april 3, 2013 issue 14 | volume 23 nexusnewspaper.com camosun’s student voice since 1990 COMIC COOL Convention highlights work of Camosun students page 5

UVic study claims raising alcohol prices has benefits page 3

Chargers golfers dominate page 6

Learning about suicide sensitivity page 8

Local director tackles opera page 10  VIEWS April 3, 2013

editor’s letter open space From hard- hitting to hilarious An open mind is still the only camosun’s student voice since 1990 In this space last issue I talked about asking questions. The feature way to grow Next publication: May 15, 2013 story this issue is long overdue, and came about from lots of questions Deadline: noon May 8, 2013 that were being lobbed around the office a few months back about media coverage of suicide. Address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, There’s plenty of behind-the-scenes debate about covering suicide It’s clear we need to V8P 5J2 in media, and for this issue we brought it forward so you can see some of Location: Lansdowne Richmond House 201 protect the diminished the debate for yourself. Head over to page 8 to read contributing writer Phone: 250-370-3591 Jean Oliver’s feature story about the media’s role in suicide prevention resources left in Email: [email protected] and awareness. Canada and get off Website: nexusnewspaper.com Because this is our last issue for this semester, we wanted to be sure fossil fuels, but when Publisher: Nexus Publishing Society we gave the readers lots of variety to pick and choose from. New contrib- NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY uting writer Aisha Goulden joins the fold this issue with her compelling we continue to blame opinion piece right here on page 2, which reminds us that no matter how STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS and separate “us” Jeremy Ambers open-minded we think we are, we could probably benefit from stepping from “them” this only Nicole Beneteau back and evaluating our own behaviour now and then. Nickolas Joy Then over on page 3, contributing writer Damen Korkoras examines pushes us backwards. Kate Masters the contentious claims of a recent study saying that lower alcohol prices Marielle Moodley would benefit everyone. Same page, same writer: a story about our student Ilia Stavitckii society’s efforts to get students out to vote next month. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF We’ve got stories about the Camosun golf team and their recent Greg Pratt victory, an upcoming comics conference at Camosun, and a successful MANAGING EDITOR Camosun alumni. Aisha Goulden the world today depends on crude Jason Schreurs contributing writer There’s an illusionist, an opera, and a hilarious transcription of a INTERN oil, and some of us chose to face Damen Korkoras less-than-perfect interview with the Cowboy Junkies. “Shut down the tar sands!” this reality by doing something ADVERTISING SALES There’s just lots of great stuff, which is exactly how we wanted to leave Those were the words on a bumper about it. Jason Schreurs you for now. We’ll be back next month to provide more great reading for sticker I placed on my computer last When I came to Victoria I was 250‑370-3593 your spring semester. fall during a semester at UVic. The excited to share my newfound Campus Plus (national) -Greg Pratt, editor-in-chief everyday struggle was getting tough knowledge but was greeted with 1-800-265-5372 [email protected] and I needed family support, which scoffs and accusations about my DISTRIBUTION happened to be in Fort McMurray. accepting oil money like all the Sid Mehra CONTRIBUTORS flashback I got a one-way flight in the dead other rednecks. I couldn’t help but Pedro Banman of winter. recollect that I was receiving the Adrian Behennah 20 years ago in Nexus Imagine the change from beauti- same government money many Nicole Beneteau