Dear life: Dealing with loss on the courtBasketball has long taught me about life. Today, I’m a student in Camosun’s Athletic and Exercise Therapy program and a student athletic therapist with the Camosun Chargers. But 10 years ago, I graduated high school and entered my first year of college with limited attention paid to academic growth, and a wholehearted focus on collegiate […] Continue Reading |
Tile Crawler: March 19, 2025 issue |
Reasons to Live… In Victoria: Reconnecting with my cultureStudying at Camosun has inspired me to further explore my Indigenous identity. My k’wala’yu (reason for living), my child Frankie, is a daily reminder of the importance for me to reconnect with our Kwakwaka’wakw culture. I’ve started learning some of the language, thanks to online resources like FirstVoices and lessons uploaded by Kwak’wala speaker Pewi […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: March 19, 2025 issueCamosun celebrates Pi(e) Day On Thursday, March 13, pies made by Camosun Culinary Arts students were used in a pie eating contest to celebrate Pi. The world’s most famous irrational number, Pi’s first three digits are 3.14, which is why March 14 is known as Pi Day. The delicious day took place at the Centre […] Continue Reading |
Two different approaches to sustainable fashionHow to find clothes you like Evelyn Daniels, contributing writer Step 1: Cry to a friend Hour three of my shift at the thrift shop, a woman comes up to me crying. In short, she had a voucher and another location of our supposedly charity shops had refused to help her. She had a job […] Continue Reading |
Dropping the Needle: Howdy countryFor years, country music had found a home with songs about beers, trucks, and Friday nights—and, to its credit, the songs dominated the radio. But as radio airplay declined in the streaming era, this genre became niche, and was trapped in a cycle of predictable themes, sound, and songwriting. Then, something changed. Country found a […] Continue Reading |
Pieces of Performance: Queercrip dream monster Boy Gorgeous continues drag takeoverThe queercrip monster of our dreams, Boy Gorgeous, is always here to make a statement, share their story, and just have a good old camp time slaying any stage they can find. Starting their drag takeover in 2021, they’re not only part of the amazing TeaHaus drag family, they’re also a producer and host of […] Continue Reading |
Fellas, Let’s Figure It Out: Call your momThere is no debating that independence is a cornerstone of the college experience. The freedom that is part of post-secondary education can be empowering and terrifying at the same time. While the newfound independence in college is a rite of passage for most young adults, it can be a tough and scary time for our […] Continue Reading |
The funding desert: How Budget 2025 leaves post-secondary strandedThe provincial government’s Budget 2025 ignores what students are up against. A crisis of funding brought on by international student enrolment caps, increasing numbers of layoffs at post-secondary institutions across BC, and closing campuses have left students floundering in the midst of their education. The future workforce has been decidedly neglected. But this is nothing […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students left behind when college goes offlineApparently, COVID is over. Never mind those still sick or suffering; instead, rejoice! For in the year of our lord 2025, we have decided COVID is gone! With the end of COVID, we reached the end of our so-called “new normal” of online work, online school, and pajamas all day. So it’s just normal now. […] Continue Reading |
