1976 Camosun grad becomes Buddhist monk in retirement

Doshu Rogers has been a technician, a researcher, an entrepreneur, a construction worker, and a tree planter. But now the Camosun alumnus is exploring a whole new lifestyle in his retirement. Rogers, a graduate of Camosun’s Electronics Technology Program in 1976, is now spreading the teachings and merits of meditation practice to the public as […]

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Camosun students summon up Magic: The Gathering club

“I’m going to Tragic Slip your Heroes’ Bane with morbid.” “Fine, I’m going to tap four for Fuel for the Cause, counter-target spell, proliferate…” This exchange might seem a bit dense and esoteric, but it’s actually a bit of well-planned thrust and parry from the card game Magic: The Gathering. Magic is a high-fantasy trading […]

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What’s Going On, October 29 to November 11, 2014: ESL paint-in, Rocky Horror spook-fest, and Fred Penner sing-along

Wednesday, October 29 Bring your Strumbellas Juno Award-winning folk roots band The Strumbellas are celebrating their year of musical success and are coming to the Canadian West Coast as part of their Ride On North American Tour, which will be ending in their hometown of Toronto. The band will be playing Upstairs Cabaret with special […]

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Getting personal with Camosun College sociology instructor Peter Ove

Know Your Profs is an ongoing series of articles helping you get to know the instructors at Camosun College a bit better. Every issue we ask a different instructor the same 10 questions. Do you have a favourite instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? A prof you need to know more […]

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What’s Going On, October 15 to 28, 2014: Gettin’ wolfy, gettin’ free lectures, gettin’ the joke that it’s not that kind of public archive

Until October 18 Speak the word Check out the last three days of the annual Canadian Festival of Spoken Word: Beyond the Word, being hosted in Victoria for the second time, with more than 100 artists and slam poets from over 20 Canadian cities. This event will be taking place mostly at the Victoria Event […]

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Camosun staff raise etiquette issues with Gus the gumball

Children are always told to never swallow their gum; while this may be good advice, it might not be the right advice, as one custodian at Camosun College has found. Meet Lou Isenor. Isenor works in the library, and one particular task that he has is the removal of gum. He removes it from floors, […]

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Camosun alumnus latest addition to Victoria Royals

It hasn’t always been about sports for Camosun alumnus Adam McKinnon. Recently hired as the manager of communications and hockey coordinator by the Victoria Royals, McKinnon took a year off after completing high school to work in England at the Royal National Institute for the Blind. There he found another passion: working with children. “Their […]

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Former Camosun student Claire Bezuidenhout becomes Victoria’s living statue

Among all of the artists, musicians and street performers in downtown Victoria, one who stands out is actually a former Camosun student. Yes, the Copper Cowgirl, who sheriffs crime by standing absolutely still in the Inner Harbour, is actually Claire Bezuidenhout, a recent Camosun grad from the Community Support and Education Assistant program. “I loved […]

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What’s Going On October 1 to 14, 2014: Byrd watching, flash tattoing, and prison play-ing

Wednesday, October 1 Byrd and Waken in Merlin North Carolina folk-music troubadours Jonathon Byrd and Johnny Waken, who’ve recently recorded a free album that can be downloaded through bandcamp.com, are currently touring through Canada and have hit the west coast. They will be performing with special guest Shari Ulrich at Merlin’s Sun House, a 50-seater […]

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