Camosun student explores Indigenous horror folklore in new podcastCamosun second-year Business Administration student Josef Stafford is the co-creator of The Historical Natives, an online podcast all about Indigenous North American horror folklore. Along with co-host Mackenzie Taylor, Stafford explores different cryptids from across the continent. “We tell the history, geography, and language of the specific peoples related to the creature we’re talking about,” […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Sexualized Violence Awareness Week starts todayCamosun College is holding their annual Sexualized Violence Awareness Week from February 8 to 12. The week, which is organized by the college’s Office of Student Support and the Camosun College Student Society, is a little different this year due to it being all online; there’s no getting around that, says Camosun student support manager […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Shiva BabyDirected by Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby manages to take an intentionally slow-moving plot and cram so it full of cringe-worthy, anxiety-inducing moments that I had to keep watching to see how it all played out. Shiva Baby revolves around its protagonist, Danielle (Rachel Sennott), a student paying for college through her relationship with an older […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: Hope cannot be exhaustedA new semester is upon us. This term I’ve eased my course load knowing full well that in the wintertime, I hibernate. Like so many plants and animals, each year during this season my energy wanes while my desire to recharge and reflect waxes. Flipping the calendar always elicits in me a desire to look […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: What lies beneathWhat lies beneath our addictions—what drives us to act addictively—is the key to going beyond our current limitations. Addictions are patterns: patterns of thought, patterns of emotional reaction, patterns of behaviour. Overcoming addiction—indeed, changing in any way—involves changing our patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour. We can start at any of these “layers,” if you […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: The Pirouettes keep us grooving, reflecting with new albumThe Pirouettes Equilibre (Kidderminster Records) 4.5/5 Equilibre, the third full-length from French electronic-pop duo The Pirouettes, is an upbeat, calming, and invigorating double album—two records that mix the two members’ points of view—that that had me groovin’. Leading off this album is “Allo,” a slow number perfect for what I was doing the first time […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: iHumanHave you ever asked yourself what will happen if a robot controlled every aspect of your everyday life? Or if one day, instead of being policed by actual humans, you might have a robot pull you over? Norwegian director Tonje Hessen Schei answers these futuristic questions with their highly informative documentary iHuman, screening at this […] Continue Reading |
Victoria Film Festival 2021 review: Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do SomethingHarry Chapin was one of the most loved and respected musicians of the 1970s. His name was listed on par with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Cat Stevens when talking about the best songwriters of his day. But for reasons unknown, Chapin’s name has faded from popular memory; most Camosun students today probably don’t even […] Continue Reading |
New City of Victoria youth poet laureate James Summer aims to give backJames Summer has been selected as the City of Victoria’s youth poet laureate for 2021. Through the position—which is open to poets between the ages of 14 and 24—Summer will engage with youth through poetry. As part of the position, Summer, who was chosen for the position by a committee made up of people from […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Waiting during the mandated lifeMaybe you’re waiting for classes to be in person again, or maybe you’re waiting for the vaccine to get rolled out to enough of us for that to happen, or maybe you’re just simply waiting in line—distanced and masked—at the grocery store. Either way, it’s more of the same these days. It’s too true. And […] Continue Reading |