ful sunny Victoria to the grey evil Victorians enjoy. Do we really know Dan Darling Crystal Derry tar sands of Alberta. At first it was where that money comes from? Aisha Goulden hard, but soon I was on a mission Honestly, after moving here Rachael Grant and couldn’t wait to argue tooth from the prairies I expected to find Patrick Hallihan and nail about oil with my uncle, a place notorious for open minds, Libby Hopkinson an engineer for Shell. My opinion and was disappointed to find hip- Insu Kim Kate Masters did not change during that year- ster snobs. But now I see that view Alexis Nieuwkerk long experience; it was excavated. was wrong, too. Perceptions can Jean Oliver I barely knew anything. and should always change, if we Daphne Shaed A summer job as a research let them. assistant with Environment Can- It’s clear we need to protect the ada fell in my lap and I discovered diminished resources left in Canada we would be collaborating with a and get off fossil fuels, but when major oil sands company. I felt like we continue to blame and separate Camosun student takes bank Green times: Call us lugnuts, an undercover investigator, both “us” from “them” this only pushes All editorial content appearing in Nexus is property of the hostages: So the headline said on but I didn’t realize that even back mesmerized and appalled by those us backwards. Nexus Publishing Society. Stories, photographs, and artwork contained herein cannot be reproduced without written permis- page 2 of our April 5, 1993 issue. in the old days of ‘93 there were giant smoke stacks. I had remorse For many, a life spent in aca- sion of the Nexus Publishing Society. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, not of Nexus. Nexus But while that seems like an in- green initiatives happening. But towards all the poor souls taken by demia is not an option. Although has no official ties to the administration ofC amosun College. One copy of Nexus is available per issue, per person. credibly unlikely and interesting there, as evidenced by a story in that sweet-smelling McMoney. Fubar II was an epic movie, watch- story, it only got a few paragraphs this issue explaining how enviro- But, after time, I was forced ing it doesn’t give you an opinion. Nexus is a member of Associated Collegiate Press. of space. As it turned out, an 18- tech and automotive students had to admit that Fort Mac is home to Keeping an open mind is difficult, Send a letter Nexus prints letters that are 250 words or less. year-old Camosun student had an participated in an event called the exceptional, brilliant people who like the reality check that mov- Nexus reserves the right to refuse publication of let- ters. Letters must include full name and student num- eight-hour standoff with police in 1993 Fuel Smart Challenge, which work hard and do what is right for ing from BC to Alberta and back ber (not printed). 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OVERHEARD AT NEXUS: “It’s serious business, staring Centre. Witnesses said the gunman ergy and lowering pollution levels, ing of their employees, and care We can all learn that for every down holes.” “appeared to be depressed or tired,” which weren’t exactly on the top of immensely about the environment. finger you point, you always have according to the article, and “later it everyone’s mind back then, proving I learned the cold hard truth that three pointing back. COVER PHOTOS: Comics: Provided was discovered he was despondent that Camosun students, like they Golf: Kevin Light Something on your mind? Send Open Space submissions (up to 400 words) to Alcohol: Jason Schreurs/Nexus over his grades at school.” There are now, were ahead of the curve, Suicide: Provided [email protected]. Include your student number. Thanks! Opera: Provided were no injuries or shots fired. even in 1993. What’s your dream job and why?

