Victoria poetry slam competitors prepare for chance at national finals during Canadian Festival of Spoken WordThose in the growing Victoria poetry slam community know that competition amongst local poets is friendly yet fierce, but in the upcoming Victoria Poetry Slam Finals there is even more on the line. One person will be named Victoria Slam Champion and all five finalists will have the opportunity to represent their city in this […] Continue Reading |
Festival exposes Victoria to Korean cultureA group of Korean students living in Victoria hope to expose their country’s culture to our city on May 10. The first Korean Festival will introduce traditional foods, clothes, games, and performances to those passing by Centennial Square throughout the day. One of the festival’s organizers, Danbi Hong, says that although there are many Korean […] Continue Reading |
College recognizes Chargers student athletes in 20th annual awards ceremonyElyse Matthews and Lucas Dellabough came away as co-winners of the President’s Cup award for outstanding achievement in academics and athletics at the recent Camosun Chargers 20th annual athletics awards ceremony. Matthews, a fourth-year wing on the college’s women’s basketball team, finished her studies in the environmental technology program this year with a perfect 9.0 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun students prepare to launch ElsewhereTwenty-seven second-year Visual Arts students are currently hard at work getting their graduation show, Elsewhere, ready. The 37th graduation show put on by Camosun students in the program, Elsewhere has an ambiguous title that has given the artists freedom to interpret and create as they see fit. Talking with two graduating students, Owen Parnell and Kellen Read, […] Continue Reading |
The Adventures of Superman returns to spirit of 1940s radio playsWhen Rod Peter Jr.’s interest in 1940s and ‘50s radio plays led him to stumble upon a curious bit of American boosterism called The Adventures of Superman, he knew that he wanted to bring it to the stage. And while Peter staged a version of the radio play a couple of years ago, another script […] Continue Reading |
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings brings sold out crowd at Victoria’s Alix Goolden Hall to its kneesA cry of “hallelujah” rang out from the back of the packed Alix Gooldin Performance Hall on Saturday, April 5, as Sharon Jones shouted to the crowd that she had to testify. And indeed she did. From the moment Jones and her band, the Dap Kings, entered the room, they were on a mission to […] Continue Reading |
Hear No Evil Vancouver Island comedy tour features trio of Vancouver comediansWhen three Vancouver comics–Jared Borland, Kyle Jones, and Byron Bertram—got together over beers to figure out why they weren’t getting enough work from their agents, the trio decided to make some work for themselves. The result was a self-booked, 10-show tour of Vancouver Island over 14 days, going as north as Port McNeill and stopping […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society donates $1 per student to Island Sexual HealthNOTE: Island Sexual Health contacted Nexus to clarify that their current financial situation is not to do with funding being cut, as is stated in the statement from the Camosun College Student Society below. Rather, it is to do with “chronic underfunding.” With Island Sexual Health (ISH) struggling to cover their costs this year, the Camosun […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Comics and Graphic Novels students get ready for second comics conferenceAfter a lot of hard work is put into a project it’s always nice to take a big step back and admire what’s been created. The students in Camosun’s Comics and Graphic Novels program get to do this with their very own comics conference. The conference will feature the group of 15 students exhibiting their […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago in Nexus: Web exclusive for April 2, 2014 issueHow could hell be any worse?: Our cover story for our April 18, 1994 issue looked at students and poverty. Clearly, not much has changed on this front. However, it has rarely been explained so passionately as by a poem printed in the Letters to the Editor section of this issue. A letter writer named […] Continue Reading |
