How I learned to stop worrying and find hope during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dear fellow students, I am reaching out to you today to inform you about a tip I’ve learned that has produced promising results in restoring the faith and hope that we all need in able to get through the COVID-19 crisis. It’s a very simple tip, and I highly recommend everybody give it a shot. […]

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COVID-19 is a tool for human connection, not isolation

As technology evolves, humankind is becoming increasingly isolated. More than ever before, we constitute a mob of individuals disconnected from ourselves and one another, struggling for a sense of meaningful purpose, unconsciously searching for something to bind us together as humans with a common experience. The novel coronavirus is a double-edged sword. In one aspect, […]

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Coping with depression and anxiety during social isolation

I write Freedom from Addiction, a bi-weekly column in Nexusabout recovering from addiction. In some ways a jarring change in our usual day-to-day living, along with the uncertainty and fear that can arise in such a situation, is akin to giving up an addictive behaviour. It can be extremely disorienting and uncomfortable to go through […]

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Camosun response to COVID-19 on target

Moving from in-class instruction to online is the best response Camosun College possibly could have given to the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety and well-being of those who walk Camosun’s campuses are more important than ever before. Naysayers will argue that moving from in-class instruction is going to hurt student learning, and that students will not […]

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Dealing with self-isolation: one Camosun student’s perspective

As we heed the call of public officials to practice social distancing (let’s do our part and stay home), the reality of this pandemic is setting in. It’s surreal how things have changed from only a few weeks ago when all was well on our campuses. Now, the world is virtually locked down as we […]

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A message to Camosun College students

In the last few days, I have begun to drink coffee conservatively, using beans that have already had water run through them once. I am under voluntary self-isolation after someone at a dental conference my partner was at tested positive for COVID-19. It’s not the worst: I’m allowed to leave the apartment to go for […]

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Open Space: Key to battling coronavirus is community

COVID-19 anxiety is ubiquitous. Camosun College recently released a statement informing students that in-person classes have been cancelled for the rest of the semester (see page 1). The University of Victoria also cancelled classes. Glenlyon Norfolk has, as well, closed early as a precautionary measure. This virus is dominating the news and our minds. But […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 18, 2020 issue

Now there’s a quote: The story “Concerns raised over hiring of security manager” in our March 20, 1995 issue talked about concerns the Camosun College Student Society had over the role of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) in monitoring student groups in post-secondary institutions across Canada; the college’s new security manager at the […]

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25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 4, 2020 issue

Depressing reading: Imagine if we compiled a book featuring every story we’ve ever written over the years about cuts to education budgets, or about tuition-fee raises. The history of Nexus is really just a history of documenting this bad news, and stories like “Federal budget promises education cuts” in our March 6, 1995 issue are […]

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Open Space: No one has better or worse taste in music

It’s ridiculous to pretend that there is such a thing as objectively good taste in music. Yet, this is often discussed. Music is subjective, and it’s shortsighted to label some as universally superior. Twice, Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, in 2004 and in 2010. Out of […]

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