by Damen Korkoras

Leah George Guthrie Prentice Amy Lee Radigan Robert McMohen Trevor Scheurmann Chrissy Phelps “A dentist, because it’s “I want to become a “I would choose Batman “I’d like to be a musician “Civil engineer. I’d like to “A doctor, because I want important to have clean theoretical physicist because he’s sexy and I like because that’s what I love build some crazy bridges to help people.” teeth.” because I actually have to unconventionally help to do” in crazy places.” some ideas on how to people.” make the string theory falsifiable.” nexusnewspaper.com NEWS  health NEWS BRIEFS Alcohol price increase would Camosun students Federal budget named all-Canadian ignores student debt benefit BC, study claims academics crisis, says CFS The Sport Information Re- The mission to make postsec- except people don’t get quite as source Centre (SIRC) and Canad- ondary education affordable for “Because the price drunk.” ian Collegiate Athletic Association Canadians isn’t being helped by Student opinions are mixed on has named six Camosun Charger the federal budget, according to the increase is larger than this issue. While some support the student athletes Academic All Can- Canadian Federation of Students the reduction in idea of improving public safety and adians for the 2012–2013 season. (CFS). “Continuing to download avoiding provocative mischief, they “This is a great accomplishment the cost of postsecondary education consumption, people aren’t very keen on raising alcohol by our student athletes,” says onto students is a short-sighted make more money.” prices. According to physics student Camosun College recreation and policy that will harm Canadaʼs Alexander Jensen, a rise in alcohol athletics coordinator Graham Mat- economic recovery,” said Adam tim stockwell prices could force him to avoid the thews. “It is a testament to their Awad, national chairperson of the university of victoria bar scene. commitment both on and off the Canadian Federation of Students, in “For me, personally, it’ll make court.” Basketball players Jordan a press release. “The 2013 budget me want to go out less because I Elvedahl, Ella Goldschmid, Elyse is not an economic action plan for Damen Korkoras Matthews, Jarred Callbeck, golf students and recent graduates.” If Contributing writer don’t have a lot of money and it’s already expensive for me to out and player Alex Sadowski, and volley- the current trend continues, stu- ball player Hillary Graham were dent debt is expected to surpass New research claims that rais- have a drink,” says Jensen. photo provided recipients of the prestigious awards $19 billion before 2016. Simul- ing the price of alcohol will have Nursing student Ashley Thomp- for their achievements in collegiate taneously, the federal government positive social and economical ef- son shares Jensen’s opinion on UVic’s Tim Stockwell. athletics and academics. In total, has written off over $700 million fects on British Columbia. raising alcohol prices and says campus, so I don’t think we’ll be 130 students across the country in unpaid student loans in the last Last month, a study from the raising prices will only take more severely affected by it.” were named All Canadians. “The three years. Unfortunately, the 2013 University of Victoria indicated money away from students and Despite his support for higher student athletes who have achieved budget contains no new student that increasing the price of intoxi- young people. alcohol prices, Stockwell believes excellence in both athletics and financial assistance measures to cants would reduce the number of “Most students don’t have much that more must be done to inform academics are role models for the address the increasing student debt alcohol-related deaths, hospital money and most of them spend most consumers about the health hazards youth of today and destined to excel loads carried by students and their admissions, and crimes. of their time studying full-time and of alcohol. in their future careers,” Debra Gas- families. UVic psychology professor and working part-time,” says Thomp- “We need to have restrictions sewitz, SIRC president and CEO, director of the Center of Addictions son, “raising prices on the one thing on marketing and advertising and said in a press release. Permaculture club launches Research British Columbia (CAR- they do in their limited free time isn’t we need to have better labelling,” he United by tragedy BC) Tim Stockwell led the research, a good idea, in my opinion.” says. “Why is it that a product like Spring marks the commence- in association with the University But not all students share the alcohol doesn’t inform consumers Parents Carol Todd and Barb ment of the Permaculture Design of Toronto and the University of same beliefs; some support the that it might give them cancer?” Kozeletski are speaking out in sup- Club at Camosun. Meeting three Sheffield in the UK. The studies idea of raising alcohol prices, and Stockwell explains that the more port of parents who’ve suffered the times a week running from May 7 concluded that increasing the aver- among them is environmental sci- someone drinks in his/her lifetime, tragedy of children’s mental health until June 20, students and partici- age minimum cost of a standard ence student Jacky Smith. “If actual the higher probability that person issues, including endorsing Kelly pants will be learning the funda- and Owen Bradley’s petition for drink from approximately $1.25 to research concluded that raising is to develop cancer. mentals of permaculture design. better emergency care for children $1.50 would improve public safety prices will improve things, then I “Somebody who drinks one Instructor Chris Norseth will be in crisis. The Bradleys claim their and raise government revenues. don’t think it’s such a bad idea,” drink per day has a higher risk of offering the course at a highly dis- 11-year-old daughter was recently counted and subsidized rate, for stu- ($1.25 is the approximate cost the says Smith. getting cancer, breast, throat, pros- sent away from Victoria General public and drinking establishments Ben Scotley, assistant man- tate, mouth, stomach, colon, and dents and non-students alike. Topics Hospital three times while having covered in the class will include, pay at retail outlets.) ager of