Students campaign for communications at Camosun
Students in Camosun College’s Applied Communication Program (ACP), one of several programs affected as part of Camosun’s 2012/13 budget, have initiated campaigns to try and generate awareness and action. Save the Village! is a Facebook and Twitter campaign to try and save Camosun’s campus radio station, which is part of the ACP curriculum and needed by the final class in the fall. The ACP Alumni Association is planning a YouTube video campaign called “What ACP means to me,” featuring past and present graduates of the program. And finally, students and alumni from ACP have begun Twitter campaigns to draw attention to minister of advanced education Naomi Yamamoto’s recent statement in the Times Colonist, where she asked “Do we need communications people in BC?”
South Vancouver Island Regional Skills Competition winners
Camosun recently hosted the South Vancouver Island Regional Skills Competition at Interurban, where 60 secondary students competed in six trades-skills contests. Gold-medal winners earned the right to represent the South Island region at the upcoming Skills Canada BC provincial competition in Abbotsford on April 30. For a full list of winners, check out skillscanada.bc.ca and look up the results by region.
Craigflower Bridge replacement delayed
Due to incomplete environmental and archeological reports, replacement of the Craigflower bridge, which we reported on earlier in 2012, has been delayed for up to a year. The new scheduled start date will be between January and June of 2013.
Violent video games lead to cooperation
According to a new study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, playing violent video games doesn’t affect how kids behave in the real world. in fact, according to the study, playing video games actually makes kids learn how to cooperate with others. Previous research showed that regions of the brain involved with inhibition and self-control would flare up during violent gameplay. But there still have been no definitive links connecting violent video games with violent behaviour.
Brit buys $2 million Warhol for $5
A British businessman recently purchased an original Andy Warhol drawing at a garage sale in Las Vegas. The 1930s sketch, which the businessman purchased for $5, is worth upwards of $2 million. The sketch is of 1930s singer and actor Rudy Vallee, and due to the age of the piece could shift the birth of pop art back two decades.