Nic’s Flicks: Top Gun: Maverick improves on original in big wayTop Gun: Maverick (2022) 4.5/5 Top Gun: Maverick is easily one of the summer’s best blockbusters and also, undoubtedly, one of the best theatre experiences I’ve had in a long time. This film is the long-awaited sequel to 1986’s box-office smash Top Gun, a movie that, I have to admit, I really didn’t like. I […] Continue Reading |
Coping with the pandemic—and life—with Game of ThronesI’ve spent the last year trying to discover what was hiding under all my fear. Since 2019, we’ve all been in the middle of a plague and were forced to adapt. But society has moved on and the world has been dealing with a great deal of sadness. COVID-19 was a just an undergarment to […] Continue Reading |
Show Me the Money: Guaranteed investment certificates (GICs)Summer vacation is over, and I hope everyone is refreshed and looking forward to the fall semester. I was on a co-op work term over the summer and not only did I learn a lot, but I also managed to save a tidy sum to help with rent and expenses over the next semester and […] Continue Reading |
The Nexus fall movie preview guideWell, we made it past summer movie season, and now it’s time to talk about the fall blockbusters. While not as packed as last year, this fall movie season offers up plenty of action, suspense, and fun that’s sure to make movie-goers happy. Here’s a look at just a few of the flicks hitting the […] Continue Reading |
Exhibit celebrates 131 years of Ukrainian-Canadian immigrationIn 2016, the Royal BC Museum partnered up with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Vancouver to produce Bread & Salt, an installation that celebrated 125 years of Ukrainian immigration to Canada. Now, the exhibit is once more being displayed, updated to honour the most recent wave of displaced Ukrainians driven […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 6, 2022 issueCFS fights loan repayment plan: A story in our September 2, 1997 issue detailed how the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) was fighting a government repayment plan for student loans that allowed students who could pay loans faster to save on interest. The CFS—which Camosun students were paying members of at this time—said that this […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students revitalize Lansdowne Native Plant GardenTwo Environmental Technology students have used the knowledge gained from their courses to give back to Camosun. Christina Chen and Roxanne Cameron used their sustainability Capstone project to revitalize the Native Plant Garden on Lansdowne campus and turn it into what is now Camas Hill. Camas Hill, located beside the Wilna Thomas Building, is named […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus takes on Veterans Affairs Canada in courtsA former Camosun College student is taking on Veterans Affairs Canada in the federal courts. Kyle Bienvenu, a retired navy reservist who served from 2002 to 2014, and who was at Camosun College from 2005 to 2007 in the University Transfer program, appeared over Zoom in federal court in Vancouver on Thursday, August 4 after […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Camosun fee-deadline change fails studentsCamosun College has imposed new fee and class-drop deadlines that, while holding merit, fail in addressing a fair opportunity for students to make decisions regarding their career path. I agree that it’s a good idea that the full cost of selected courses be paid three weeks prior to start of classes, to allow the school […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: September 6, 2022 issueCamosun volleyball alumna in apprentice program This fall, Camosun Chargers women’s volleyball alumna Morgan Monkman is participating in her second season in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Female Apprentice Coach Program. The program, which is funded by Sports Canada, supports female athletes interested in training to be coaches. Camosun College gets new board member Lawyer […] Continue Reading |