Felicita’s pub at UVic, isn’t it’s directly related to the amount of a serious, violent bipolar episode. “The kind of price rises we’re concerned with a small price hike. alcohol you consume,” he warns. among other things, the principles “Since we launched our petition of natural systems, sustainable talking about [minimum prices] According to Scotley, as long as his Alcohol is also popular due to its we’ve realized there is a whole design methodologies, patterns in would actually have benefits,” business maintains its low prices perceived social benefits and cool network of families with children nature, culture and society, reading says Stockwell. “There’s a simple and stays focused on its student image; according to Stockwell, the with mental illnesses across BC the land and understanding natural reason for this: because the price demographic, Felicita’s won’t be public is still largely unaware of the supporting each other when the processes. Permaculture is a branch increase is larger than the reduction significantly affected. “We’re not hazards of alcohol. health system and the government of ecologically minded design that in consumption, people make more that worried about such a small “Most of us drink and most of fails them,” says Kelly Bradley. “It’s seeks to offer sustainability in all money. The government makes price rise,” says Scotley. “We pretty us love it,” he says, “right now, with a comfort, but it again proves that human endeavors. The movement more revenue, the retailers make much have the lowest prices in the alcohol, I think we’re where we were the Ministry of Health needs to step is gaining traction internationally in more money, and everybody wins… city and we’re literally on the UVic with tobacco 50 years ago.” up and support us.” large part as a practical response to BC encourages public the present threats faced by human- politics ity and the life systems on earth. to stay active Through mimicking and working Key elements of the Capital with nature, permaculture design- Rock the Vote encourages student involvement Regional District’s (CRD) recently ers seek to implement systems completed Pedestrian and Cycling that are economically viable and Damen Korkoras of the CCSS, Rock the Vote BC is dents under the age of 34 who did Contributing writer Master Plan (PCMP) will soon ecologically sound. an important event for students not vote,” says Keller-MacLeod, be implemented thanks to a con- The Camosun College Student because it gives them a chance to “these are many of the students who tribution of $780,950 from the -damen korkoras Society (CCSS) is urging students raise awareness for matters that are currently dealing with the nega- Government of Canada’s gas tax to vote in the upcoming provincial are important to them. The gov- tive consequences of a government fund transfer. A series of projects Got a news tip? Send an email to election. More than half a million ernment won’t change anything that is shifting the responsibility of will be undertaken over the next [email protected] to eligible BC voters chose not to vote unless it’s given reason to, says funding postsecondary institutions two years to increase walking and let us know what you know! last year on election day and student Keller-MacLeod. onto students.” cycling in the community. To en- groups says a mobilized student “The provincial government has For most students, among the courage residents’ use of sustain- voice could have a huge impact on jurisdiction over many issues that most important issues are tuition able transportation, the PCMP elections. are important to students, such as and education-related problems. will implement pedestrian and One group of optimists is Rock postsecondary education and pov- According to Keller-MacLeod, if cycle-friendly infrastructure, such STUDENTS! the Vote BC, a non-partisan voter erty reduction,” says Keller-Mac- students hope to make education as bike-activated warning signals, Want to write for Nexus over the registration campaign to increase Leod. “When students don’t vote, more adequately funded, accessible, advisory bike lanes, and traffic spring and summer semesters? voter turnout among BC’s postsec- sadly, many politicians take that to and better managed, it has to start calming for bike boulevards. Other We’re especially looking for news ondary students. mean that they do not need to take in the voting booth. elements include solar-powered writers, so if you’ve made it this The campaign is run by the our concerns seriously.” “It is possible that more young signage, automated count stations, far into the news page, we want to Canadian Federation of Students Rock the Vote and Keller-Mac- people voting could have put more and secure lock-up systems that talk to you. British Columbia (CFS-BC) and is Leod say it’s in students’ interests pressure on the government to make support dual-mode trips such as cycling and transit. The CRD will supported by the CCSS. Rock the to start voting and paying closer an accessible postsecondary educa- Get in touch by email to find contribute an additional $87,600 Vote BC says students have a strong attention to their communities. If tion system a reality,” she says. out how you can volunteer for to complete the project. Since 2006, reason to vote and if more young students and younger people con- It’s unknown how many young us (no previous writing experi- the Government of Canada has people show up on election day, tinue to stay home on election day, people and students will vote on ence required, and we help you made unprecedented investments in every step of the way). Email bigger changes and new ideas would they shouldn’t expect to see any big May 14, but one thing is certain: infrastructure. Through the Gas Tax [email protected], emerge and benefit everyone. changes, they say. Rock the Vote BC and the CCSS Fund, municipalities across Canada call 250-370-3591, or stop by our According to Madeline Keller- “In the last BC election there want to see a stronger voter turnout received over $10 billion in transfers office at 201 Richmond House, MacLeod, external affairs executive were over 500,000 eligible BC resi- this time around. for local priority initiatives. Landsdowne campus.  CAMPUS April 3, 2013 alumni Moore’s work with children started at Camosun

