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Victoria soccer players suggest league improvementsIn the wake of a new soccer league starting up in Victoria, local players are chiming in with their own ideas on how to run a successful and player-friendly league in town. As reported last issue, Vicsoccer is a new league beginning this spring that prides itself on more casual play. The upstart league enters […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: An open mind is still the only way to grow“Shut down the tar sands!” Those were the words on a bumper sticker I placed on my computer last fall during a semester at UVic. The everyday struggle was getting tough and I needed family support, which happened to be in Fort McMurray. I got a one-way flight in the dead of winter. Imagine the […] Continue Reading |
Kirsteen Moore’s work with children started at CamosunNow holding a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate in psychology, Kirsteen Moore says that it was actually her two-year diploma from Camosun College that helped prepare her for the academic journey ahead. Moore, who specializes in child and youth therapy with high-risk children between the ages of 5 and 19, started out at Camosun getting her […] Continue Reading |
Victoria comic convention to showcase Camosun talentAsking students to go to school on a Sunday is the most difficult thing to do in the world. Anything would be easier. It will rain money before a gaggle of Camosun students could be convinced to head back to campus on a Sunday. Just don’t tell that to Ken Steacy, program leader of the […] Continue Reading |
Intrepid shows tackle professors, studentsVictoria’s Intrepid Theatre, well known for featuring experimental theater, is offering an entertaining way to spend your evenings this month. Two one-act comedies will be featured in a clever play involving dynamics between professors and students. Even the names set the tone for the academic-related proceedings: the comedies are entitled Essay and The Lesson. […] Continue Reading |
New soccer league provides casual optionA new soccer league promising a more casual playing atmosphere is readying its launch in Victoria, and the local footie scene is ready to welcome it with open arms. Vicsoccer, a division of KWsoccer out of Ontario, is starting a recreational league later this spring and, according to league organizers, flexibility is what gives it […] Continue Reading |
Swollen Members return with new directionsSwollen Members have had their fair share of trials and tribulations over the past few years, such as band member “Mad Child” Shane Bunting’s drug addiction, which had a strong influence on their previous album, Dagger Mouth. With all of that behind them, and with new album Beautiful Death Machine in their coffers, they are […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College raising tuition fees unfairly, says CCSSThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) claims that Camosun College is practising unfair methods of raising student tuition fees. On September 1, 2005, the BC government implemented a tuition-limit policy, which limits postsecondary institutions to raising school fees for current programs by a maximum of two percent annually. But, according to Michel Turcotte, CCSS executive […] Continue Reading |
Electronic textbook sales low across BCDespite saving students money and conveniently helping them avoid back problems, it seems electronic textbooks aren’t gaining popularity on BC campuses. Glenn Read, Thompson Rivers University’s bookstore manager, says etexts, which have been offered for four years, are consistently less than one percent of total textbook sales. “It’s not caught on,” says Read. The numbers […] Continue Reading |