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“How do you feel about online classes?” It’s a question that every student has been asked non-stop since the beginning of last month. It’s a fair question to ask. With such uncertainty in our present situation, online classes are here for the summer semester, whether we like it or not. It’s reasonable to want to […]

I once did a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat during which we were not allowed to use our phones, read, write, exercise (besides walking around a few acres a couple times a day), clean, cook, talk to one another, or even make eye contact with anyone. It was a very long 10 days, with about […]

If I’m being completely honest, I’m really sad right now. I miss walking into the cafeteria for a Camosun muffin, listening to the really odd segments of conversation you catch on campus, and being a part of the Camosun community. There’s no end in sight. I’m not going to sit here and tell you it […]

In the words of Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest part. That’s essentially what everyone at Camosun College has been doing for over a month now. Even worse than waiting, however, is the eerie reality that we don’t know exactly what we’re waiting for. It’s as if you’ve had a CAT scan; the doctor’s […]

How many times have you checked social media today? Was it for a couple minutes? Or a couple hours? Did you scroll mindlessly through Instagram? Facebook? Hey, maybe you even browsed some memes off of Reddit. Wherever you went today, it probably evoked a plethora of emotions, either negative or positive. Maybe you compared yourself […]

“Is that beeping in my head?” Shortly after noon, when the lunchtime pick-me-up has worn off and morning coffee is a distant memory, I find myself asking this question. I look to the cat. He blinks, eyes glowing in a sunbeam; it’s cute, sure. But his pupils are little black slits. A little creepy? Understatement […]

In the span of a week, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were all faced with varying degrees of school closure, job loss, child care, and a list of other uncertainties, all the while being forced inside our four-walled structures, only to be left to bump around our crowded minds of worry and concern. Not […]

Taking matters into their own hands: The story “Students propose alternate budget to college” in our April 3, 1995 issue talked about the ongoing concerns from the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) about potential tuition-fee raises at the college. In an attempt to show the college a way to keep the raise down to just […]

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. […]

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, […]