Eye on campus: January 9 – 22Wednesday, January 9 Interurban Mini CamFest Join the holiday-hungover representatives of your Camosun College Student Society for a day of “handbooks, donuts, fruit, and information.” Wednesday’s festivities at the Interurban campus start at 6:03 pm (?), but we’re going to use creative license and just say it’s running throughout the day, so go grab some, […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: January 9 – 22, 2013Friday, January 11 Isobel Trigger, Milk, Smash Boom Pow, Weak Patrol Logan’s Pub, 9:30 pm Jason Lee skateboarded to a song by a band called Milk back in Video Days circa 1991. I’m willing to bet that none of the guys in the Victoria version have ever even heard of them. They recorded a tune […] Continue Reading |
Comics: January 9, 2013 issue |
A message from the Camosun College student society: A new year of advocacyEveryone has their own way of welcoming in the new year. Some choose to reflect upon the last year, others rid their homes of clutter, and still others commit to making personal changes that will better their lives. At the Camosun College Student Society, we’re looking ahead and celebrating all the new and exciting experiences […] Continue Reading |
Speaker’s corner: The heart of persuasionCan you say enthymeme? It means “an argument that is built on a premise that is not explicitly stated.” It describes that feeling you get when you woo someone, instead of trying to force them to your way of thinking. Think of it this way: you’ve relied on your natural charm to win people over. […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: The social policence to those of us who deviate from binary restrictions of gender and compulsory heterosexuality. This is not to say that family problems do not exist outside of the LGBT identity; rather, it can be a compounding factor that fuels problematic family relations. There are events in our lives that we wish to share with […] Continue Reading |
Sour Grapes: Conquer the hangoverIt’s January. A time to decompress from December stresses, look toward the new year with a hopeful gaze, and recover from the inevitable holiday hangover. It’s that magical time of year when a month’s worth of overeating, sugar binging, and booze culminates in a cloudy-brained crash landingÉ just in time for a new semester! Sure, […] Continue Reading |
A look at 2012’s tunesWhile 2012 didn’t host the end of the world, it did produce some interesting new music. Here are a few of the more notable albums released in 2012. Ben Folds Five came out of the woodwork to release their first album since 1999. The Sound of the Life of the Mind is a full-length disc […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Blue bridge debacle, sexual health clinic moves, immigrating onlineCamosun VP gets tip of literary hat John Boraas, vice president, education for Camosun, recently received the 2012 Peter Gzowski Award from Literacy Victoria. Boraas got the nod for his “life-long personal and professional commitment to adult literacy,” according to a press release. Then I go and spell “commitment” wrong when I’m first writing this! […] Continue Reading |
UBC campus protest raises aboriginal issuesA red blanket adorned with traditional symbols draped over her shoulders, Shelly Johnson took the mic in front of the UBC First Nations Longhouse on the afternoon of January 3 and began verbally assailing Bill C-45, a sweeping new law from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government. “We can all do something about this colonial and […] Continue Reading |
