{"id":15188,"date":"2018-01-05T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T18:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=15188"},"modified":"2018-01-08T11:12:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:12:37","slug":"january-camfest-aims-to-warm-students-up-to-campus-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2018\/01\/05\/january-camfest-aims-to-warm-students-up-to-campus-life\/","title":{"rendered":"January CamFest aims to warm students up to campus life"},"content":{"rendered":"

The January CamFest may not be as grand as its September counterpart, but the core goals that the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) sets out to accomplish with it are the same. CCSS outreach coordinator Quinn Park says that the January CamFest allows students to connect with the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents can count on warm drinks and donuts being there,\u201d says Park. \u201cThere will be some clubs, too. I haven\u2019t heard back from all of them, but some of the notable ones that are attending are the nursing club, the Adventure Club, and the wellness club. It\u2019s very likely there will be more clubs that attend, but those are the definite ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

The January CamFest won\u2019t have some of the issues that its bigger sibling in September had. For example, construction on the Fisher Building at the Lansdowne campus limited the available space for the September CamFest, which is most likely Camosun\u2019s busiest day of the year. But this CamFest is on a small enough scale that construction isn\u2019t a big concern, says Park.<\/p>\n

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Students taking in some of the fun at a previous year\u2019s CamFest, this one at the Lansdowne campus (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere won\u2019t be as many tents as compared to our main CamFest,\u201d he says, \u201cso we aren\u2019t really concerned by construction at either campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

For September\u2019s CamFest, there are countless tents lining the courtyards of Camosun\u2019s two campuses; the CCSS only puts out a few for January. Students might not realize it\u2019s CamFest at all; they might think it\u2019s just some people giving out free drinks. But Park says the event pulls its weight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t worth it, we wouldn\u2019t keep doing it,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not super costly to do. Most of the costs come from our supplies. One of the only things we actually do have to deal with is donuts. Of course, we don\u2019t make them on campus, so we use a local bakery that supplies all the donuts for both January CamFests, and they\u2019ve always done a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the season, weather plays a big part in the production of the January CamFest. If the weather turns out to be obstructive and a damper on attendees, then the whole event might be void\u2014but Park is optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always an adventure to deal with weather,\u201d says Park. \u201cLast year, for instance, we had to deal with hail, which resulted in us having to use snow shovels to move all of the hail out of the way. Most years, there\u2019s enough rain to form small rivers under our feet as we\u2019re serving donuts, so that\u2019s not that great. I don\u2019t think the turnout will be affected as much as you might expect by the weather\u2014students still need to get textbooks and go to the library. We try to catch the students doing some of this work; that\u2019s why we set up the event on the first week of classes instead of the third, for instance. Warm drinks and donuts really help to gather people.\u201d<\/p>\n

CamFest
\n10 am to 2 pm\u00a0Monday, January 8
\nInterurban campus
\n10 am to 2 pm\u00a0Wednesday, January 10
\nLansdowne campus
\ncamosunstudent.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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