International Women’s Day: The Camosun student perspective

This year’s International Women’s Day’s theme is “embrace equity,” which is important to reflect on and strive for. And while there’s a broader societal importance to International Women’s Day, there’s also a personal significance to it for me. The personal side of it starts with the women in my family and branches out from there. […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: February 22, 2023 issue

Mothpocalypse: In our February 23, 1998 issue, we reported that the problematic gypsy moth (now known as the spongy moth) population problem in Canada had a controversial solution: to aerially spray the insecticide Foray 48B to kill them at their larvae stage. This particular insecticide has been known to kill harmless moths and butterflies and […]

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Open Space: IUD procedure shouldn’t be more painful than needed

Deciding on birth-control methods can be like sitting between a rock and hard place. The daily pill is one of the cheaper options but remembering to take a pill every day, at the same time, can be a challenge. It feels risky, especially when certain things, like antibiotics, can lessen the effectiveness of the pill. […]

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Walking the Balance Beam: Signing off

It seems like the most difficult thing to achieve in life is balance: to live life with calmness, with harmony. I see people in a big hurry all the time. We’re always wanting to achieve, to be the best, whether it be in work, in school, or in our homes and families. This is often […]

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New Music Revue: Beat Awfuls look at dark side of youth culture on new album

Beat Awfuls PAWS (Youth Kulture/Cocoa Beach Tapes) 3.5/5 Richmond (by way of Lexington and Boston) lo-fi rock trio Beat Awfuls intrigue and provoke on their fourth album, PAWS. With song titles like “Interstate Skeletons” and “Ego Death Kult,” it’s clear that PAWS was intended to be edgy. The album conveys a cherry-flavoured apathy for life […]

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