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 |
The Examined Life: COVID-19 has shown us what we’re capable ofEvery headline, every conversation, every day, all the time. COVID-19 has invaded our lives and our collective consciousness. It seems that every passing hour brings an updated death toll and new suggested safety procedures. The news brings stories of the most impacted countries; we should be counting ourselves lucky to be living where we do. […] Continue Reading |
Penguin & Peacock: May 4, 2020 web exclusive |
Know Your Profs: Camosun instructor Marina Jaffey on teaching through COVID-19 crisisKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you want to […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Shoegazers Suburban Living hit hard with new albumSuburban Living How to Be Human (Egghunt Records) 4.5/5 How do you measure the true impact of a good album? The answer to this question varies from listener to listener. Some people measure an album’s impact by how high it ranks on the music charts. Others measure it by how many times a radio station […] Continue Reading |
House passes $9-billion student aid package, boosts amountAs we reported on April 22, the federal government has announced a $9-billion student-aid package to assist post-secondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The package was fast-tracked and passed by the House of Commons on Wednesday, April 29, and one of the aids was boosted. Previously, students with disabilities and/or dependents were eligible to receive […] Continue Reading |
Coping with the pandemic through meditationI once did a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat during which we were not allowed to use our phones, read, write, exercise (besides walking around a few acres a couple times a day), clean, cook, talk to one another, or even make eye contact with anyone. It was a very long 10 days, with about […] Continue Reading |