“Every child is different—they’re unique, diverse, dynamic, and incredibly creative.” kirsteen moore child therapist

photo provided Camosun alumni Kirsteen Moore says your career has to follow your heart.

Alexis Nieuwkerk “I wasn’t a fish out of water,” support. So, it was a big deal to take ‘Okay, I’ll get a degree and I’ll be every child is different—they’re Contributing writer explains Moore. “There was a lot the entire program at Camosun fine,’ and as things evolved it would unique, diverse, dynamic, and in- Now holding a bachelor’s, of theory and it was an intense two and say, ’I’ve done half a degree, be someone with a master’s degree credibly creative. I love that energy. master’s and doctorate in psychol- and a half years at Camosun. It was a count it.’” who made all the decisions, so I I get the one job in the world where ogy, Kirsteen Moore says that it lot of work and, quite frankly, it was Moore’s decision to further her wanted to get one of those. So I just I can say for sure that I get as much was actually her two-year diploma more work than my degree.” education can be traced to a passion kept adding. I was on the frontline as I give. I don’t know how many from Camosun College that helped Moore has had to work dili- for her work with children, as well as and I felt like I knew the kids best people can say that.” prepare her for the academic jour- gently to ensure that her goals could a belief that as someone who works and I had a really good relationship The best advice Moore says can ney ahead. be accomplished. At a time when so closely with them, she should with them.” give students when focusing on Moore, who specializes in child the ECCE certificate was usually have a say in decisions that were It’s obvious that helping chil- education and career choice is to and youth therapy with high-risk followed by a career instead of more being made. dren and youth is Moore’s passion follow their hearts when choosing children between the ages of 5 and education, she was pushing to go “I had a really good pulse on and it’s also obvious that she loves a career path. 19, started out at Camosun get- farther. what was happening because of her career. And just as she gives to “Make sure you are where you’re ting her Early Childhood Care and “Back then people just stopped, my training from Camosun and I the children she helps, she feels supposed to be, make sure it’s a fit, Education (ECCE) diploma before they didn’t go on to get a degree,” felt equipped to write care plans or that she gets back just as much not your parents idea of a fit,” she obtaining honours in her educa- she says. “Now it’s pretty com- program plans, but I was always from them. says. “It’s really hard to plug in if tional pursuits at the University of monplace, but I had to make a big overruled by someone with a de- “It keeps me young and vibrant,” you don’t feel connected or excited Victoria. case for that, I had to get letters of gree,” says Moore. “So, I thought, she says. “Every day is a new day, about what you’re doing.” ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY FRIDAY, april 5, 2013, 1 pm,


 
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i cALL TO ORDER ii introDUCTION TO RULES OF ORDER III APPROVAL OF AGENDA IV APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS AGM V rePORTS 1.) PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2.) FINANCIAL REPORT VI ADOPTION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1.) Adoption of Mar. 31, 2013 financial statement 2.) Adoption of April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 proposEd budget Vii reSIGNATION OF CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS (excluding New Camosun Hiking Group! president and treasurer) Viii boARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTIONS Get closer to nature, get a great work- IX ADJOURNMENT out, and make new friends. How would you like to go hiking? Contact Forrest Kilgour at [email protected] Please sign in on membership list with valid Camosun College to learn more about where we meet to student ID in order to vote at this meeting. decide where to hike, along with figur- ing out transportation arrangements. FREE PIZZA! Space is limited so do not wait! nexusnewspaper.com CAMPUS 

visual arts Comic convention to showcase Camosun talent

photo provided Camosun comics and graphic novel students showing off their stuff.

