Open Space: Camosun tuition-drop deadline exclusionaryIn 2022, Camosun reaffirmed academia’s commitment to exclusionism by moving the 100-percent-tuition-refund course-drop deadline backwards three weeks. Historically, the deadline was after classes began so students could, without financial penalty, drop a course after attending a few lectures. But the requirement to lock in course enrolment (and tuition) before classes start is problematic. Because of […] Continue Reading |
Alisha’s Light incredible coming-out storyThe long-running Victoria Fringe Festival is in its 40th incarnation, once again brought to our fair city by Intrepid Theatre to showcase outsider performance art. Fringe fests have long been the domain of the freaks and geeks, and a safe harbour for anyone not quite fitting into the mould of what you could call the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 8, 2026 issueCorporate collusion: Concerned about corporate influence on campus? I mean, you probably should be, and you wouldn’t be alone in that: back in our September 4, 2001 issue, we covered how students were upset about corporate donor plaques popping up around campus. “I think it is pretty disgusting,” said Camosun College Student Society director Kristen […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Faculty Association calls for increased post-secondary funding in Budget 2027As British Columbia’s post-secondary institutions face growing financial pressures, the Camosun College Faculty Association (CCFA) is calling on the provincial government to increase stable public funding for colleges and universities through Budget 2027. The CCFA has submitted its recommendations to the Select Standing Committee on Finance, arguing that post-secondary institutions need reliable government funding rather […] Continue Reading |
A Student’s Guide to Local Politics: What even is a municipality?Politics—you’re probably already familiar with the term, or you at least hold a notion of what the concept means. A simple way to think about politics is to think of them as the complicated web of relationships that humans hold between each other and their environment(s). To best introduce municipalities, it’s first crucial to understand […] Continue Reading |
Spider-Man: Brand New Day great movie 25 percent of the timeIn 2021, current Spidey actor Tom Holland said, “If I’m playing Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve done something wrong.” So, when it was announced he was in talks to star in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he indicated that if he were to don the mask again, the story would have to be something special. Then […] Continue Reading |
