Age of Geeks: Handy apps for improving studiesIn this age of technology and everyone having a smartphone, nothing is too much work. Countless apps are available to do everything from taking notes in class to buying cheap books online. As long as you’ve got a smartphone and a few bucks, here are a few apps to ace, or at least pass, every […] Continue Reading |
Bite Me: Wings aplenty at Tartan ToqueThe Tartan Toque is Victoria’s only true wing joint. However, the Toque has so many choices beyond chicken wings. You can’t just sit there and scan the menu board; it takes a few minutes to truly absorb what’s available. The food choices include house-made burgers, salads, wraps, and greasy goodness like fries and poutine. The […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Joan Didion and the New Journalism“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” said Joan Didion, a multi-talented writer known for her novels, screenplays, and non-fiction. Didion’s most recent work includes two incredibly moving memoirs about the deaths of her husband of 40 years and, just over a year later, their only daughter. In addition to her novels and memoirs, […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago In Nexus: February 4, 2015 issueSIN sins: In our February 6, 1995 issue, there was a news story about how Camosun had stopped using Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) as student IDs. Citing issues of privacy concerns from Camosun students, the college made the decision to stop SINning. “It’s a positive move that brings the college in line with Protection of […] Continue Reading |
Lit Matters: Winterson’s deep roots of art“Art does not imitate life. Art anticipates life.” So wrote Jeanette Winterson, a British writer known for her beautiful and unique novels that question how we look at history, sexuality, and even fiction itself. Winterson’s first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a fictionalized account of her childhood spent under the tyranny of […] Continue Reading |
The Prodigal Planeswalker: Where the Magic happensWelcome to Magic: The Gathering Club, a community of Camosun students on a quest to learn and play the beloved fantasy trading card game (TCG) that has wowed players since 1993 and now has a player-base of 12 million people worldwide. The first thing you might ask yourself is this: what is the appeal of […] Continue Reading |
As I Was Saying: Don’t un-friend so fast!Recently, I was sitting in the Camosun Women’s Centre lounge listening to an interesting conversation about social media and breakups. The discussion between two women was about breaking up and fighting with their common best friend, and both were going to delete the enemy on Facebook. Nowadays, when someone gets into a heated argument with […] Continue Reading |
20 Years Ago In Nexus: January 21, 2015 issueInterurban gets equalized: There’s lots of talk these days about how Interurban is no longer a male-dominated campus, with plenty more females taking courses on that campus. But that’s exactly what we were talking about in our January 23, 1995 issue as well: the main news story detailed some changes going down at the campus, […] Continue Reading |
Age of Geeks: The future’s not so brightCES 2016 recently went down; over the years the electronics event has become one of the biggest for tech companies to showcase their upcoming products. Like last year, many of them were still prototypes, and many of them were disappointments. Here are some lowlights of the show: Next-gen TVs are only as good as the […] Continue Reading |
Bite Me: My Thai Café saves the day… almostIt was a while ago now, but my New Year’s Eve was a fun night of drinking games and dancing. I happily woke up late the next day with only a minor fuzziness in my head. The first thing on my mind was the fact that I needed food, and since I wasn’t around for […] Continue Reading |
