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August 14, 2013 comics: Pablo and Earth Council |
Magazine Issue
Review: New Emily Carr book collects best pieces in one compact digestI’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, nor do I claim to be. So I’m going to get this out in the open right now and say I’m just not much of an art guy. I try, and I appreciate what people do; I can barely draw a stick figure. I drew a princess […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College gets BC provincial funding for Aboriginal learnersIn late June, the BC government announced that they were investing $4.4 million in postsecondary institutions in 2013. The money will go towards programs and other activities that improve Aboriginal students’ experiences at universities and colleges across the province. Eleven institutions received the funding, including Camosun. The funding will go towards supporting postsecondary institutions’ work […] Continue Reading |
Summer titles heat up Playstation 3 and Nintendo 3DSNo more books, no more cramming for tests: summer is finally here, which means we have more free time on our hands (unless you’re in summer classes, that is). We can finally play our favourite video games and not feel guilty about picking up the controller. Here’s a look at some of the games being […] Continue Reading |
Camosun chair Gilbert Noussitou receives Canadian Culinary Federation honourWhen a colleague of Camosun culinary arts chair Gilbert Noussitou insisted that Noussitou attend a recent national conference of the Canadian Culinary Federation (CCF), he kind of knew something was up. But little did Noussitou realize that he’d be coming back home from the conference as a prestigious member of the CCF’s honour society, a […] Continue Reading |
Rock of the Woods, Camosun marketing grad brings Cowichan Valley to music festival fansLocation trumps everything else. And for Rock of the Woods, which takes place every July in the picturesque Cowichan Valley, nothing could ring more true. Now in its third year, the upstart music festival has had its share of challenges with dealing with bureaucracy, changing locations, and marketing the area to urban centres, but the […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Canadian Target store openings good for studentsAmerican megastores such as Walmart are often maligned for their aggressive business expansion and homogenization of local marketplaces. This is an issue again this year as discount retail giant Target opens stores across Canada. Many Canadians feel some resentment at yet another big-box corporate invasion of our retail space, bringing with it some echoes of […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Camosun solar leaders, Tour de Disaster, First Nations underfunded, Cool Aid rewarded, and Copper OwlCamosun a solar leader You’ve heard of Camosun, but have you heard of CamoSun? Um, it’s the capitalized “s” thereÉ anyway, Camosun’s plumbing/pipe trades department, working with Pacific Solar Smart Homes, is developing a solar thermal heating system for residential housing, called CamoSun. The system was developed by Camosun solar thermal heating instructor James Smyth […] Continue Reading |
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In Search of Lost Time: Rape apologists need educationThis year, numerous agencies launched a campaign urging men to act responsibly and recognize the disproportionate number of sexual assaults that are committed against women by men. The campaign, named Don’t Be That Guy, focuses on debunking myths about consent that lead to rape apologist justifications of sexual assault and victim blaming. Rape apology uses […] Continue Reading |