New Music Revue: Glenn Donaldson offers hit-and-miss coming-of-age soundtrack with new The Reds, Pinks & Purples albumThe Reds, Pinks & Purples Uncommon Weather (Slumberland Records) 2.5/5 Uncommon Weather is the third album from San Franscisco-based solo indie/pop artist Glenn Donaldson, and is meant to be a portrait of San Francisco. Donaldson’s path to this release has several threads of inspiration, the most important of which is the artistic heritage of his […] Continue Reading |
Art gallery exhibit looks at blue and white porcelainThe Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV) is presenting Blue & White, an exhibit of blue and white porcelain, until January 30, 2022. AGGV curator of Asian art Heng Wu calls porcelain a highly appreciated global product, both for the beauty of the combination of blue and white colours on ceramic and the global influence […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Being a student with cerebral palsy means looking straight aheadWhen I woke up today, everything was still. It took me moment to come to and realize that today I’m 27. I’ve never been one to make big a deal out of birthdays; after spending last year’s at the height of COVID madness, my rule of thumb is that they’re just another day. It tends […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Final goodbyesAs I write my final Freedom from Addiction column, I feel somewhat thwarted by writers’ block. I want my 33rd and final submission to Nexus to be good, and I want it to be impactful. What can I say about addiction that will inspire or help others, or open people up to a different reality? […] Continue Reading |
CCSS spring election campaign period in full swingThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) kicked off the campaign period for its spring 2021 elections on Sunday, March 28. Voting for the online elections is happening from 9 am Monday, April 12 to 11:59 pm Wednesday, April 14. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham, who is not running for re-election, says that although the CCSS […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Innovates creates trays to transport COVID-19 vaccinesThe Camosun Innovates (CI) team at Camosun College is helping in the fight against COVID-19 by creating acrylic 20-row trays to carry vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines. CI applied research technologist Matt Zeleny says each vial carries between five and six doses of the vaccine. The vaccine has to be kept at -70 C […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: The treaty debateI’ve learned a lot about treaties lately. Too often when I’m advocating for Indigenous rights I get an uninformed settler telling me, “Well, they signed the treaties. They agreed to the way things are.” I know now that this rebuttal is completely irrelevant. During the time of early European settlement here on Turtle Island, the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: April 2, 2021 web exclusiveLike a unicorn sighting: The story “Tuition freeze gives students room to breathe” in our April 1, 1996 issue offered up something that we, unfortunately, don’t get to report on too often: good news about tuition fees. BC premier Glen Clark had announced a freeze on tuition fees for 1996, saying that high tuition fees […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: April 2, 2021 web exclusiveCamosun students take home awards Two Camosun College students recently won both college categories at the Association for Co-Operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL) 2020 ACE-WIL Student of the Year Awards. Sport and Fitness Leadership student Tanya Fogarty won in the Work-Integrated Learning category, and Business Administration student Dylan Kaplan won the Co-op category. […] Continue Reading |
April 1, 2021 exclusive: Camosun College to utilize politicians as teachers in SeptemberIn response to the provincial government saying that post-secondary institutions should start planning for a full return to campus in September, Camosun College announced on April 1 that all classes will be taught by the BC premier, provincial health officer, and provincial health minister. “I know the premier thinks young people blew it, so this […] Continue Reading |
