Freedom from Addiction: Dropping defensiveness is a strength, not a weaknessAddicts are masters of defense. We defend parts of our psyche that have been harmed and have not recovered. We, in turn, defend our addictions, which feel like integral parts of who we are and seem wholly necessary for our well-being, or even for our survival. All forms of addiction, arguably, have similar roots of […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: The importance of funSpring is officially here—it’s incredible what a bit of sunlight and cherry blossoms can do for the soul. As I write this, the sun is streaming through my window, my cat is laying in a sunbeam, and a best of B.B. King playlist is playing; there are certain sunny afternoons where some good ol’ blues […] Continue Reading |
Camosun alumni Michael Wilford finalist for International Songwriting CompetitionWe’re all yearning for good news after the year we’ve had. Camosun alumni Michael Wilford found just that when he opened up his email one morning recently and found out that he has made it into the finals of the International Songwriting Competition’s blues category for his inspiring song “Scotch.” Over 26,000 songs were submitted […] Continue Reading |
Unsettled and Striving: Striving for truthIn September, when the editor of Nexus and I hashed out the details of this column, I realized that Unsettled and Striving would benefit me most of all. At that point I hadn’t written anything in 2020, and, like so many others, I was feeling lost and depleted with the strict social-distancing and isolation regulations. […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: March 19, 2021 web exclusiveA council divided: The story “Differing views cause ill feelings among CCSS Council members” in our March 18, 1996 issue painted a picture of a Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) divided. “They are coming crying to the school newspaper that they have been treated unfairly but I think they should take a look at themselves […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Real Numbers deep dive into ’80s indie-pop with mixed resultsReal Numbers Brighter Then (Slumberland Records) 2.5/5 Real Numbers’ last album, Wordless Wonder, came out in 2016, but the Minneapolis-based band has finally released a new EP, Brighter Then. The EP was recorded last winter and shows the band journeying deeper into late-’80s indie-pop. The five-song EP is very rhythmic and easy to listen to, […] Continue Reading |
Let’s Talk 2.0: Asking for help isn’t a crimeWhen chatting to my biking friends, who are men, in the chairlift, we usually end up in a conversation with them complaining about equality, and how they feel that women pick out only the good stuff about equality. I’m always a bit shocked at this angle of looking at it. What occurs most of the […] Continue Reading |
Student Editor’s Letter: Conflicted thoughts about SeptemberOn March 8, when provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said that post-secondary institutions can and should prepare for a full return to in-person learning in September, I was a bit put out. I was conflicted. I checked my sources, did some digging to make sure this was, in fact, what she had said. It’s true. […] Continue Reading |
Being Here: The Refugee Project dives deep into verbatim theatreFor the actors in Being Here: The Refugee Project, getting into the role meant something a little different. The play, created by Joel Bernbaum, is verbatim theatre, meaning these stories are presented in the person’s own words—false starts, filler words and all. “We are speaking word for word, every ‘um’, comma, interrupted word and interrupted […] Continue Reading |
Hermann’s Jazz Club celebrates 40 years, looks ahead to post-pandemic worldIt’s not just about the music for Hermann’s Jazz Club manager Nichola Walkden. For 40 years, the club has been bringing people together, making multi-generational impacts through music and giving people hope. But it’s been hard—really hard—this past year. She and her all-women management team have gotten creative and provided what she calls an essential […] Continue Reading |
