Student editor’s letter: Use what got you to Camosun to get you through the pandemicIn the words of Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest part. That’s essentially what everyone at Camosun College has been doing for over a month now. Even worse than waiting, however, is the eerie reality that we don’t know exactly what we’re waiting for. It’s as if you’ve had a CAT scan; the doctor’s […] Continue Reading |
Freedom from Addiction: Slowing downI was talking to a friend today about the tendency to move quickly—specifically, getting involved with someone sexually or romantically before knowing them well enough, and trying to be ultra-productive or ultra-distracted in general. As sex and love addicts, we certainly relate to moving too quickly into relationships, and as a society we are conditioned […] Continue Reading |
BC Transit suspends UPass programCamosun College announced yesterday that it has been informed that BC Transit is suspending its UPass programs across the province. The decision was made as a result of onboard fare payment being removed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UPass is a bus pass for Camosun students; students pay for the pass as part of their […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Social media, stress, and the common studentHow many times have you checked social media today? Was it for a couple minutes? Or a couple hours? Did you scroll mindlessly through Instagram? Facebook? Hey, maybe you even browsed some memes off of Reddit. Wherever you went today, it probably evoked a plethora of emotions, either negative or positive. Maybe you compared yourself […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Thurlowood delivers hope with solo synth-popThurlowood Discontinue Normal Program (Independent) 4.5/5 There is nothing much to do when you are socially distant from the world. But, like always, we have our friend Mr. Music to entertain us, or in this case, Bridges + Powerlines singer/keyboardist Andrew Thurlow Wood. Good music can help us to unplug from all the chaos and […] Continue Reading |
Camosun Marketing students take fundraising online during COVID-19Camosun College Marketing students have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic and taken their fundraising efforts online. Students in Marketing 420 (Marketing Project Management) recently raised through a silent online auction $18,400 in support of youth education and development in Zambia. The money went to Victoria-based international development organization VIDEA, and it allows students in Zambia […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Logan Ledger impresses with debut full-lengthLogan Ledger Logan Ledger (Electro Magnetic/Rounder Records) 3.5/5 Logan Ledger released his debut EP, I Don’t Dream Anymore, in October of last year. Now he is back with his self-titled debut album, which came out on April 3. Logan Ledger features nine new tracks and two from his EP. Ledger’s music takes inspiration from traditional folk and country music—both […] Continue Reading |
The Examined Life: The death of objectivityObjectivity is quickly falling out of fashion in our modern world of science, leaving people feeling lost. There are still those who find solace in religion, however, faith has become an impossibility for many. Cultures too, like monolithic glaciers, are melting away into the sea. Canada prides itself on its multiculturalism, but is anything being […] Continue Reading |
Politics and Other Nonsense: COVID-19 supports in placeWhether you are out of a job and are one of the 2.1 million people across Canada who have applied for Employment Insurance (EI) or you are considered an essential worker and are putting your health on the line every day as you continue to go to work, the past few weeks have undoubtedly been […] Continue Reading |
Dance performance about isolation even more relevant in light of COVID-19Into the WIRE is a dance performance dealing with themes of social isolation in a technological dystopia. The show—being presented by local non-profit dance studio Broken Rhythms—has been over a year in the making, but due to COVID-19 the studio, fittingly, has had to adapt it for a digital medium. Into the WIRE artistic director Dyana Sonik-Henderson […] Continue Reading |
