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 |
Student Editor’s Letter: Learning to slow downSometimes it’s really hard to make sense of what exactly the truth is. That’s just a reality that comes with so much information being available. Your everyday Joe Schmo debates in the comments section are one thing, but the world’s top epidemiologists, for example, disagreed on the fate of COVID-19 in a recent New York […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: June 9, 2020 web exclusiveCCSS offers three-month bus pass As of Monday, June 1, BC Transit has resumed collection of fares on city buses. The Camosun College Student Society is offering students who are either currently registered or were registered last semester a bus pass valid from June 1 to August 31 for $70. The pass is available for […] Continue Reading |
Camosun College Student Society still going strong through pandemicThe Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) board members who were elected in to their positions in April are settling in and looking forward to the fall semester, attempting to determine the best plan of action in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. CCSS external executive Quinn Cunningham says that even with classes being moved online […] Continue Reading |
Camosun seeks student feedback on Sexual Violence and Misconduct PolicyCamosun College is seeking student input on its Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy. As part of the provincial Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, the college is required to review the policy every three years; Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings says that when the policy was reviewed recently, they had aspects pointed […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Caution is key with reopeningWith the reopening process underway in BC, people are starting to ease up on cautionary measures such as using hand sanitizer, which is really not good or productive. Even though businesses are opening back up, we are far from being out of the woods. By people being more lax with safety measures, they are putting […] Continue Reading |
The Examined Life: Coping with COVID: a stoic perspectiveWe are very fortunate to be living on Vancouver Island in the midst of this pandemic, as we benefit from the natural geographic isolation an island affords. We find ourselves in one of the safest places to be as restrictions start relaxing and the city slowly reopens. Still, some may find it difficult to resume […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: AlchemyI was talking to friend recently about language. He said to me, “You are honest and smart. I think you owe it to yourself to be more precise with your language.” I had told him in a text message that I was feeling unloved that day. Specifically the word “love” was the lack of precision […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Soft Plastics delivers new sound with familiar facesSoft Plastics 5 Dreams (Paper Bag Records) 4/5 It feels like it was just yesterday that the once-Victoria-based indie rockers Frog Eyes announced that the release of their eighth LP, 2018’s Violet Psalms, would be paired with a farewell tour. Months later, frontman Carey Mercer was back at it, writing what would become tracks on […] Continue Reading |
