STANZAS art exhibit challenges perceptions“Lighght.” American poet Aram Saroyan was paid $500 USD (in 2020 dollars, roughly $4,125 USD) for the publication of this one-word poem in the early 1960s, and to date no poem has netted as much for its author per word. At the time, the payment and the publication of the poem were controversial, but sometimes […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Getting out of the hazeOn Friday, September 12, a large group of UVic students gathered outside the UVic McPherson Library to party. Now, that’s usually pretty normal—socializing in colossal groups is part of post-secondary culture. But at this point in 2020, it’s not normal. Or at least it shouldn’t be. According to UVic’s student newspaper The Martlet, there were […] Continue Reading |
Because I Said So: The in-betweenLately, I’ve been thinking a lot about beginnings, endings, and everything in between. I’ve realized over time that getting from point A to point B is never a smooth, straight line; instead, it’s curvy and jagged, and I can never find that darn ruler when I need it. Twenty years ago, I married the person […] Continue Reading |
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The Examined Life: My mind, blindIt’s fascinating that our entire human existence is spent inside our minds. Yes, we use our bodies to interact with the world and other people, but there is a buffer zone between our brains and the world. That buffer zone is what we call “the senses.” Thanks to vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, it […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Brothertiger create musical journey with Paradise LostBrothertiger Paradise Lost (Satanic Panic) 4/5 Brooklyn-based electronic pop musician John Jagos explores longing and contentment in Brothertiger’s fourth album, Paradise Lost. The 10 songs follow a journey that starts in the discovery of serenity and ends with the realization that “home” is, perhaps, a fluid term. Jagos acknowledges that things aren’t always as they […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: It is hereNo matter your involvement at the college, it’s fair to say you’ve probably spent the better part of six months wondering how this would look. Now it’s here: students are back. Of course, “students being back” means something entirely different in this context than it did six months ago. There are welcome signs waving in […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumnus prepares for season five of award-winning showWhen Morgan Waters attended the Applied Communications program at Camosun College in 2001, he never imagined that, a few short years later, he would be the director, co-creator, star, and writer of a web series that would be nominated for an International Emmy, take home a couple of Canadian Screen Awards, and get picked up […] Continue Reading |
Camosun retools counselling services for fall semesterCamosun College is taking a new approach in its Counselling department in September, and it hopes that students will benefit from the changes. The department is implementing a responsive access model for its services; the model is based on the stepped-care model originally developed for primary health care and is being used by post-secondary institutions […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: September 8, 2020 web exclusiveBad times, bad times: The story “Federal cuts to BC mean fewer dollars for post-secondary education” in our September 5, 1995 issue talked about how there was set to be approximately $250 million in cuts to BC post-secondary over a three-year period. It’s easy to get bogged down in bad news in 2020, but, rest […] Continue Reading |
