Earthy Edibles: Smooth as spiced citrusOne of my favourite memories of living in Brazil as a child is of the beautiful mangoes we would harvest from our backyard. I loved watching them ripen and swell from small, hard green fruits to juicy globes barely holding onto the branches. My brother would climb the tree and cut them down, the sticky […] Continue Reading |
Double Teamed: Let’s text about sex, babyIn honour of the relatively recent inclusion of the word “sexting” to the Oxford English Dictionary, we decided to talk about texting about sex. And Glee. Clorisa: So, “sexting” is now an official word in the Oxford English Dictionary. Which is interesting. It’s probably one of the newer words added in there. Dylan: They said […] Continue Reading |
What’s Up With Her?: Mental illness stigmaA flight attendant for American Airlines has been hospitalized after having a panic attack and screaming over the plane’s PA system that the plane was going to crash. Reportedly, the flight attendant has bipolar disorder, a mental illness characterized by manic states, and had been off of her medication. In our society mental illness is […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: March 21, 2012 issueSchool of Seven Bells Ghostory (Vagrant/Ghostly) 4/5 School of Seven Bells, a dream-pop indie-rock shoegaze band from New York, are back with their third studio album. This band is adorable: their songs draw you in and feel like comfortable dreams, the kind you never want to end. Recently, School of Seven Bells downgraded in size, […] Continue Reading |
Go to capitalism cityTime and the Suburbs: The Politics of Built Environments and the Future of Dissent (Arbeiter Ring Publishing) is a commanding political reassessment of the urbanization of rural cities post-industrialization. The 150-page discourse by Rohan Quinby explores fatalism in the capitalistic movements that encode and dictate the constructs of human civilizations. Using political and philosophical theories […] Continue Reading |
New exhibit shows rural horror, highway beautyAnyone who grew up on the island – or even in British Columbia – knows the appeal of seeing a highway in the middle of the night, enveloped by never-ending forest. Some islanders might even know all too well the horror of stumbling across a sinister problem in a rural trailer park or a car […] Continue Reading |
Ombudsman here to help studentsCamosun College ombudsman Carter MacDonald is one busy guy. Having signed a two-year contract extension with the college in September, MacDonald finds most of his time split between his offices at the Lansdowne and Interurban campuses. As an ombudsman, MacDonald acts as an advocate of fairness for students. His duties include giving students advice on […] Continue Reading |
Camosun smoking policy changes still up in the airSmokers at Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus may have to start bringing umbrellas for their smoke breaks in September. The current designated smoking shelter located outside the bottom of the Ewing building has been the cause of many complaints from students and staff. The BC Health Ministry states that a smoking area must be at least […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Program limbo unfair to students, staffIf the Applied Communication Program (ACP) and Camosun were married, this year would mark their 40th anniversary. And what better way to celebrate than with a possible divorce? Yes, ACP has done its last intake of students who will finish next April, but that’s not where it ends. Actually, that’s not even where it begins. […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: March 21-April 3Friday, March 24 Electric Six, Bend Sinister Club 90NE9, $16, 7 pm You can go to this show, you can dance real slow, infect the whole human race, but you can’t ignore their techno. You can juke, you can lock, you can pop, you can spacewalk, spend your days asking why, but you can’t ignore […] Continue Reading |
