{"id":11507,"date":"2016-01-06T06:17:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2016-01-11T12:05:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:05:23","slug":"stewed-rabbits-mermaid-hair-and-lost-u-passes-nexus-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/01\/06\/stewed-rabbits-mermaid-hair-and-lost-u-passes-nexus-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewed rabbits, mermaid hair, and lost U-Passes: Nexus<\/em>\u2019 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

To help ring in the new year, we gathered a bunch of Nexus<\/i> writers and picked their brains about what their favourite things of 2015 were. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Pascale Archibald
\nstudent editor<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Jokes from my one-and-a-half-year-old niece<\/p>\n

2. My adorable cat, who I rescued in January of this year<\/p>\n

3. Finding out my sister\u2019s pregnant again!<\/p>\n

4. Starting the Environmental Technology program<\/p>\n

5. Joining the Nexus<\/i> staff<\/p>\n

Rebecca Davies
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Conservatives getting voted out<\/p>\n

2: Getting a degree<\/p>\n

3: Time spent with family<\/p>\n

4: Pretty yarn and good cheese<\/p>\n

5: Getting through another year with health, shelter, and food! We should be so thankful.<\/p>\n

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Jayden Grieve
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Rick and Morty<\/i><\/p>\n

2. The 64th year that no one had butchered an attempted film adaptation of Catcher in the Rye<\/i><\/p>\n

3. I think maybe bell-bottoms for men are coming back into style?<\/p>\n

4. Suicide Squad<\/i> trailer<\/p>\n

5. Lack of red stinging jellyfish during the summer<\/p>\n

Keagan Hawthorne
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Finding the perfect apartment<\/p>\n

2. The time my cat brought home a rabbit and we stewed it<\/p>\n

3. Re-watching all the Hayao Miyazaki films<\/p>\n

4. Steven Harper is no longer PM<\/p>\n

5. Shortbread cookies<\/p>\n

Adam Marsh
\nstudent editor<\/b><\/p>\n

1. The mass destruction of selfie sticks<\/p>\n

2. Switching the colour of Donald Trump\u2019s hair dye<\/p>\n

3. Nanaimo bars<\/p>\n

4. Leonardo DiCaprio chopping off his man bun<\/p>\n

5. The talking maple bacon dog on YouTube<\/p>\n

Matt O\u2019Connor
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. English 163 field course offered for Camosun students to learn in Ireland<\/p>\n

2. Camosun College Student Society Christmas hamper<\/p>\n

3. Harper stopped<\/p>\n

4. Medical marijuana dispensaries all over Victoria<\/p>\n

5. Textbook buy-back money<\/p>\n

Natasha Olekshy
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Justin Trudeau getting elected as prime minister<\/p>\n

2. Syrian refugees coming to Canada<\/p>\n

3. The Paris climate agreement<\/p>\n

4. Mad Max <\/i>(also known as the best feminist action film ever)<\/p>\n

5. Stephen Harper not getting elected as prime minister<\/p>\n

Greg Pratt
\nmanaging editor<\/b><\/p>\n

1: The caf inexplicably, awesomely still stocking Hickory Sticks (keep it up!)<\/p>\n

2: Propagandhi announcing they\u2019re playing here next year<\/p>\n

3: A homemade Christmas gift from my daughter<\/p>\n

4: Finding out a certain Camosun dean loves Swedish death metal as much as I do<\/p>\n

5: Nexus<\/i> celebrating 25 years of being the coolest student paper around<\/p>\n

Tabitha Ross
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Justin Trudeau<\/p>\n

2. Star Wars<\/i>!<\/p>\n

3. Left shark (from Katy Perry\u2019s Super Bowl performance)<\/p>\n

4. Hotline bling GIFs<\/p>\n

5. When the Camosun College Student Society gave out free food at Interurban<\/p>\n

Mikayla Russell
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Discovering eggnog chai lattes<\/p>\n

2. Surviving first semester of college<\/p>\n

3. Peanut butter cups<\/p>\n

4. All the journalistic opportunities I\u2019ve had<\/p>\n

5. Managing to only lose my U-Pass once<\/p>\n

Nova Sawatzky
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Being in the Comics & Graphic Novels program at Camosun College<\/p>\n

2. Achieving mermaid hair status<\/p>\n

3. Creating, self-publishing, and selling my own colouring book<\/p>\n

4. Being a bridesmaid in my little sister\u2019s wedding<\/p>\n

5. Having four part-time jobs while attending school\u0118and not going insane<\/p>\n

Oriana Smy
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. A new government and no more Harper!<\/p>\n

2. Eight calves born to the endangered community of the Southern Resident Killer Whales<\/p>\n

3. Going back to school after 10 years<\/p>\n

4. Climbing the highest peak (Mt. Chirripo, 3820 metres) in Costa Rica before sunrise<\/p>\n

5. Volunteering for a sustainable treehouse community<\/p>\n

Jessica Wiliamson
\ncontributing writer<\/b><\/p>\n

1. My parents paying for a cafeteria gift card<\/p>\n

2. Justin Trudeau<\/p>\n

3. New McDonald\u2019s opening in Colwood<\/p>\n

4. Student Price Card discounts<\/p>\n

5. Vintage sweaters coming back into style<\/p>\n

Find us on social media to tell us your favourite things of 2015!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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