Open Space: ESL cuts privatization of English trainingIf anyone thinks the recent ESL cuts are the result of budget worries, they’re sadly mistaken. The problem of English language training and how it should be delivered in British Columbia is a decade-long debate. Taken from a sociological standpoint, a critical constructionist believes that social problems are constructed, conceived, and presented to the public […] Continue Reading |
Queerly Forward: Queers make a splash!Swimming pools can be very uncomfortable places for queers, especially those that do not fit neatly into the gender binary, or those whose body types don’t match societal beauty norms. It’s hard for queers to feel welcome in spaces often dominated by straight folks. Queers Get Wet is a night-time swim that happens regularly at […] Continue Reading |
Mind Your Business: Shady eyes, aggressive arms, spaghetti handshakesWe’ve all been groomed on how to mind our manners. From the dinner table to the classroom, we’ve been taught to swallow our food before speaking and to raise our hands before inquiring. Body language blunders can be detrimental to any first meeting, whether it be with a client, a boss, or even a date. […] Continue Reading |
Noms!: The Waddling Dog offers up the best kind of greaseThe Waddling Dog is a little pub with food as full of flavour as it is full of grease. Located just off the Pat Bay Highway on Mt. Newton Cross Road, this little pub offers that a quiet atmosphere that I love. I’m not going to lie, folks: 90 percent of the reason I went […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: La DisputeLa Dispute Rooms of the House (Better Living/Staple Records) 4.5/5 There’s a time for every great band to rise to a higher musical echelon, shedding the trappings of genre tags, self-awareness, and pretentiousness, and make an album that screams from the treetops like Rooms of the House does. Michigan five-piece emotional rock band La Dispute […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, February 19, 2014 issue: Camosun Chargers update, bottles for Cool Aid, Uvic under pressure to divestChargers to the finish line January ended strong for the Camosun Chargers, with the men’s volleyball and women’s basketball teams sitting in second in the PACWEST (Pacific Western Athletics Association) standings before the last two weekends of play. Meanwhile, women’s volleyball was in fourth, and men’s basketball in sixth. In other Chargers news, Alex Sadowski […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue, February 19, 2014 issue (No)No El Prado (Arts and Crafts Records) 2.5/5 LA-based indie sextet No’s debut, El Prado, isn’t an upbeat album, but by no means is it unbearably depressing. With El Prado, No delivers an album with vocal lines that are easy to nod along to, and they also contain some lyrical gems. The album’s tone bleeds […] Continue Reading |
Mind Your Business: Planning more than a partyOur college is full of entrepreneurs. From the business students to the music students, we have a wide range of creative minds pursuing their passion. This issue I’ll cover some apps that will make planning an event for your business much more student-friendly. Scheduling Scheduling is one of the greatest challenges in getting your event […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: February 19, 2014 issueFelicita is a person, after all!: Our March 7, 1994 issue featured plenty of hard-hitting stories but the thing that stands out the most is this little nugget of information, found in a story called “UVic Sub centre of hub”: Felicita’s pub, UVic’s long-running pub hangout, was “named after an adored member of the janitorial […] Continue Reading |
Fast fixes or health hazards?: Exploring our willingness to follow food bandwagonsSometimes, when faced with endless choices at the grocery store, you feel like you’d just rather live without it, but you can’t: food is our bread and butter. But how much do we really know about the sweet ambrosia we shovel down our gullets? The truth is that a lot of people today will eat […] Continue Reading |
