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Inside Out: Anne Webb
Anne Webb Anne Webb is a full-time student in the Business Administration program at Interurban, a four-year program that will give her a...
Pride: Local gay bar reviews
Victoria opened two gay bars this month—the Copper Club and the Ledge Lounge. Given that Victoria is such a small community, these places...
Eye on Campus: Cultural Talent Show
For some people the words “talent show” seem synonymous with imagery of accordionists, plate-spinners, tiny tot tap dancers, or sad sack ventriloquists, to...
Worth the Trip: Poutine
Campus Café, Lansdowne Campus - Poutine $4.99 Presentation and service Ed: The cheese curds that Aramark uses look like poo. But no matter...
Quick Bites: Sabri Naanwich
Sabri Naanwich 1310 Douglas 250-382-9668 4/5 bites In Victoria, students don’t have to travel far to sample exotic foods from all over the...
Arena Rock: Heart
Heart Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre, March 8 When one thinks about musicians who influenced rock ‘n’ roll history, two women from one band come...
The Curtain Call: The Cosmic Caravan
The Cosmic Caravan Sunset Room, March 5 When I think of puppets, I think of government-sponsored child-therapy sessions; others may think of famous...
Noise Addict: All eyes (still) on Vancouver
With the Olympics now over, everyone’s eyes are leaving Vancouver. But, for a moment, let’s keep our eyes and ears to the city....
Miracle at Interurban campus
A tired, middle-aged woman juggled a confusing array of paperwork while standing in the registration area at Camosun’s Interurban campus last summer, signing...
Getting a piece of the PISE
Almost two-and-a-half years after the opening of the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) at the Interurban campus, students who use the centre...
New technology to replace VHS
Contrary to popular belief, the VHS format is not dead, but it might be replaced with its digital equivalent. The ability to record...
Camosun's own school of rock
The Continuing Education Department at Camosun is known for offering some zany classes and is proud to bring us another—the History of Rock...
WAX on, dance off at local weekly DJ night
Monday nights are funkier than ever now that Hush Nightclub has opened its doors and handed the stage over to one of Victoria’s...
Tips on how to make friends in a new city
The first few months at a new school or in a new town can leave a student feeling stranded, alone, and miles from...
The in thing in gaming
Games, like any other pastime, are subject to trends. The popular trends roll in and out with the frequency of the ocean tide....
Collecting comics a fizzling trend
Where are all the comic-book collectors these days? Buying comics was a big thing for baby boomers two decades ago and for appreciators...
Local rope-skipping team jumps for joy
The Island Hoppers know the ropes. And they should—they’re a group of young rope skippers in Victoria. The Island Hoppers Precision Skipping Team—who...
Student campaigns for lower international tuition
A Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) director would like to see international-student tuition lowered, but understands it’s an uphill battle. Carlos Suarez, international...
Students dissect Victoria’s public art
Public art in Victoria gets a lot of flack, but perhaps those more intimate with the creation of art have a slightly different perspective. Enter Jessica...
UVic offers students anti-violence support
The most common time when people experience sexualized violence is when they are 18–26 years old, according to the Anti-Violence Project (AVP), UVic’s...
Culinary Arts program offers real-world training
As anyone who grabs a bite to eat at Interurban’s Helmut Huber cafeteria knows, Camosun’s Culinary Arts program churns out some tasty grub....
Libraries in midst of renovations
Most students at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus have probably noticed that construction on the library is well underway. At the Interurban campus, construction is...
Inter-Course: Lesbian bed death, not just a band name
I was out shopping with a lesbian girlfriend of mine the other day that had recently broken up with her long-term girlfriend. As...
Hockey 101 brings Canada’s pastime to Victorians
It’s a two-man breakaway! Actually, it’s more like the puck-carrier’s feet are attempting to break away from his ankles. This quickly takes him...
UVic Battle of the Bands heats up
A Monday-evening visit to UVic’s Student Union Building (SUB) certainly won’t be the hushed, library-like atmosphere one might expect. In fact, any students...
Big Screen Review: The Wolfman, the Last Station
The Wolfman Finally, movies have been made featuring all three of Universal Studios’ most famous trio of monsters from the golden age—Frankenstein’s monster,...
Students say no to bottled water
A group of concerned Camosun students will be spreading the word on March 11 about their intentions to rid the sale of bottled...
Reflecting on Vancouver’s Olympic Heart Attack
A woman dressed head to toe in black with a handkerchief covering the lower half of her face lets me quote her, but...
Luck be malady
In the Bard’s celebrated tragedy, Julius Caesar, “beware the Ides of March” is the well-known warning issued by the soothsayer to the conflicted...
Surviving the Brian Jonestown Massacre
In 1990, the Brian Jonestown Massacre was born—kicking and screaming—and emerged as one of America’s most prolific and out-and-out pointed rock bands. With...
Local Live and Loud: March 6-16
Saturday, March 6 Hawksley Workman, guests Alix Goolden Hall, 7:30 pm, $29.50 Toronto’s prolific and unpredictable musical muse, Hawksley Workman, brings his energetic...
News briefs: History help, bus fare hikes, bad news bears
Sending out an SOS There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Camosun students struggling with their history courses—and don’t worry, that...
Eye on Campus: Girls Rock and Tax prep
Ongoing until March 31 On-campus tax preparation Now in its fourth year, the Camosun School of Business students are providing tax preparation on...
Women’s basketball team prepares for playoffs
The women’s Camosun Chargers basketball team is gearing up to take on the top teams in the league at the British Columbia Colleges’...
Nexus issue 13 hits the stands Wednesday!
Stay tuned for our new issue, out this Wednesday, including a look at the Heart Attack Anti-Olympics protest which was attended by our...
Health Canada approves HPV vaccine for men
WINNIPEG (CUP) — Health Canada has approved the use of the HPV vaccine Gardasil for men. Merck Frosst was granted authorization by the...
Chargers men's volleyball team win gold
The Camosun Chargers men’s volleyball team kept their title as provincial champs and defeated the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (UFV) in...
In celebration of the single
Whatever happened to the CD single? For that matter, whatever became of B-sides? The single, be it on crispy, black shellac or in...
Ottawa students boycott Chartwells
OTTAWA (CUP) — In an attempt to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the Chartwells food services at the University of Ottawa, students organized an...
Colbert apologizes to Canadian fans
VANCOUVER (CUP) — Even the seldom-seen Vancouver sun was beaming as Stephen Colbert ran onstage mid-February, yelling, “I take it all back!” to...
Facebook's privacy leap of faith
KELOWNA, B.C. (CUP) — As we start the new decade, there is clearly one great difference from the last: we are on the...
Ontario colleges strike averted
TORONTO (CUP) — Ontario college students breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as the Ontario Labour Relations Board finally announced the...
Oscar de la ranta
As the Oscars loom heavy on the horizon, they seem about as relevant as a formal apology from Kanye West for throwing a...
Give me a book, not an interface
MONTREAL (CUP) – I love reading books. I love collecting books. Books are adventures, companions, references, trophies. I love the way that the...
Arena Rock: Wilco review
Wilco Royal Theatre, Feb. 12 Wilco is my favourite band. Jeff Tweedy could have come out on stage at the Royal Theatre, sat...
Arena Rock: Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard
Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard Sugar, Feb. 13 When most people think of Sugar Nightclub, they don’t expect the place to be filled wall...
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