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 |
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 |
Closing the Interurban Math Help Centre hurts studentsAs the summer term switches over to the fall term, the weather won’t be the only change at Camosun College. One loss students will face is the closure of the Math Help Centre at the Interurban campus. So, I have a question: should the School of Arts and Access be renamed to the School of […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: When it comes to adulthood, there is no timelineSomewhere along the way, we were handed a very specific timeline for adulthood: graduate high school at 18, finish college or university in your early 20s, and get a job to start building a career. By your mid-20s, you’re, apparently, supposed to know exactly what you’re doing. But walk around a college campus and that […] Continue Reading |
Car dependency is ruining our citiesAfter living in the Northwest Territories for a month, I can confidently say that I’m a happy driver of my Ford F-150. I work about an hour walk away, along a dirt road with not a sidewalk in sight. Quads and side-by-sides rip around on dirt roads left and right, and the neighbours’ off-leash dog […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: EACS program needs workAll post-secondary students have opinions on their assignments, instructors, and what their program has to offer. However, given how many students in the Education Assistant and Community Support (EACS) program I’ve talked to are sharing the same thoughts and opinions, it might be time for a change. I enrolled in the EACS program thinking I […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Unpaid internships deeply flawedWhile unpaid internships are often celebrated as a young adult’s first foray into the professional world, they have morphed into a deeply flawed practice that devalues merit, restricts socioeconomic mobility, and dismantles the standard university-to-career pipeline. By establishing a hard barrier that excludes low-to-average-income students while simultaneously inflating job requirements, unpaid internships deepen socioeconomic disparities […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students need to take back the reins from AIPost-secondary students rely too heavily on artificial intelligence. AI should not be doing the job a human can—and should—do. I’ve witnessed Camosun College students go against the academic code of conduct and submit an assignment written by AI as their own work. Normally this would result in expulsion, but teachers don’t seem to notice, or […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 1, 2026 issueEngineering new frontiers: The April 2, 2001 issue of Nexus covered the achievements of the then-graduating class of Engineering students. Greg Wallin, Chris Emerson, and Jon Jacox designed an internet remote capable of communicating with household devices. Robert Reed, another graduate, made a circuit board drill that was “so precise it’ll make your head spin.” […] Continue Reading |
Students shouldn’t sacrifice their own intelligence to artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) is not a replacement for our own intelligence. The technology promises to transform the way we do almost everything. You’ve likely heard people refer to AI like ChatGPT as a tool, and it most certainly can be; however, in terms of AI being an academic tool to help students, there’s a need […] Continue Reading |
