New Music Revue: Neil Young’s still got it on Peace Trail

Neil Young Peace Trail (Reprise Records) 4/5 What always sticks out most for me about Neil Young is his lyrics. On his 37th studio album, Peace Trail, Young’s words don’t shy away from the political, the spiritual, and, especially, the human. Peace Trail, which is only slightly more electric and modern than what all Young […]

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Manchester by the Sea brutally real, brutally good

Manchester by the Sea 4.5/5 I’ve seen few films throughout my cinematic-junkie career that jar the viewer and pick at the can of worms we all try to keep shut inside us the way Manchester by the Sea (2016) does. It delves into the deepest and darkest trenches of the fragile human heart while making […]

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New Music Revue: The Rolling Stones keep rolling with Blue and Lonesome

The Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome (Interscope Records) 4.5/5 The Rolling Stones’ new covers album Blue and Lonesome challenges me to appreciate remakes in new ways. The album’s opener, “Just Your Fool” (which was originally recorded by Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra in 1953), has fresh New Orleans jazz undertones combined with good old-fashioned rock, […]

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The Lion’s Song: Episode 2 a triumph of indie gaming

Long after I played The Lion’s Song: Episode 2 – Anthology the melody from the first episode lingered in my brain, accompanied by the swinging, creaking, lantern (those who have played this game will know what I mean). The Lion’s Song: Episode 1 – Silence—available for free on Steam—caused my inner band geek to start […]

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Les Liaisons Dangereuses powerful, moving, graceful

The love affair started the moment I walked into the University of Victoria’s Phoenix Theatre and saw the set; my heart broke the moment Les Liaisons Dangereuses ended. Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a story, set in the 1780s, of two rivals who use sex as a weapon of manipulation, unapologetically ruining many people before they themselves […]

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The Dunlop House pub slings drinks on campus again

When people face the same thing every day, it gets boring. So it makes sense that people don’t want to eat the same food every day. As far as pubs or restaurants go, seeing the same style over and over again is boring as well. Here at Camosun College, the Dunlop House Pub creates a […]

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Man arrested for Halloween costume at Lansdowne campus

A man was arrested on Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus on October 31 for carrying a fake firearm as part of his Halloween costume, college employees and the Saanich police have confirmed. Camosun College communications/marketing officer Michelle Tinis says the man had a fake gun and was wearing camouflage. “It was a 28-year-old male and he […]

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Camosun students get Disney World experience with co-op

“Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.” This Chinese proverb means that knowledge should be connected with practice; looking at it through a post-secondary perspective, it could mean that when people acquire knowledge from school, they should use it in society. Camosun College is practicing this proverb with a co-op program that sends students […]

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