Open Space: Police harassment against Black and Indigenous people needs to stopAs an active member of our very strained society, I will say that, going forward, there should be nothing more important than speaking out against the way some of our RCMP officers currently treat and handle serious situations involving Black and Indigenous people. Whether it’s the shooting death of Chantel Moore or an RCMP officer […] Continue Reading |
Graduation during a time of COVID-19: A Camosun Marketing student looks back and realizes the importance of vulnerabilityIt was only at the end of April, when I was done with my last final exam of the term, that I could finally acknowledge that I felt some sort of emptiness in regard to completing my program at Camosun. It felt strange to realize that I had left the campus for the last time […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Chargers fall 2020 season cancelledThe Camosun Chargers announced today that their fall 2020 season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. The Chargers are part of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association and the Pacific Western Athletic Association; both organizations have cancelled their seasons and championships. The Chargers student teams include women’s and men’s volleyball, women’s and men’s basketball, […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: It’s time to defund the policeThe institution of the police is not a force for good. I don’t care if you know “one of the good ones”—the institution is not good. Communities of colour, specifically Black and Indigenous communities, have been saying this for years, and it is profoundly violent that we’ve had to broadcast the murders of Black people […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Jason Hendardy goes it alone, with success, on new Permanent Collection albumPermanent Collection Nothing Good Is Normal (Strangeway) 4.5/5 Making a great album is like taking a shot in the dark: although you can’t see what’s in front of you, you know that with luck you’ll hit your target. After a seven-year absence, Jason Hendardy scores a bullseye with his wonderful shot-in-the-dark comeback album, Nothing Good […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Don’t call COVID-19 unprecedentedWe’ve all heard—and at this point, probably glazed over while hearing—the word “unprecedented” at least once or twice lately. I’m only starting to realize now that, in most contexts, it was a misused and fey platitude used to describe a frightening scenario that we didn’t know what else to call. Labels serve an important function […] Continue Reading |
Camosun VP of partnerships receives award, looks ahead to fall semesterCamosun vice president of partnerships Geoff Wilmshurst has worked hard over his career to cultivate international education in Canada. On June 1, Wilmshurst—who started at Camosun in 2011—was recognized by the British Columbia Council for International Education for his work in international education at the college, and in Victoria on the whole, including growing annual […] Continue Reading |
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New Music Revue: Sheetal Singh creates riveting solo album as Forest BeesForest Bees Forest Bees (Independent) 4.5/5 One of the most unique challenges a musician can face is creating a solo album. What makes this such a challenge is that each track the musician writes has to convey its unique message in both a relevant and meaningful way, and they have to do it, more or […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Ulthar keep Bay Area metal tradition alive on new albumUlthar Providence (20 Buck Spin) 3.5/5 The Bay Area has quite a reputation in the metal genre as being home to one of the largest and most influential thrash metal scenes in the world. To keep the tradition alive, Bay Area-based band Ulthar will release their second full-length album, Providence, on June 12. Brutal, fast, […] Continue Reading |
