News Briefs: March 21, 2018 issue

Chargers host nationals The Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team hosted the national Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) men’s volleyball championships at Camosun’s Interurban campus from March 8 to 10. The Chargers beat the Keyano Huskies in a three-set victory 25-21, 25-23, and 25-14 and advanced to the semi-final match; however, they fell short with a […]

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Camosun College changes waitlist procedure

As of March 1, Camosun College has disabled automatic enrolment when a space becomes available in a waitlisted course. In the past, when a student was waitlisted on Camlink, they would automatically be enrolled if they were first on the list and a space became available. Camosun registrar Scott Harris says manual enrolment is standard […]

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Eye on the National Student Movement: March 21, 2018 issue

On Friday, March 2, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) cancelled a referendum in which Camosun students would have voted on whether or not to remain members of the CFS. The CFS cancelled the referendum because of a dispute over approximately $200,000 of Camosun student fees that it claims are outstanding. The fees were collected […]

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News Briefs: March 7, 2018 issue

Camosun celebrates International Women’s Day  On Thursday, March 8, Camosun will celebrate International Women’s Day with a number of events on both campuses. At Lansdowne, the Sisters With Spokes Bike Tune Up will take place in the Fisher courtyard from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm; there will be free coffee and cookies in the foyer […]

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Canadian Federation of Students cancels Camosun defederation referendum

The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) has confirmed to Nexus that the referendum for Camosun students to decide on whether or not to defederate from the CFS has been cancelled. Students will continue to pay CFS membership fees until the referendum is rescheduled, which can now happen no earlier than September 15, according to CFS […]

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News Briefs: February 21, 2018 issue

Science help centre opening at Lansdowne A science help centre is opening at Camosun College. The centre, which will be located in the Lansdowne library, is the result of an initiative started by Camosun science instructors in order to help students in biology, chemistry, and physics classes. Camosun’s Masayuki Fukushima passes away  Camosun Japanese instructor […]

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Student raises concerns about Camosun ABE pricing policies

A Camosun student has expressed concern over the college charging for certain 100-level courses instead of offering them as free 000-level Adult Basic Education (ABE) courses. First-year Camosun University Transfer student Ryan Moen says that the college’s wording about some courses is confusing, pointing to Math 173 as an example. “It advertises itself as a […]

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Eye on the National Student Movement: February 21, 2018 issue

As recently reported in Nexus, Camosun students have handed in a petition to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) saying they want to hold a referendum on whether or not to remain members of the national student organization. However, the CFS and the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) have been emailing each other but cannot […]

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Eye on the National Student Movement: February 7, 2018 issue

In our January 24, 2018 issue, we reported that the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) had proposed March 7 to 9 as dates for a referendum to be held at Camosun so students could decide if they want to defederate from the organization. The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) had agreed to those dates, but […]

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News Briefs: February 7, 2018 issue

Camosun offering Ireland field school Camosun College’s English department is looking for students to sign up for its course on Irish literature that includes a journey to Ireland. Students taking English 163 will study at Camosun during May, then go to Ireland for the field school in May and June. The college says students should […]

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