and graphic novels program at there will also be guest speakers, Camosun. On Sunday, April 7, such as Concrete’s Paul Chad- “Comics and graphic the program is hosting the first wick, The Magical Life of Long novels are Camosun College Comics Confer- Tack Sam’s Anne Marie Fleming, categorically ence. And he’ll probably prove the Haida Manga’s Michael Nicoll Sunday/students theory wrong, Yahgulanaas, and Sam & Fuzzy’s entertaining, but they knowing how dedicated comic fans Sam Logan. go far beyond that are. As far as Steacy is concerned, “Comic events like these are those who aren’t comic buffs should great,” says Logan, “because they’re function, and are now head out, too. a rare chance for new and aspiring used to educate, “In spite of—or perhaps be- creators to meet actual working inform, and empower.” cause of—the proliferation of digital professional comic writers and art- content delivery, traditional media ists. Being a cartoonist isn’t a very ken steacy like comics and graphic novels visible job, and because of that a lot R. St. Arnaud camosun college are increasingly filling shelves in of younger aspiring cartoonists get Camosun’s Ken Steacy has a passion for comics. libraries and bookstores, attracting discouraged and just assume right “Comics and graphic novels are And what does Steacy himself legions of new readers, young and out of the gate that making comics categorically entertaining, but they get out of the medium? old,” he says. “It’s the very nature of as anything more than a hobby isn’t go far beyond that function, and are “More than anything, it’s a fas- holding and interacting with these possible. That’s not true.” now used to educate, inform, and cination with the beautiful language Greg Pratt physical artifacts that makes them Steacy—who has been a free- empower,” he says. “Works can of visual storytelling,” he says, “and Editor-in-chief so attractive, and the best comics lance comics artist for four decades be easily translated for delivery in the synergy that’s created when leverage that value to a high degree. and has done work for Batman, Spi- a limitless number of languages, words and pictures collide and Asking students to go to school Furthermore, the range of content der-Man, The X-Men, Astro Boy, and thereby dramatically increasing coalesce.” on a Sunday is the most difficult has never been more diverse, so Jonny Quest, among others—says their audience and bringing readers thing to do in the world. Anything there’s now something for everyone he hopes that the conference helps together. One of our program’s most Camosun College Comics would be easier. It will rain money to learn from and enjoy.” make the community aware of the important learning outcomes is the Conference before a gaggle of Camosun stu- The main goal of the conference power of visual storytelling and creation of edutainment comics, 11 am to 6 pm, Sunday, April 7 dents could be convinced to head is to showcase the achievements also its presence in a global con- those works whose content educates Young building, third floor, back to campus on a Sunday. of the 16 students in the comics text. He also points out that comics in an entertaining way; as a wise guy Lansdowne campus, free Just don’t tell that to Ken Steacy, and graphic novels program. They aren’t just ha-ha funny or superhero once said, whatever pleases teaches camosun.ca/learn/programs/ program leader of the comics will have comics on display, and action-packed. more effectively.” vist/conference

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“This home advantage helped our team take home the victory.” Jared Hundza camosun chargers We

