Victoria Film Festival tackles comedy, drama, and moreThe Victoria Film Festival is back for its 22nd year of screening films for local audiences. The festival has a very large and comprehensive line-up of movies; Victoria Film Festival communications coordinator Fulya Ozkul says that no matter who you are, you’re sure to find something you’ll love. “You can expect 150 films over ten […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Visual Arts students to display art at Lansdowne campusStudents from Camosun College’s Visual Arts program are displaying their artwork in three spaces around the Lansdowne campus this month. The works will be on display as of February 16 in the entrance foyer of the Lansdowne library, on the second floor of the library, and at a space between Young 111 and 117. Camosun […] Continue Reading |
Bungy Jump for a Cause strips stigma, clothes for charity“I’m terrified and nervous and excited all at the same time,” says Emma De Vynck, who is doing her University of Victoria Social Work practicum through the British Columbia Schizophrenic Society (BCSS). De Vynck will be one of 160 people jumping naked in the 10th annual Bungy Jump for a Cause fundraising event, which is […] Continue Reading |
Know Your Profs: Camosun writing prof Jasmine North becomes other and marvels at communityKnow Your Profs is an ongoing series of profiles on the instructors at Camosun College. Every issue we ask a different instructor at Camosun the same 10 questions in an attempt to get to know them a little better. Do you have an instructor that you want to see interviewed in the paper? Maybe you […] Continue Reading |
New Camosun club helps women in engineering gain confidenceCamosun College has a new student club for women in engineering. Second-year Civil Engineering Technology student Valerie Shearsmith says she started the Interurban Women in Engineering club (which Shearsmith says aims to instill “confidence and assertiveness” to women) after personal experiences of feeling intimidated in the industry. “Sometimes, in my experience, I’ve been the only […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: February 3, 2016Camosun to host championships Camosun College will be hosting the 2017 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Women’s Volleyball National Championship. The championships will take place at the Camosun Chargers’ home base, the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence at the Interurban campus, from March 8 to 11, 2017. Visit camosun.ca/sports/chargers for more information on the Camosun […] Continue Reading |
Motions to separate from national Canadian Federation of Students organization pass at Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia meetingThree motions were passed during the Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia (CFS-BC)’s 34th annual general meeting that indicate the beginnings of separation from the national Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) organization. The relationship between BC member groups and the national CFS organization has been strained due to allegations of corruption in the national organization as […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Valentine’s Day just a holiday for business fat catsValentine’s Day is a mysterious holiday filled with romantic and heroic stories of a saint of (or in some cases in) love, a saint of justice, protesting prison conditions, who passed away after being locked up and falling in love with his jailor’s daughter; or a saint who continued to perform marriages in secret after […] Continue Reading |
What’s Going On: February 3 to 16, 2016Wednesday, February 3 Rally against student debt Join students protesting against student debt at the legislature. Things get started at 11:30 am at Centennial Square; at 12 pm the rally starts at the BC legislature. The rally is being held by the Camosun College Student Society and the University of Victoria Students’ Society; see uvss.ca/educationisaright […] Continue Reading |
The Bi-weekly Gamer: A struggle against the metaBack in November, I wrote an article on Guild Wars 2 and the then-newly released expansion pack. Since then, many fixes and updates have been dumped on the player base. Two big changes are the revamp of player-vs.-player (PvP) ranked matches and Elite Specializations, which aim to allow players to explore new ways to play […] Continue Reading |
