Trill’s Recipes: Mushroom soup

Ingredients: Mushrooms, chopped 1 1/2 cups Carrots, chopped 1 1/2 cups Celery, chopped 1 1/2 cups Milk 1 cup Corn starch 2 tbsp Minced garlic 1 tsp Salt 2 tsp Pepper 1/2 tsp We’re all gearing up for the new semester; with the whisper of fall in the air, it’s my favourite time of year. […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 23, 2026 issue

September 11 aftermath: Our issue from 25 years ago came out on September 17,  2001, not even a week after the horrific events of September 11. In the View Points column, Nexus writer Sarah Petrescu asked “will increased militarism, surveillance, and suspicion be justified in defence of upholding ‘good’ forces in the world?” amid worries […]

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How to make the most of your time at Camosun

Now that the school term has begun in earnest, there comes the period marked by feelings of panic and over-commitment. If you’re anything like me, you’re very good at agreeing to things and making plans that are still a long way off, when there’s that safety buffer zone. Suddenly, by some trick of the calendar, […]

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Finding community as a Camosun College student

I’ve been at Camosun for one year. I completed my first three terms from September through August, and I’ve seen changes and growth in my short time here, but it’s made me wonder: how does one find community at Camosun?  I’m in a transfer program studying toward a combined computer science and psychology degree and […]

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New Music Revue: Nuh-Uh! add something new on EP

Nuh-Uh! All My Friends (Permenent Records) 3.5/5 While playing a show in downtown Victoria this August, local band Nuh-Uh! surprised the audience by announcing their first EP, releasing that same night. All My Friends stays true to the band’s sound—somewhere between surf punk and punk rock—while at the same time managing to add something new […]

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Comedian explores origins of ’90s gay joke in Ribald

Comedian Shawn Hitchins has had quite the decade. Finding success early in his career and even sparking a movement (Ginger Pride Walk) in Edinburgh, it would be understandable to feel like the universe (or whoever is in charge of it) is smiling down on him. Unfortunately for Hitchins, life is a big fan of the […]

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The importance of Orange Shirt Day and learning to be an ally

I am a settler in these lands. I am privileged enough to live and work and study on terrain that has been stewarded—safeguarded—for untold millennia by the Indigenous peoples that have existed here long before my lineage arrived uninvited, and continue to protect and live in harmony with it to this day.  An important first […]

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Buddy brilliant specimen of weird filmmaking

I was born at a very young age in 1985, hot on the heels of the Ninja Turtles, and by the time the mid ’90s rolled around, I was wearing my hat backwards, eating Push Pops, and, without fail, being relegated to the position of “car lookout” in street hockey.  My fellow millenials certainly remember […]

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