News Briefs: Camosun energy plan, Vancouver Island Brewery seasonal ales, Hellbound, and Andrea Paquette awardedCamosun energy plan kicks ass There’s no other way to put it: the college’s five-year energy management plan recently ended, and it exceeded its greenhouse gas targets by a whopping 400 percent. The plan also resulted in a $2.7 million savings in avoided costs and new infrastructure. New brews is good news Here’s another news […] Continue Reading |
Speed filming: Cinecoup accelerator pushes young filmmakersYoung Vancouver filmmaker Jay Rathore has something in common with most independent artists: he is waiting for his big break. So when he stumbled across something called Cinecoup online, he thought it might be the chance he was looking for. Turns out, it was. The film accelerator program, launched by a Vancouver online entrepreneur, has […] Continue Reading |
Uno Fest takes one-person plays to new levelsCan you imagine one performer playing more than 20 different characters? At Uno Fest, solo performers from across North America play many different characters in innovative and cutting-edge theatre. Uno Fest started in the humble beginnings of a hotel basement 17 years ago; now Uno is North America’s longest-running festival of solo performance. Many performers […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Bike to Work Week is hereLiving in one of Canada’s most bike-able cities has its perks: great routes, optimal weather, and short distances. The annual Greater Victoria Bike to Work Week takes place at the end of May and Camosun is set to promote, celebrate, and engage the campus community in creative ways. But the conversation doesn’t stop there: year-round […] Continue Reading |
CCSS rep Keller-MacLeod named CFS-BC women’s liaisonOne of Camosun’s own has been elected provincial women’s liaison for the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). Madeline Keller-MacLeod, the Lansdowne campus executive for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS), will be in charge of “helping to facilitate the work that women students are doing across BC,” she says. Keller-MacLeod, who is studying political science […] Continue Reading |
Events: Films, UFO (not UNO) Fest, Camosun film lecture series, neo burlesque, and much moreUntil Thursday, May 16 Hating the sun Check out Light Sensitive, an exhibit of photographs from students at the Western Academy of Photography, running until May 16. Which is either tomorrow, today, or it already happened, so get down there, quick! Unless it already happened. Oh, where? Dales Gallery, 537 Fisgard. Thursday, May 16 and […] Continue Reading |
Kitt & Jane tackle the apocalypse head-onThe idea for Kitt & Jane, the stage sequel to Fringe favourite Little Orange Man, germinated in director/star Ingrid Hansen’s mind when she was 12 years old and flipping through dog-eared copies of National Geographic magazine. The result, a look at fighting off an apocalypse through the eyes of two 14-year-olds, isn’t nearly as heavy […] Continue Reading |
When spring hits in Victoria, fashion bloomsThe cherry blossoms, crocuses, and daffodils have bloomed, which means spring has arrived, and with it, spring fashion. Peel away the layers of winter and emerge wearing nothing but a crop-top and some short-shorts. The most surprising trend to stomp down the spring runway was black and white stripes; the bright cobalts and corals were […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College president Kathryn Laurin: the Nexus interviewCamosun College president Kathryn Laurin is poised and welcoming as we shake hands and settle at a comfortable table near the window in her office. I take stock of kind but guarded grey eyes and short auburn hair styled into place. She is dressed in a neat, grey pantsuit, with a touch of whimsy in […] Continue Reading |
Alcohol price increase would benefit BC, UVic study claimsNew research claims that raising the price of alcohol will have positive social and economical effects on British Columbia. Last month, a study from the University of Victoria indicated that increasing the price of intoxicants would reduce the number of alcohol-related deaths, hospital admissions, and crimes. UVic psychology professor and director of the Center of […] Continue Reading |
