Freedom from Addiction: Romantic relationships and waking upAddiction is about staying asleep, so to speak. Part of the function of being swaddled in the dark cloud of addiction is, more or less, to block out reality. In Pia Mellody’s book Facing Love Addiction she writes that all addicts—including sex, love, and relationship addicts—find reality “intolerable.” Addiction recovery is about waking up from […] Continue Reading |
Artist Kegan McFadden looks at love and loss in A Separate PeaceWhat’s first striking about the work of local artist and A Separate Peace, and other bouquets curator Kegan McFadden is how ordinary the images selected for the sprawling title piece of the show are. A Separate Peace is a collection of 500 images of men facing away from the camera, caught in moments very different […] Continue Reading |
Camosun launches student creativity contest with cash prize for winnersCamosun first opened its doors to students on September 16, 1971. As part of the 50-year anniversary celebrations happening now, the college has launched the 50th Anniversary Student Creativity Contest. There are three categories—2D/3D art, written word, and audio art—in the contest, and the winner of each category will receive a $1,000 prize. The prize […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Online learning at Camosun good but not greatAll throughout 2020 there were many hurdles for students to face. One of the major hurdles our college community is dealing with is the transition from in-person classes to online classes. Although most of us have gotten used to this, this rigorous transition has its ups and downs. Let’s start with some of the ups: […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: It’s time to break out those rations“COVID brain” is a real thing: some people with COVID-19 report a brain fog for months after their diagnosis. So it’s not exactly correct to use that phrase to describe what I’m currently experiencing. Let’s call it “isolation fog.” In the last couple weeks in particular, I’ve noticed pants and sweaters fit a little looser; […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus now at the helm of female-owned welding companyWhen Camosun College Women in Trades alumnus Bronté Freeman—who took trades Foundations Level C in 2016 and Level B in 2017—was growing up, there was always tools and equipment around. Coming from a family of fix-it-yourself entrepreneurs, Freeman isn’t surprised she ended up where she did—as lead fabricator and business owner of local welding company […] Continue Reading |
Camosun anticipating $6.7-million deficit due to COVID-19 crisisCamosun College is now looking at a deficit of approximately $6.7 million this fiscal year due to COVID-19. Among the factors impacting the college’s revenue is international tuition: Camosun anticipated that there would be a drop in international enrollment from the fall 2020 term to the winter 2021 term, and there has been. International enrollment […] Continue Reading |
CCSS joins campaign for release of jailed women’s rights activistThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) has joined a campaign to free University of British Columbia (UBC) alumnus and Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. The #StudentsForLoujain campaign is being organized by three student groups at UBC; 23 student societies from across BC—as well as the British Columbia Federation of Students and the Alliance of […] Continue Reading |
An Inside Voice: Online and upwardRecently, I read that students like ourselves are depressed over the amount of work it takes to take online classes. The number of emails that have to be answered, the online lectures, the scheduling of study time around the classes, and group meetings if—God forbid—you’ve been assigned a group project. And, of course, all of […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: What happens when safe isn’t healthy?The prospect of another term of isolation is… daunting, to say the least, and—to land somewhere between dramatic and realistic—downright depressing. It’s January, so it’s always dark and raining these days, so is there anything better to do than reheat the coffee, put on a warm sweater, and take a bunch of classes? Seems simple […] Continue Reading |
