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Open Space: Halloween 2020 should be cancelledThe leaves have fallen, the Thanksgiving dinner has been consumed, and tiny chocolate bars litter the aisles of grocery stores all over town. It’s finally spooky season! The best holiday of the year is coming up fast, and I’ve been working tirelessly on my annual “I put way too much effort into this” costume. I […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Victoria’s Northcote tells a story or two on new albumNorthcote Let Me Roar (Black Box Music) 4.5/5 Good music is more then the stuff you hear on the radio. It’s the stories that the artist tells with his music that really makes the difference, and sometimes you have to dig a bit deeper to find those artists. By putting the stories he’s trying to […] Continue Reading |
The Examined Life: Choose your convictions carefullyWords are delicate, but they also have power. You must be careful about how you define words and which words you use. One misplaced word and your meaning can be misconstrued. For that reason, I want to make a distinction between beliefs and opinions, and convictions. Beliefs and opinions are similar in that they don’t […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Addiction as a friendI asked one of my fellow recovering sex and love addicts what I might write about in this edition of my column, and she said, “write about addiction as a friend.” I had to consider this. I must admit, I still often enough feel frustrated or disappointed with myself. I struggle to get out of […] Continue Reading |
Calgary musician Michael Bernard Fitzgerald brings Farm Tour to VictoriaWith so many venues closed indefinitely across the country, it doesn’t seem like the music scene will return to normal any time soon. But while tours are pushed back on what seems like an almost daily basis, there are a handful of innovative artists who are finding new and creative ways to take their act […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Eggnog beginningsHas truth ever felt so close to fiction? In the span of a month, there’s been a flood in my apartment (I woke up to water pouring through a live light fixture), a tree has fallen down outside Nexus HQ, and there’s a dead squirrel on the front steps of our office, all its insides seemingly sucked […] Continue Reading |
Camosun grad Rishi Sharma runs as BC Liberal candidateThe last few weeks have been more than a little hectic for Saanich South BC Liberal candidate and Camosun alumnus Rishi Sharma. Sharma, who graduated from Camosun’s Major Appliance and Vending Machine Repair Technician program in 1998, says he was completely surprised by the decision to have a snap election, and he doesn’t think it […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: IntroductionsHello. I’m Alexis. This September I became a first-year student in Camosun College’s Indigenous Studies program. The first lessons we moved through in week 1 were about introductions and the importance of them within First Nations culture. In each of my classes I was to compose an essay introducing myself, including information about where I […] Continue Reading |
Empty: A look at Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus during COVID-19Here in the fall 2020 semester, any course that can be taken online is being taken online due to the COVID-19 crisis, leaving Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus a ghost town. Here’s a look at the campus one chilly October morning. […] Continue Reading |