Open Space: Camosun needs to do better for students with mental illnessesStudents with invisible mental illnesses—for example, depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder—are largely forgotten when it comes to inclusion at post-secondary institutions, such as Camosun College. Despite the fact that roughly one in five people here in Canada suffers from mental-health barriers, students with mental illnesses are often left out of school events and activities […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 12, 2018 issueVirtually upset: In the Excrementia Factorum column in our September 20, 1993 issue, writer Shelley Evans, after saying that video games can cause “family separation, murder or suicide!” says, “I can’t wait until virtual reality is finally in the hands of consumers.” Well, the technology has had a long gestation period but seems to finally, […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: August 29, 2018 issueStill going strong: The story “Women’s Centre opens” in our September 7, 1993 issue reported that the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) was opening the Women’s Centre on the Lansdowne campus. The centre was then located in the Fisher building; the CCSS still runs the Women’s Centre, which is now located on the main floor […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Students need to get involved to have their voice heardCamosun’s student government is a political force made up of our own bodies. We are the people who sit down at the table with organizations like the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to speak as a collective voice on the things that matter most. Camosun student affiliation with the CFS—who recently expulsed Camosun students from […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: On whether or not to be a motherMy relationship with motherhood has always been complicated and uncertain. I’ve had every opinion from “I’m never going to have kids” (ages 20 to 26) to “If I’m still single when I’m 35, I’m gonna hit up a sperm bank and do this independent-woman style” (ages 26 to 30). When I was 30, I made […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: It’s time to look at death in a more positive lightIf it wasn’t for death, life would be insignificant. Without the pressure of impending death, what sense of immediacy would we have in our goals and dreams for the future? We would have forever to complete them; as creatures drawn to leisure, we wouldn’t complete much at all. If it wasn’t for death, no life […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: The failure of feminismIf there is one harsh lesson I have learned in life, it’s that anger begets more anger. I have been violated. By men. But I am not angry with all men. I am angry with very specific men. I could be bitter, and perhaps I once was, until I stumbled upon a simple quote: “bitter […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: We need to be told what to doGrowing up, being told what to do by your parents was always the worst. (Honestly, it still is.) But as I’ve grown up, I’ve learned more and seen things about the world that I just wasn’t aware of as a youngster. They say with great power comes great responsibility; once you hit the age of […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 4, 2018 issueStill more CFS controversy: Our April 5, 1993 issue featured the story “CFS controversy continues,” which, once again, detailed concerns students had about being part of the national organization. Considering it’s 25 years later and relations between Camosun students and the national organization have gotten even worse, one has to wonder when the speculation will […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 21, 2018 issueMore CFS battling at Camosun: Last time around in this column, we talked about a letter that then-director of communications for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) Sue Williams wrote to Nexus calling for students to defederate from the Canadian Federation of Students. In our March 22, 1993 issue, a letter from unnamed “student council […] Continue Reading |
