continue Reading |
Africa Calling phone donation program goes localAfrica Calling, the organization that started on Camosun College’s campuses, has come a long way since we last checked in with them. In fact, they’ve gone to Africa and back. But now the student-created charity is also reaching out to the local community. Since 2011, Africa Calling has collected nearly 3,000 used cell phones to […] Continue Reading |
Victoria’s Tsukino Con honours all things animeSet in Japan, big eyes, crazy hair: sound familiar? No, it’s not Mothra. It’s anime, Japan’s number one television medium since a medium only held twelve ounces. From its inception, anime has spread far and wide, becoming a common feature in the lives of many North Americans. It’s even made it to our very own […] Continue Reading |
Mick Foley: the Nexus interviewAs the saying amongst professional wrestling fans goes, “Mick Foley is God.” Imagine our excitement when it was announced that the man who was infamously flung from the top of a 16-foot tall steel cage by the Undertaker in 1998’s Hell in a Cell, one of the best wrestling matches of all time, was appearing […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: February 5, 2014 issueNeedles and veins: Our February 21, 1994 issue had a doozy of a cover photo: a stark black and white image of someone shooting up. The story was about Victoria’s heroin problem, which was starting to get some attention around that time. As part of the feature story, we interviewed a drug user (who didn’t […] Continue Reading |
