Vancouver indie band Said the Whale discuss their history and growthVancouver-based indie band Said the Whale are in the middle of a tour across Canada and the United States to promote their new album Cascadia. For guitarist/vocalist Tyler Bancroft, the tour finds the band—who formed in 2007—coming full circle. “It is really our return to where it began,” says Bancroft, “appreciating the west coast and […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 25, 2019 issueNot that $200 textbooks are outrageous: It gets a bit tiresome to look back on old stories and lament about how some student struggles never change, but good lord: our October 3, 1994 issue featured the front page story “Cost of textbooks forces students to consider cheaper alternatives.” What more can we say? It was […] Continue Reading |
Social Survival 101: How to make eye contact in four simple stepsYear after year, I’m increasingly convinced that we will one day see the dawn of that great utopian vision foretold by WALL-E of a truly advanced, carefree human society. But in the meantime, as we trudge through the crude world beyond our mystical screens together, the rudimentary ability to make eye contact with the people […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: September 25, 2019 issue |
New Music Revue: Mean Jeans show youthful spirit on new albumMean Jeans Gigantic Sike! (Fat Wreck Chords) 4/5 Mean Jeans, the party punkheads from Portland, Oregon, just released their fourth studio album, Gigantic Sike! The record—actually their fifth, if you count 2018’s Jingles Collection, 23 unsolicited product jingles—is guaranteed to give listeners one hell of good time with the excitement in it. “Fun,” “young,” and […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: The ups and downs of withdrawalAnyone who has consciously gone through withdrawal from a serious addiction would agree that it is extremely difficult and painful, and—if they made it through it—that they are glad to be on the other side. Withdrawal from sex and love addiction may not seem so bad. Indeed, sex and love addiction is sometimes regarded as […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun’s Robin Fast on talking to instructors and learning how to learnKnow 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 who you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want […] Continue Reading |
Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys: How to clean your apartment, student styleAmong the list of to-dos in a young adult’s life, the most mundane task has to be cleaning their grotesque apartment. If you’re anything like me, this chore always seems to sneak up on your way out the door to ’90s night at Logan’s or Blackout Sundays at the Rooftop. What if you should bring […] Continue Reading |
Bubbles: September 25, 2019 issue |
Creativity crosses boundaries in BC Culture DaysThe time has come for every reasonably sized city in BC to open up their proverbial creative stage and flaunt what they have to offer for BC Culture Days. Since 2009, British Columbia’s Bridge Arts and Community, a non-profit charitable organization, gets together with up to 10 artist ambassadors and promotes the awareness of arts […] Continue Reading |