kevin light Camosun’s Jared Hundza stepped up to help the Chargers take home a recent victory. Jason Schreursneed one guy was injured and Jared emy director at the Bear Mountain “The biggest advantages that Unfortunately, the Chargers Managing editor did great. It’s early in the year, so Resort, having home course ad- I see is knowing the club selection golf squad now goes into a spring/ The defending champion it was terrific to see him perform vantage made a difference. But the of tees, as well as the break on the summer break with not much else Camosun Chargers went into the like that.” victory wouldn’t have been possible, greens,” says Hundza. “This home on the horizon until the fall, says recent Bear Mountain Collegiate Hundza finished at the top of he says, without the kind of per- advantage helped our team take Randle. Golf Tournament without their top the leader board in a three-way formance he got from his players: home the victory.” One Chargers player, Walz, player, the injured Jarred Callbeck. tie with golfers from Vancouver Hundza, Kevin Walz (Qualicum, Camosun finished the two-day hopes to turn professional soon Luckily, another Jared steppedvoices. up Island University and Grant Mac- BC), Brady Stead (Vernon, BC), Bear Mountain tournament with a and will undertake a full amateur with the performance of his collegi- Ewan University. He says part of Grant Maskiewich (Smithers, BC) final combined score of 583. Grant schedule this spring and summer. ate career to lead the Chargers to hisRepresenting success was due to not setting the and student Kevin Bredy (Calgary, voice AB). canMacEwan be a University lot of (588), Van- Meanwhile, Randle will continue their second consecutive title. his expectations too high so early “We live in Victoria, so we do couver Island University (601), to coach his team the best he can Jared Hundza, who calls Ed- inwork, the season. and volunteershave a distinct go advantage, a long but youway Lethbridge towards College (608), and for their staggered season. monton, AB his hometown, shot a “I think this helped me as I didn’t still have to go out and play the golf, Douglas College (613) rounded “You do your best to get them 142 to lead Camosun to a five-stroke putmaking too much pressure each on myself,” issue and forof me Nexus personally, I don’tfantastic. make out the five teams who played. prepared, then you have to stand lead over the other BC and Alberta says Hundza. “It felt really good to the shots,” says Randle, “so it’s Although it wasn’t as staggering back and let them do their thing, teams in the first Chargers tourney beWe able to couldshoot a low round,use but your really good help. to see them do it.” as last year’s epic 25-stroke Bear so it is a bit of a helpless feeling,” of the year, held March 23 and 24. more importantly help my team get Hundza agrees that home course Mountain win, the victory once says Randle. “But it helps when “It was great to see,” says head the victory.” advantage played a part in the win, again gets the Camosun team off they have great performances like coach John Randle. “Our number For Randle, who’s also acad- and can work in many ways. to a strong start. this first tournament.”

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had my dress and now all I needed So I was set. I placed was some cute shoes. So I had a purpose to shop. the order. Then I I had been drawn to the online waited, and waited. store ASOS by some of the blogs I follow shopping there and from a Then I waited some couple of friends who have shopped more. there. They have the latest trends and even had a number of ASOS boutiques where people sell their handmade clothes online through Kate Masters ASOS. Contributing writer Before purchasing my shoes You know when you go into a I made sure I would get free ship- store and you want to like it, but ping because ASOS is based in the can’t? You give it more chances than United Kingdom. I also made sure a misbehaved puppy, but still noth- I would get a full refund if the shoes ing. The store has poor customer didn’t fit or the colours weren’t service, or they never have your right. The only thing I would have size left, and you just can’t like it, to pay for if I didn’t like the shoes no matter how hard you try? This is would be the return shipping. what happened with me and online So I was set. I placed the order. shopping. Then I waited, and waited. Then I According to the Financial Post, waited some more. The expected in 2010 online sales accounted for delivery date of the shoes came and aerial photo by hansueli krapf, GRAPHIC by kate masters/nexus 3.4 percent of Canada’s $18-billion went. In the meantime I went shop- Shopping online isn’t without its unique set of perils. dollar retail spending. By the year ping in Victoria; most of the spring track your order. 2016, online shoppers are expected styles had arrived in the stores and it know for sure because they didn’t final project barefoot. Wish me to contribute to 5.3 percent of total reminded me of how nice touching have a tracking number on my luck. • Look at the sizing guide of the online store. This is really im- retail Canadian spending. Seeing and trying on shoes was, and let’s order. Online shopping tips: portant because every store’s as almost every store has an online not forget the customer service. Instead of just brushing me • Make sure the shipping is free; S, M, and L are different. Also, shop nowadays, I wanted to give it I emailed ASOS to tell them my off, they offered to ship my order if you don’t like the items then the sizing guide was really use- a chance. order hadn’t arrived a week after again. However, they didn’t have you will have to pay for shipping ful at ASOS because UK sizing One night, instead of spend- their expected delivery date. They my size this time, so they refunded again to send the shoes back. is completely different then ing my time procrastinating doing told me to wait another week, so I my money and gave me a discount • If you can, shop at online stores Canadian. In Canada I’m a size homework by looking at cat videos, did and still nothing came. I emailed code for my next purchase. If the in Canada, or stores that have nine, but in the UK I’m a size I decided to give the online store them again and they acknowledged shoes don’t arrive before April 12, warehouses in Canada. Your seven. order will be processed and sent ASOS a chance. After all, I have my that my order probably got lost in I guess I’ll have to walk across the • Search for a coupon code, you graduation ceremony coming up, I the mail, even though they didn’t graduation stage and present my to you within days and you can might get lucky!  FEATURE April 3, 2013 social issues Pass it on: responsible media coverage of suicide

