Open Space: E-waste poisoning e-workersWith the advent of electronic devices, our life has become more and more convenient. For example, because of smartphones, we don’t have to remember a lot of information. To enjoy the convenience of electronic devices, we replace our electronic products more and more often. But what we do we do with the old ones? Some […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun College fine furniture instructor Cam RussellKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Got someone you want to see interviewed? Email editor@nexusnewspaper.com and we’ll get on it. This time around we caught up with fine furniture and joinery instructor Cam Russell and talked about shop safety, […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs, September 18, 2013 issue: New non-emergency number for Camosun, new BOG for Camosun, new ombudsman contest for youNew non-emergency number at Camosun Camosun College has a new non-emergency phone number to use at both campuses: 4567. Use this number for things like gaining after-hours access to labs or other spaces on campus, or reporting vandalism. The emergency number, 3075, is still to be used for things like emergency medical situations, crimes in […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: September 18, 2013 issueMinistry mix-ups: In our September 20, 1993 issue, a news story titled “Ministry screw-up results in loan delays” talked about how a mix-up resulted in about 500 Camosun students waiting to get student loan documents into their first week of classes. Apparently, there were some problems related to the Ministry of Advanced Education’s central system […] Continue Reading |
Events, September 4 to September 17, 2013: Comforting creatures, Camosun Farmbox, Rifflandia, and moreUntil October 4 Creature feature Creature Comforts is happening now. What is it? Good thing you asked! It’s an exhibit going down at the Maritime Museum of BC until October 4, showing what it’s like for animals who live at sea. Dogs on boats? Geese on boats? Reindeer on boats?! Hold on, reindeer are real? […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Canada’s commercial flight scene dismalHave you ever noticed how Canada has absolutely no decent commercial airlines? First of all, it seems more than half the staff on Air Canada flights are old enough to be my grandmother and have probably been working there since the company started. Though, I have to give it to them, making it through countless […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago In Nexus: September 4, 2013 issueSilent airwaves: “FM Radio License Approved for Camosun’s Communication Program,” from our September 7, 1993 issue, tells a tale of Camosun’s radio station, well, getting approved for an FM radio license. Given how events shook down the past couple of years and that the station’s office is now an empty shell after it closed down […] Continue Reading |
Is it time for social media reform? Experts weigh in. #changeIt’s mind-numbingly obvious that social media is a huge part of the lives of students today. Everyone knows about social media, most people partake in it, and it affects every Camosun student. There are social media meetups. There are networking and career-advancing opportunities. There was the Arab Spring. There is also the destruction of self-esteem. […] Continue Reading |
Steve Bays brings Hot Hot Heat back to Victoria for RifflandiaSteve Bays will be one busy and excitable guy come September 13 and 14, when he pulls double duty playing in two different bands on the main stage during the Rifflandia music festival. But this is really nothing new. After all, Bays is always busy, and always excitable, whether it be playing music or working […] Continue Reading |
UVic alumni Sam Dunn finds success with movies and television, tries hand with crowdfundingWhen filmmaker, University of Victoria anthropology grad, and lifelong heavy metal fan Sam Dunn sat down with executives from VH1 to pitch his Metal Evolution television show idea, he must have done a good job. They bought it. (Considering Dunn had the strength of popular documentaries Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and Global Metal behind him, […] Continue Reading |
