25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 11, 2019 issueComposting conundrums: The story “Composting to begin at Camosun” in our September 19, 1994 issue talked about how the college had started using a composting system for cafeteria waste. All well and good, but you know how often I, here in 2019, pull recyclables and compostable items out of garbages on campus? The college has […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: September 11, 2019 issue |
Open Space: Late-night bus service long overdueI can’t believe that BC Transit thinks that adding late-night bus service is a good idea. I think it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money. Who’s taking a bus as late as 2:45 am? Why add this service to the schedule when there’s never been a demand before? What person is taking a bus that late […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Toxic Holocaust deliver dystopian imagery over raging crossoverToxic Holocaust Primal Future: 2019 (Entertainment One) 4.5/5 After six years of waiting, thrash fans will be satisfied by the seventh studio album from Portland’s Toxic Holocaust (the brainchild of Portland’s Joel Grind), Primal Future: 2019. Looking at the title of the album, we expect to see a dark, dystopian world. Primal Future: 2019 begins […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Jody Watson on being humbled by technologyKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: The funny business of running a businessToday, I’m going to talk about owning a business, which, when exploited properly, can aid and abet the party. For about three years, I ran a business where I built and repaired guitars for hobbyists and performing musicians. It was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Thinking about running your […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society campaign encourages students to raise their voices and voteThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) and the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) are working together to launch the Get Out the Vote campaign, which encourages students to vote in the upcoming federal election. The campaign was launched at Camosun on Tuesday, September 3 and runs until October 21, which is federal election day. […] Continue Reading |
Bubbles: September 11, 2019 issue |
What’s Going On: September 11 to 24, 2019Until Friday, September 20 A sketch of the synagogues Ben Levinson is sharing his architectural sketches of synagogues of the western world with the western world in his new exhibit, Synagogue Sketches of the Western World. This free exhibit is open to the public, and if you love beautiful art and vivid culture—and synagogues, sketches of synagogues, […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Facing death and shattered mental constructsI’ll never forget West Texas. It was there, in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night, where death suddenly entered my life. I felt my then-boyfriend Cody (not his real name) get out of bed quite suddenly, and although it was still dark, my first thought was that he must be […] Continue Reading |
