New Music Revue: Post-rockers Starless drop essential albumStarless Hope Is Leaving You (Independent) 4.5/5 In need of a soundtrack for your return to school? Chicago-based atmospheric post-rock band Starless have a new release called Hope Is Leaving You. This album is a masterpiece of music that must be heard this fall. Hope Is Leaving You contains seven tracks, each presenting different styles […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Free Guy interesting film with cool conceptFree Guy (2021) 3.5/4 What I like about movies is the art form’s ability to explore high-end concepts. Think 1998’s The Truman Show, which successfully explores the unique concept of a man who finds out his life is just a TV show. Shawn Levy’s new film Free Guy also has much success turning an interesting […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College celebrates 50th anniversary with Camosun Food AffairThis year, Camosun is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and a key aspect of this is recognizing current and former Camosun students. The first annual Camosun Food Affair shines a spotlight on restaurants founded by or employing Camosun students. During the week of September 16 to 23, over 40 restaurants—mostly located in Victoria, but some are […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Fringe Festival performances look at politics, griefAfter more than a year of cancelled live performances, Victoria’s theatre scene is coming back to the stage, at least in part. This year’s Fringe Festival features a mix of live and virtual performances that include political deportation, sharks, rockstars, lawyers, and more; this year’s Fringe has it all. Bema Productions founder Zelda Dean is […] Continue Reading |
CASA launches Get Out the Vote CampaignThe Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has launched the Get Out the Vote campaign ahead of the federal election on September 20. CASA is launching the non-partisan campaign, which aims to enable students to make an informed vote, alongside 24 student associations nationwide, including the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS). CCSS external executive Puneet […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: The fight for equal payI recently watched a really good movie. It’s called We Want Sex. Yeah, that’s right: We Want Sex. When I first read the title, I wasn’t tempted at all. I thought “Gosh, this is just another Bad Teacher kind of movie where they reduce females to an object.” But because I got annoyed, I actually […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: A hesitant returnI’ve been waiting 18 months to write this student editor’s letter and to say this: we’re back. The full return to campus is in motion. It’s exciting to be back; in one sense, it feels like it’s only been a few days since I last walked the corridors of Camosun’s campuses. In another sense, it […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society excited for slightly different Camfest this yearEvery year, during the first week of the fall semester, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) holds Camfest, a welcome-back event for students. Camfest is happening this year from Tuesday, September 7 to Friday, September 10, and it will look a bit different than it has in previous years. CCSS outreach coordinator Quinn Park says […] Continue Reading |
International at Camosun: Travelling as an international studentInternational students have made a lot of efforts to reach Canada to study in their schools, especially in this pandemic. This article is for international students who will be travelling soon, and it’s for students who had to go through a lot and spend a lot of money to fly to Canada. Like every other […] Continue Reading |
No vaccines required at Camosun, but students need vaccine passport to access certain parts of campus; mask mandate backWhen students return to campus in September, they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to access certain parts of campus, although not to attend classes. As well, masks are now again required in all indoor public spaces in British Columbia, which includes common areas of post-secondary institutions, such as classrooms, stairwells, libraries, and […] Continue Reading |
