Camosun student seeks hit and run witnesses
At 1 pm on September 29, a hit-and-run accident occurred near Mayfair Mall, at the corner of Tolmie Avenue and Oak Street. A Camosun student is asking anyone with any information to call Amanda at 250-885-0292.
How do you say golf in French again?
The Camosun Chargers Men’s Golf team is off to Quebec City to compete in the Canadian Collegiate Athletics Association Ping National Golf Championship this month. The Camosun team is second in provincial standings, with player Jared Callbeck earning all-star status. Soon they’ll show the rest of Canada how le golf should be played.
Shake it out, students!
On Thursday, October 17 at 10:17 am, Camosun faculty, staff, and students at Lansdowne and Interurban will participate in the annual province-wide ShakeOut earthquake drill. “We live in a seismically active region and preparing our college community will help reduce injury and death in the event of a large earthquake,” Camosun manager of college security Tim Henderson said in a press release. See shakeoutbc.ca for more info, and remember: drop, cover, and hold on when 10:17 hits! Re-emerge after you hear the horn blasts.
Free e-textbook resource available
Students in math and physics courses can find extra course material at flooved.com, an open access collection of educational texts. While you won’t get your course textbooks on the site, it might make for informative extra reading. If you’re into extra reading. And, when you’re not completely swamped in classes, you love extra reading! Right?
Mystery starfish goo
Researchers have noted mass starfish die-offs along the coast around Vancouver and nearby islands. The Vancouver Aquarium is calling it Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, as the starfishes have been melting or turning to goo when collected. The cause has not yet been identified, but let’s hope it’s nothing to do with the coming zombie apocalypse.
Halloween cancelled
A school in Port Colborne, Ontario has replaced Halloween with “Spirit Day” in an attempt to be more inclusive. Kids were told not to show up to school in costumes and a dance was cancelled. Seriously, they’d better get a truckload of candy to make up for it, because when you’re a kid nothing beats Halloween costumes except for Halloween candy.
Breast cancer vaccine for mice and maybe people
A Cleveland company has raised funds for preliminary human testing with a drug that has been shown to prevent mice from developing breast cancer. The project is still young, and might take another 10 years before clinical trials are complete. Until then, only mice will be safe.
Ballet beckons across the Strait
If you’re a ballet fan, and happen to be in Vancouver, check out Ballet BC at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Student rush pricing will get you into a show for only $15. That’s cheaper than a movie if you factor in the cost of popcorn, because there’s probably no popcorn at the ballet.
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