News Briefs: May 15, 2020 web exclusiveCamosun Diagnostic Medical Sonography program launch delayed Camosun’s new Diagnostic Medical Sonography program has been delayed by one year, and will now launch in May of 2021. See camosun.ca/learn/programs/diagnostic-medical-sonography for more info. Camosun suspends courses at Belmont High School Camosun has suspended courses at Belmont High School in Langford until September 2021. Online courses and […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: Canadian government needs to deal with protests fairlyTyranny as a result of COVID-19 guidelines in Canada have left citizens with no other option but to take to the streets of Vancouver and protest. These, at least, are the beliefs of Dan Dicks and other protestors who, on April 12, made it clear that they believe their human rights were being infringed upon […] Continue Reading |
Government gives go-ahead to in-person post-secondary classes in September if COVID-19 numbers allowBC premier John Horgan announced on Wednesday, May 6 a detailed plan for the gradual re-opening of the province, and part of that plan includes post-secondary classes. Phase three of the re-opening plan will take place from June to September, provided transmission rates of COVID-19 remain low or in decline; part of that phase involves […] Continue Reading |
Camosun library launches new service to send loans through mailOn Tuesday, April 28, the Camosun College library launched a service where it will send loans through the mail as a way to get library products into the hands of students and staff during the online summer semester. Camosun director of learning services Sybil Harrison says the point is to get books, DVDs, and audiobooks […] Continue Reading |
One student’s struggles in the time of COVID-19All I can do these days is just go along with this new reality. If someone had told me last year that 2020 was going to the year of the plague, the year of isolation and standing in line-ups outside of grocery stores watching people scream at each other—from two metres apart, in parking lots—over […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Shame is the name of the gameI aim to bring more awareness to a topic that is not completely understood in our society: addiction. Specifically, I speak to sex and love addiction, because addiction to sex, validation, relationships, and so-called “love” has ruled over much of my life. Of course, it isn’t real love anyone becomes addicted to. In reality, it […] Continue Reading |
Student editor’s letter: The importance of stories to keep you connectedIf someone had told me at the beginning of March that the start of the spring semester would arrive hand-in-hand with week seven of quarantine, I would have looked for a hidden movie camera, and waited for someone to yell “cut!”—a sequel to Children of Men or I Am Legend, perhaps. There’s no camera, and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Online classes suck“How do you feel about online classes?” It’s a question that every student has been asked non-stop since the beginning of last month. It’s a fair question to ask. With such uncertainty in our present situation, online classes are here for the summer semester, whether we like it or not. It’s reasonable to want to […] Continue Reading |
Lovebirds: May 6, 2020 web exclusive |
New Camosun College Student Society external executive discusses plansThe results are in for the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) elections, which were held from April 7 to April 9. Quinn Cunningham is the new CCSS external executive, winning with 506 votes (89 percent). Amanda Garner is now the CCSS women’s director, with 529 votes (90 percent), and Savannah Barratt is the new sustainability […] Continue Reading |
