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 |
Student Editor’s Letter: Desperately positiveI can’t be the only member of the Camosun community feeling like things are never going to be back to normal again on campus. After seeing a photo on the Nexus website of the sandwich boards displayed on campus right now, it’s hard to not feel like the dystopia we recently wrote a warning about […] Continue Reading |
Because I Said So: How becoming a parent prepared me for post-secondaryYes, becoming a parent can be exciting, but it’s also a tremendous challenge. Let’s not kid ourselves: nothing can really prepare the parent-to-be for what lays ahead. Sleepless nights, breastfeeding, cholic, illness… The list goes on. And, no matter how much our children change and grow, the challenge of parenting remains. But we did it. […] Continue Reading |
