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The phrase “online learning” is an oxymoron. Since COVID-19 began, Camosun classes are mostly online, forcing instructors and students to adapt to streaming Zoom lectures and using online platforms like D2L. There’s a reason why online courses are usually cheaper: it’s an inferior environment for learning. Despite this, students are still paying full tuition for […]

A reality of lockdowns is that they cause me to shut down emotionally, and it’s next to impossible to count on the future I envisioned for myself. Picture this: a dusty orange winter sunrise leaks through foggy windowpanes in the Fisher building. I had spent the morning before going to school as a young father […]

I am a human being blessed with being born in Canada, which maintains a multicultural society. In order for multiculturalism to exist, we as Canadians must accept and encourage many cultures to thrive within our society. Seeing slurs such as the n-word, given the derogatory history associated with the word, being used does not feel […]

As far as November on Vancouver Island goes, it’s a pretty nice morning: rain is only spitting. Spitting is one thing; pouring down is another. I’ve got the heat cranked, Otis Taylor on in the background, and a fresh cup of the mud going. Life’s good right now because my world is small right now. […]

It’s been almost a year since we first heard about COVID-19, but it’s only been since March that everything has shut down. It’s only been eight months. Considering that it feels like it’s been eight lifetimes, I’m amazed at how little I’ve actually gotten done. The air feels thick, like I’m constantly swimming through some […]

That’s money in the bank… or not: In the story “Students foot bill in ski club scandal” in our October 30, 1995 issue, we talked about how a group of Camosun students who were in the student ski club had to use money out of their own pockets during a club trip. The group arrived […]

It’s election season. With the provincial election, American election, and, of course, the Camosun College Student Society election all happening recently, it’s a lot of politics to consume. It all adds to all the big—and sometimes stressful—thoughts we’re all thinking these days. I was chatting with someone last week who said that we hear words […]

Every week, I write the student editor’s letter—Monday morning means it’s time for me to address Camosun students, to have the story edited by Tuesday and running live on the site first thing Wednesday morning. Sometimes the topics come easy: the low-hanging fruit for this week is the fact that two people in Greater Victoria […]

Life pre-Helps: It’s almost hard to believe this happened in what is today an extremely cycling-friendly city, but our October 16, 1995 issue featured a story detailing a critical mass cycling protest gone wrong. The protestors—including members of Camosun’s Students for Environmental Action—were cycling on the Island Highway in protest of the banning of bicycles […]

Halloween has always been an interesting time to me. Like so many things in our society, the roots of it have all but been forgotten by the masses; for many, it’s about dressing up, sugar highs, and decorations more so than it is about a salute to the dead or an ancient Celtic festival. But […]