{"id":20505,"date":"2021-01-27T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20505"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:42:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:42:45","slug":"student-editors-letter-walking-on-in-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/01\/27\/student-editors-letter-walking-on-in-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Editor’s Letter: Walking on in silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are all living a slightly different pandemic. Being a writer and a student means I\u2019ve scarcely left my apartment for anything other than groceries or walks for almost a year. And that does funny things to me. I wake up five or six times a night, never sleeping for more than an hour or two. Moods are funky. A sense of time passing? Even funkier. A day? An hour? Not sure. Is it still light out? Yup. Wait, isn\u2019t it nighttime? Apparently not.<\/p>\n

When, strictly speaking, you\u2019re not participating in society, it\u2019s hard to feel like you\u2019re contributing to it through work.<\/p>\n

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A flag celebrating Camosun College’s 50th anniversary (photo by Greg Pratt\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursdays, though, are undoubtedly my favourite day. It\u2019s movie night: popcorn with too much butter, a two litre of Dr. Pepper diligently demolished (yes, the entire thing, or close to it\u2026 hey, don\u2019t judge!), and a sense of comfort that comes from making the world small. At 4:30 sharp I meet an old friend for an hour-long walk. We look at the grey skyline and the falling needles of pine. Uneven footfalls filling prolonged silences remind us that, even for the oldest of friends, material is scarce, and we wordlessly pine for the past. That is, unless we get into moral philosophy or psychology, which is just exhausting (even if you love it, like we do). So we digress, sip our tea, our coffees, our waters\u2014whatever the day requires\u2014zip up a little more, tighten the scarf, and walk on in silence until an idea comes knocking.<\/p>\n

One idea I had recently was to download the Camosun College Student Society app, and I will say, it has been nice to see posts from students, even if they\u2019re just selling a textbook, asking a question about student loans, or looking to get feedback on a prof or two. It reminds me that we are all Camosun students, all here to better our futures even if the present is a little tough. While an app may seem trivial when it comes to seeking connection in this odd world, that doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t work, even if only for a short while.<\/p>\n

Most of the ways we\u2019ve ever gone about seeking connections are a tad trivial: the surface-level chatter, the water-cooler gab; we\u2019ve always been good at coming up with creative ways to tell ourselves we don\u2019t need it, that it doesn\u2019t matter, it means nothing. But, like it or not, even the most banal tasks apparently carried a fair bit of meaning that we don\u2019t recognize until they’re taken away. I\u2019m looking forward to getting them back. I swear, I\u2019ll never let my eyes glaze over in the break room again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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