Student Editor’s Letter: Loss of Continuing Education major hit to CamosunIt’s a fine sunny summer morning in Victoria. There isn’t a sound save for the fan stirring warm air about in the corner, but I have to practice some deep breathing. I even put some Zen music on YouTube. It’s exactly what it sounds like—something that’s meant to help guests relax and get in touch […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: The formula for recoveryEvery journey through addiction recovery is unique, because everyone’s journey through life is unique. However, I believe that there are some essential ingredients in order for an addict to have success in becoming sober and finding the lost joy, peace, and self-worth that comes from remaining sober. If there is a formula for addiction recovery […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: July 7, 2020 web exclusive |
New Music Revue: Enterprise Earth hit peak deathcore with new EPEnterprise Earth Foundation of Bones (eOne) 3.5/5 Spokane, Washington-based deathcore band Enterprise Earth’s 2019 album Luciferous was great. The shows supporting the album were cancelled due to COVID-19, but the virus can’t prevent the band from releasing new material in the form of the Foundation of Bones EP. With its five tracks, Foundation of Bones […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: July 6, 2020 web exclusive |
Liberals and WE Charity end partnership for Canada Student Service GrantShortly after an announcement that the federal government had launched the $912-million Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) program, which provides grants to post-secondary students who volunteer, the contract with the organization that was to be distributing the money has been cancelled. The Liberals had faced much criticism after they announced WE Charity would be distributing […] Continue Reading |
The Examined Life: Are you angry?By now you’ve heard about the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated protests. Maybe you’ve even attended one of these marches yourself. It’s so extremely disheartening that these protests are even necessary. We have made huge strides in the past 100 years, but bigotry still lingers. The movement has seen some success: the amount […] Continue Reading |
Why being anti-racist means more than just supporting BLMFollowing the death of George Floyd, every social media platform has been covered with support for the Black Lives Matter movement, often with updates on global protests or advice on how to be anti-racist. Although as a biracial Black woman I am immensely happy (and a little overwhelmed, if I am honest) to see the […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Play safe as we enter phase threeBC is now in phase three of its provincial restart plan. It’s great that sectors of the economy that have been collecting dust open up, but the next few months of a slight increase in civilian and commercial spending won’t mean much if we need to shut down due to a second wave of COVID-19 […] Continue Reading |
Camosun to close Continuing Education department, announce layoffsIn an email sent out just before 3 pm on Tuesday, June 30, Camosun College announced that it will be closing its Continuing Education department as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The college said in the email that “Continuing Education programming will be revisited in the future once the college has financially recovered from […] Continue Reading |
