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The Misadventures of Ginger Casanova
Thanks to SFU's the Peak for this installment of the Misadventures of Ginger Casanova.
Big Fat Hairy Ball Sack comic
Here's another edition of Big Fat Hairy Ball Sack (thanks to longtime Nexus contributor Brendan Kergin for pointing out that Ball Sack is...
Inside Out: Lacey Geary
Lacey Geary Lacey Geary is currently completing her last semester of the Business Administration diploma at the Interurban campus. She plans to take...
At the Olympics: Drinking with Europe
KAMLOOPS (CUP) – I have been to Grey Cups. I have been to World Junior Hockey events. I have been to NFL playoff...
Pride column: Coming out is a form of activism
When singer Adam Lambert recently came out of the closet, he was quoted as saying he wasn’t an activist. Sometimes people think they...
Quick Bites: Nando's
Nando’s 101-1600 Government 250-590-3239 4/5 bites KFC’s days are numbered if Nando’s keeps expanding. Nando’s chicken is marinated in a hot, spicy sauce...
Water bottle refill stations go unnoticed at TRU
KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CUP) — Six new water refill stations were installed at Thompson Rivers University last term to curb the sale of bottled...
The Curtain Call: Problem Child review
Problem Child is the Phoenix Theatre's latest offering at UVic, a dark but thoroughly enjoyable piece of theatre directed by the award-winning Michael...
Worth the Trip: Soup combos
Aramark Campus Café Lansdowne campus Vegetable soup, plus bun and drink $6.55 Presentation and service Ed: I was expecting something nefarious hiding in...
Big Screen Review: From Paris with Love
From Paris with Love Thumbs up, three stars Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker. The boys in From Paris with Love certainly love playing cops and robbers,...
Noise Addict: The true classic albums
Awhile back, we investigated “modern-day classics”—albums that deserve the classic title, but are fairly new additions to the world of music. But what...
Watching Porn with Michael Dorn comic
Part two of Watching Porn with Michael Dorn. Here's hoping for a part three!
100% Fifty Fifty
Victoria is full of creative folk and the presence of artistic minds is evident across the city. The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective is...
Pairing wine with student meals
A subscription to Wine Spectator, Food and Wine, or Decanter isn’t necessary to figure out what wines a person may find appealing. And...
Local, live and loud: Feb. 20-March 2
Saturday, Feb. 20 The Arbitrarys, Revolucionary Cyborg Wedding Band Mobile Unit Solstice Café, 7:30 pm, $10 There’s just no way that Prince George’s...
Hits in hockey a double-edged sword
Not long after Patrice Cormier’s elbow brutally connected with Mikael Tam’s head on Jan. 17 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey, the controversy over...
Eye on Campus: Feb. 20-March 21
Saturday, Feb. 20 and Sunday, Feb. 21 Scene+Heard The progressive and personable pairing of CineVic: Society of Independent Filmmakers and the Puente Theatre...
School of Access helps returning students
Being a student is something many people might think is just for young people. But those who never quite made it through high...
Garden offers hope for Garry Oaks
With its serpentine Garry Oak trees and teeming seasonal underbrush, Lansdowne’s native plant garden appears much like any other pocket of campus greenery....
Phoenix play looks at hard realities
Continuing in their tradition of bringing Victoria a wide variety of theatre, UVic’s Phoenix Theatre is following up their last show, the classic...
Airport to display student tables
Students in the Fine Furniture and Joinery program at Interurban campus are busy building tables that are soon to be on display in...
Probing the Olympic protests
VANCOUVER (CUP) — Three luxurious-looking, brightly lit cruise ships in the Vancouver harbour serve as a visual reminder of the $900-million Olympic security...
Inter-Course: Golden showers and broken condoms
Dear Keltie, My boyfriend sometimes asks me to pee on him when we’re in the shower. He pretends like he’s just joking around,...
Student rep rallies for computer accessibility
The Camosun College Student Society’s disabilities director is concerned about the lack of accessible computer stations on campus and he’s hoping the college...
Campus Callosum: Olympics edition
A special Olympics edition of Pam Oliver's Campus Callosum.
Strip showcases local comic artists
It’s tough for aspiring comic-book artists to get published. The challenges include competing against web comics and getting noticed in the rows of...
Meditation can lower student stress
Meditation is sometimes considered an outlandish spiritual journey where a person sits on a mountaintop for years contemplating the meaning of life. While...
CCSS wants academic amnesty
Elected members of the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) are hoping to change the college’s policy on academic amnesty. Between his role as...
Olympic protesters need to up their game
[Note – This piece was written before the Feb. 13 protests in downtown Vancouver.] To the megaphone-toting, camouflage-wearing, Abbie-Hoffman-wannabe Olympic protest organizer: Please,...
Behind the flash and flips of Capoeira
Nestled in the heart of downtown Victoria lies the Grupo Axé Capoeira Academy, the only one of its kind on Vancouver Island. Capoeria...
Nexus submits to the call of Jiu Jitsu
My core hurts. My arms are sore, my back aches, and there are bruises on my knees. I groan like an old lady...
The Simpsons = literacy
With irreverence at the crux of pop culture it’s always astonishing to find anything resonating with banter or beauty. Our disposable culture—obsessed with mediocrity—so...
News briefs: Higher tuition, health centre funding, NEED update
Higher tuition is anything but bitchin’ Statistics Canada has finished a new study that has helped confirm the fears of students everywhere. Student...
Nexus issue 12 out this week!
Nexus issue 12 will be on the stands tomorrow (Tuesday) as well as on our regular publication day, Wednesday. We thought we'd get...
Olympics protest leads to vandalism, arrests in Vancouver
VANCOUVER (CUP) — As many as seven people were arrested after violence in Vancouver Saturday during the 2010 Heart Attack protests, according to...
News briefs: Debt Sentence, Better World Books, more
Chillaxin’ with a bowl of chili As the saying goes, “The way to the heart is through the stomach.” This is especially true...
Camosun b-ball teams go different directions
The Feb. 13 weekend marked the Charger’s basketball team’s last home games of the season. Camosun played the Douglas College Royals at the...
Camosun volleyball teams playoff bound
Camosun’s volleyball teams are counting on having the home court advantage going into the provincial playoffs. The Chargers will play host to the...
First Nations University optimistic despite funding cuts
WINNIPEG (CUP) — Despite provincial and federal funding cuts of $12 million and counting, students at the First Nations University of Canada are...
Victoria’s buses stay out late on trial run
Until April 5, BC Transit’s Victoria fleet is staying up late to make sure we get home safe. BC Transit launched a three-month...
The Oscars as a stage for social commentary
TORONTO (CUP) — As we near March, so too comes that sacred time of year for film students and entertainment junkies alike: The...
Arena Rock: St. Vincent and Wildbirds & Peacedrums
St. Vincent and Wildbirds & Peacedrums Element, Feb. 3 As a few wispy clouds of fog spewed out of the smoke machines in...
Arena Rock: Swollen Members
Swollen Members Element, Jan. 31 I've never been much of a Swollen Members fan. You've got to wonder what was going through their...
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