Camosun Business student pursues boxing dream outside of classroomMost of us haven’t figured ourselves out yet. Most of us have an idea in mind about some dream or another that we would like to fulfill, and most of us kind of wing it every day in hopes that someday we might get a chance to do chase the dream. Bryan Colwell has taken […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Eamon McGrath delivers emotion and variety on new albumEamon McGrath Guts (Saved by Vinyl) 3.5/5 Well-travelled Canadian singer-songwriter Eamon McGrath explores toxic masculinity from a heterosexual man’s point of view on his new concept album Guts, which follows up his 2018 triumph, Tantramar. Guts’ dark lyrical imagery is spread across a diverse musical landscape. The album showcases McGrath’s versatility as it transitions seamlessly […] Continue Reading |
Camosun’s new VP of student experience says campus life is all connectedMental health, supporting victims of sexual violence, and post-secondary affordability aren’t just issues on Camosun students’ minds—they’re all areas that new Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings plans on focusing on in her job. “Those are three hot buttons that I can’t imagine not being responsive to,” she says. “It breaks my heart […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 11, 2019 issueCamosun students get chance to influence college policy Camosun College wants to hear from students and staff regarding policy-making decisions, and has organized events to do so. The events—called Policy Palooza—take place at both Lansdowne and Interurban campuses. The Interurban event is happening on Tuesday, October 1 in the Cafeteria annex from 1 pm until […] Continue Reading |
Vancouver psych-rockers Black Mountain talk success and balanceAny performer can appreciate that distinct feeling that comes with the responsibility of holding a crowd’s attention. As a stand-up comedian, I can value that feeling of nervousness or excitement that fills you when everybody’s eyes are on you, waiting in anticipation. Black Mountain keyboardist Jeremy Schmidt has found his band playing in front of […] Continue Reading |
Cancer Bats take matters into their own handsWhen Toronto hardcore punk band Cancer Bats released their sixth full-length album, The Spark that Moves, last year, it felt like a salute to their diverse repertoire: 2008’s Hail Destroyer, 2010’s Bars, Mayors, Scraps & Bones, and 2012’s Dead Set on Living, to name just a few of their full-lengths. Vocalist Liam Cormier says that […] Continue Reading |
Parking pressures: Camosun has built a new parking lot at Interurban, but is it enough?With Camosun opening the doors to the new Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and Wellness at the Interurban campus this month, there is excitement brewing for everyone. The building has a sleek design and room for more intensive and specialized classrooms and, of course, a lot of students. This means that Interurban, which […] Continue Reading |
The Great Canadian Beer Festival 2019: The Nexus reviewThere’s not much we won’t do for you, our faithful readers. We work around the clock when we need to, we file Freedom of Information requests, we sprout early grey hairs doing stressful interviews, and, sometimes, we drink a lot of beer. For you, faithful readers, of course. Usually we spread out our review of […] Continue Reading |
