Student Editor’s Letter: Student summer lifeBeing a student means studying late, downing double doubles, and, sometimes, not doing as well as you might have hoped on a test. It means communicating with teachers when you don’t quite get it; it means meeting deadlines; it means being an adult and not just hoping for the best. Luckily, it also means getting […] Continue Reading |
Nic’s Flicks: Black Widow fun but lacking messageBlack Widow (2021) 2.5/4 Recently, and rightfully, there’s been more female-driven superhero films, such as the last two DC Wonder Woman films, DC’s female team-up Birds of Prey, and Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel. What made these films stand out are their strong messages about the importance of female empowerment, and the power of the female […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student competing in rugby at Tokyo OlympicsThe Tokyo Olympics are now underway, and there’s a Camosun College connection to the games. Canada has sent 370 athletes to try to improve upon the 22 medals that were brought home from the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and among Canada’s medal favourites are the women’s rugby sevens team, who call Victoria […] Continue Reading |
Local artist uses underwater photos as inspirationVictoria-based figurative painter Lisa Hebden became interested in the idea that sparked her current exhibit, Swimmers, while in Argentina in 2012. It was a hot summer and she spent a lot of time in pools; she wanted to delve deeper into how the connection to ourselves changes when we’re in the water, our skin distorted […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Equality vs. equityEquality is discussed heavily when talking about feminism, and that makes sense—being a feminist is about striving for fairness between all genders and sexual orientations. But I feel like that equality itself is never truly elaborated on. What does equality look like in the real world? Is it even something we should be striving for? […] Continue Reading |
Breaking news: Camosun College announces next presidentCamosun College has announced its next president. Lane Trotter will be president of Camosun starting in January 2022. Trotter is currently the president of Vancouver’s Langara College and has 28 years of experience at a senior level in post-secondary. Trotter will replace Sherri Bell, who has been the Camosun president for over six years. Trotter’s […] Continue Reading |
New CCSS First Nations director says patience is key for reconciliationNew Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) First Nations director Evalyn Combes finds the horrible reality of residential schools in Canada—the last one of which closed in 1996—really hard to talk about. As such, she had mixed feelings when she first got the position of First Nations director in the CCSS spring elections this year. “It’s […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Get involved this fallWe all catch ourselves complaining about bills. Rent transfers, credit cards, interest payment IOUs—sometimes the list is endless. I often think of how I could buy a house in Saskatchewan for a fraction of what I’d pay here. Of course, in a moment of poignant irony, that thought usually comes knocking during moments of reflection […] Continue Reading |
BC government releases final guidelines for fall, Camosun continues to get ready for full returnOn Monday, July 5, the provincial government released final guidelines for a full return to campus in the fall. The provincial COVID-19 Return-to-Campus Guidelines say that on September 7 at the earliest, masks will be a personal choice on campuses, there will be normal social contact, and there will be no occupancy limits for workspaces. […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Classes Abroad: Life in India during COVIDCOVID has affected everyone around the world. I want to talk about how it affected an international student studying remotely in India, which was the worst-hit country by COVID in the past few months. It was not easy at all. Of course it was difficult not just for me but for all the citizens of […] Continue Reading |
