News Briefs: June 30, 2020 web exclusiveCamosun BOG gets new chair Beginning on August 1, Camosun College board of governors member Monty Bryant will assume the role of board chair, taking over from Laylee Rohani. Bryant has been on the board since January 2019, and holds member positions on several other boards and committees with Camosun and in the community. He […] Continue Reading |
What happened behind the scenes on March 14: Looking back on the day Camosun flipped the switchAt around 8 pm on Saturday, March 14, Camosun students were informed by email that the college would be transitioning to alternate modes of instruction and assessment as part of measures to support physical distancing due to the COVID-19 crisis. Under normal circumstances, a major shift in institutional operations would be the result of long-term […] Continue Reading |
“A huge disappointment”: Camosun Chargers cancel fall seasonAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Camosun Chargers have decided to cancel their fall season. The Camosun Chargers are made up of the women’s and men’s volleyball teams, the women’s and men’s basketball teams, and the golf team. Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings says that the decision is a “huge […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Bob Dylan returns when we need him most with new albumBob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia) 4.5/5 Strange times are these in which we live. Where do we go for answers when our heroes are at home in quarantine? The last time the threads of the empire were frayed and apocalypse neared, an unlikely hero was created as Bob Dylan’s music morphed into something […] Continue Reading |
Camosun grad wins 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and ReconciliationCamosun Indigenous Studies 2020 grad Shane Baker was recently awarded the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and Reconciliation. It hasn’t been an easy journey to get there, though: in 2003, Baker was deeply entrenched in alcoholism, and living a life that was lacking his First Nations culture. But after an accident that resulted […] Continue Reading |
Camosun celebrates Grad 2020 onlineCamosun College has postponed its 2020 graduation ceremony due to COVID-19 but has taken the celebration online. Camosun president Sherri Bell says the decision to cancel in-person ceremonies was made at the last possible moment, in hopes of not having to do it, and says it was heartbreaking; 3,000 students would have walked across the […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Bananagun bring the fun with debut full-lengthBananagun The True Story of Bananagun (Full Time Hobby) 4/5 After dropping a pair of damn good 7” singles in 2019, Melbourne’s Bananagun is ready to release their first full-length record, The True Story of Bananagun. There is no angst or sadness here, and it’s incredibly refreshing to hear rock ’n’ roll that brings fun […] Continue Reading |
Editor’s Letter: The resiliency of Camosun studentsI’ve been working at Nexus in various capacities for a decade. I’ve seen countless students come and go, and I’ve been impressed countless times by the resourcefulness and resiliency of some of those students. As I sit here and absorb the news of the Camosun Chargers’ fall season being cancelled and the majority of classes […] Continue Reading |
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 |
