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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]