New online escape room honest attempt with varying resultsAlthough escape rooms are usually a hands-on experience, in response to COVID-19 restrictions, Xperience Kelowna has created an online escape room using a combination of internet browser and Zoom to present an experience that plays much like the old PC point-and-click adventure games. The game itself presents as a 360-degree photograph of a real room […] Continue Reading |
Camosun running new Discovery Technology dual-credit programCamosun College started a five-month dual-credit program for high school students this September. The Discovery Technology program, funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, will help high-school students earn college credits and high-school credits at the same time. The students in the program will get scholarships through their school district to complete […] Continue Reading |
Chargers men’s volleyball coach focuses on training during cancelled seasonOn Tuesday, November 18, the Pacific Western Athletic Association (PACWEST), which the Camosun Chargers are members of, announced that it was cancelling the 2020/2021 athletic season. The statement said the decision was made to “ensure the health, safety and well-being of member institution’s [sic] student-athletes, coaches, athletics programs, and their surrounding communities.” While Chargers men’s […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: November 27, 2020 web exclusiveWalkSafer returns The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) announced in an email today that it is bringing back its WalkSafer program. The program—which gives students someone to safely walk or get a ride with in a golf cart on campus—had to be shut down during the initial wave of COVID-19 shutdowns in March. However, the […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 27, 2020 web exclusiveHey, at least they reached quorum!: The story “CCSS AGM – A lesson in futility” in our November 14, 1995 issue talked about how the Camosun College Student Society had recently held its annual general meeting, although things didn’t go smoothly. A group of Interurban students showed up to voice concerns about students from that […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Online learning a bumbling circus of ineffectivenessThe phrase “online learning” is an oxymoron. Since COVID-19 began, Camosun classes are mostly online, forcing instructors and students to adapt to streaming Zoom lectures and using online platforms like D2L. There’s a reason why online courses are usually cheaper: it’s an inferior environment for learning. Despite this, students are still paying full tuition for […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Coping with Lockdown 2.0A reality of lockdowns is that they cause me to shut down emotionally, and it’s next to impossible to count on the future I envisioned for myself. Picture this: a dusty orange winter sunrise leaks through foggy windowpanes in the Fisher building. I had spent the morning before going to school as a young father […] Continue Reading |
Saying goodbye to Logan’s Pub with David Chenery20 years from now, how do you think we’ll look back on 2020? What is the new normal going to look like? To be honest, I don’t think I want any part of it. The whole city’s running at half capacity, bars are shutting down at 10 pm, and everything is cancelled. I don’t know […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society ready to deliver annual Christmas hampersThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) is putting together Christmas hampers for Camosun students once again. While the CCSS gives out the hampers every year, things are being done a little differently in light on the COVID-19 crisis this year: students won’t pick up the hampers on campus, instead, the student society has about 20 […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: November 23, 2020 web exclusive |
