{"id":3932,"date":"2012-09-05T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2012-09-06T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T18:38:57","slug":"eye-on-campus-september-5th-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/09\/05\/eye-on-campus-september-5th-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Eye On Campus<\/em>: September 5th &#8211; 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing<br \/>\n<em>Toastmasters\u2019 Master Toasts<br \/>\n<\/em>For many people, public speaking is their biggest fear (behind spiders, obviously); signing up for a local Toastmasters class might be just what you need to overcome those fears (speaking, not spiders; you\u2019re on your own there). With a free visualization and planning workshop from 9 am to 12 pm on Saturday, September 15 you\u2019ll have the perfect opportunity to see if this is right for you. There are also regular classes at Lansdowne and Interurban: at Lansdowne there is speaker\u2019s corner every Thursday at 6:45 pm in Paul 216, as well as master motivators (this class is intended for you experienced speakers) on the second and fourth Saturday of the month at 9 am in Paul 216. At Interurban, first Canadian Toastmasters takes place every Tuesday at 5:15pm at Campus Center 320.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing<br \/>\n<em>Reduce Stress for Less!<br \/>\n<\/em>As hard as it may be to believe in these first few weeks of class, somewhere in the abyss of stress you have some inner Zen. And what better way to find it than with a Meditation For Stress Management and Academic Success course? $40. Check out camosun.ca\/sports\/rec\/classes-lansdowne.html for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Until September 30<br \/>\n<em>Got money?<br \/>\n<\/em>No, neither do I. But here is a chance for you to get some. If you or a family member is part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), you might be eligible to win one of 18 $1,000 scholarships. Don\u2019t want money and are a member of the UFCW? Just for referring someone you get entered into a draw to win an iPad. Just go to ufcw.ca\/scholarship and apply for the Beggs\u2014Dowling\u2014Mathieu Scholarship. But you better be quick, as the last submission will accepted on September 30.<\/p>\n<p>Until Monday, October 1<br \/>\n<em>Diversity Story Challenge<br \/>\n<\/em>Do you like cash and other prizes? Have you ever faced diversity, either in a positive or negative fashion? You may be interested in the Camosun Diversity Story Challenge, in which students are encouraged to submit stories, both written and verbal, for a chance to win the aforementioned cash and other prizes. Even if you don\u2019t win, your story still might be published in a book. Contest entry deadline is October 1, so hurry up and share your diversity story. Check out camosun.ca\/about\/diversity\/challenge.html for more info.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, September 6<br \/>\n<em>CamFest 2012<br \/>\n<\/em>Maybe you were at the Lansdowne CamFest on September 4? Head out to Interurban for theirs on September 6. You\u2019ll find info booths, entertainment, music, games, local vendors, and, my personal favourite, free food. There will also be an afternoon beer garden at Interurban on September 27.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 11<br \/>\n<em>Anti-Enbridge Vigil<br \/>\n<\/em>The continuing monthly vigil protesting the Enbridge Pipeline goes down this time at the cenotaph in front of the Leg. (That\u2019s legislature, not the thing attached to your torso and foot!) Head down at 5 pm, and in the meantime click on over to Facebook and search for \u201cVictoria vigils against Enbridge Northern Gateway Project.\u201d That\u2019s a lot of words, I know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ongoing Toastmasters\u2019 Master Toasts For many people, public speaking is their biggest fear (behind spiders, obviously); signing up for a local Toastmasters class might be just what you need to overcome those fears (speaking, not spiders; you\u2019re on your own there). With a free visualization and planning workshop from 9 am to 12 pm on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,11,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-columns","category-issue","category-september-5-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3978,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions\/3978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}