“You never ‘commit’ suicide, which is the go-to term for the uninformed and is stigma-reinforcing.” eric windeler the jack project

photo provided Jack Windeler, who died by suicide; his father, Eric, founded The Jack Project to help educate about suicide.

Jean Oliver are generally not as responsible as Victoria Police Department be- over. We are being forced to inter- editors, journalists, citizens, and in Contributing writer they could be.” lieves there isn’t enough empir- act with each other, with the kids the offices of suicide prevention, in As a kid one of my favorite group The idea of suicide as stigma- ical evidence getting through to who are posting about suicide way the stigma-reinforcing phenomena games was Pass It On. How exciting tizing possibly arose during the the ranks. out in front, in a so-far largely un- Wendeler warns against, many, it was to pass a message along from struggle between ancient Rome and “If I had empirical evidence on supported free-for-all. ironically, won’t get past the report’s between carefully cupped hands newly forming Christianity. Suicide reporting or not, and it went up the “I got into journalism to save the first headline, and may even go on (to keep anyone from overhear- in those days was thought to be the chain of command, I’m sure it would world, to create change, but report- to cite the report based only on the ing) by whispering it into the ear ultimate act of piety, a sacrifice, and change things tomorrow. And more ing on suicide is a conversation that headlines it contains. of the kid next to you, the “rumour” Christians were killing themselves conversations would seem a good never seems to go anywhere. But If the message is to come making its way around the circle faster than the Romans could find idea,” says Russell. how do you quantify contagion through unhindered, time has to be in moist, tickling breaths. Back at hungry lions. As it turns out, loads of research theory? How do we find out when set aside to clear the line, beginning the first person the garbled results Alarmed, Jewish authorities is out there on the theory of con- reporting is effective, and who by clarifying what exactly suicide is are reported out loud, along with came up with a cover story: because tagion. But in many cases it’s ef- for? I wouldn’t mind seeing those and what causes it. the original sentence, the message Judas Iscariot sacrificed himself try- fectively blocked from reaching numbers,” muses Knox. Professor Michael J. Kral is a twisted beyond recognition. Blew ing to atone, and as he was such a the frontlines. There are barriers In the US, the Centres for Dis- Canadian researcher with an exten- my mind every time. rotten apple, anything he did (ergo barring access to the research, ease Control and Prevention has sive background in the complexity of In reporting on suicide, passing “commit” a suicide) was “logic- much of it held in hawk by university produced guidelines called “Re- suicide, and a focus on First Nations on the message is seen as dangerous ally” a sin. The decree worked. memberships, or hidden in books, porting on Suicide: Recommenda- youth. Kral views suicide from a and taking breaks between stories The Christians stopped doing the or inches deep in studies. tions for the Media,” as part of a cultural perspective, as something is a form of suicide prevention. work of the Romans for them, and public-private partnership project internalized by a community, and Research, beyond any doubt, has systemic stigma stuck. recommended by the Office of the pokes holes in common beliefs in proven that covering suicides can Media headlines tend to shoot Surgeon General’s National Strat- suicide. lead to copycats, but evidence is first and ask questions later. It just egy for Suicide Prevention. His work encourages us to shift mounting fast that supports talking sells more papers. But the media is “I got into journalism The report opens with the from thinking of suicide as some- about suicide as also being crucial not alone in spreading shock and to save the world, to declaration that “suicide conta- thing an individual does alone to to prevention. awe. We all play into contagion create change, but gion is real,” then goes on to warn something that’s a product of a With social media forcing us all when we share certain details on against scaring people with shock- collective. He notes there’s a lot to come to grips with the theory of social media. Wendeler wants to see reporting on suicide is ing headlines. of research on media and suicide contagion, researchers now suggest less of this kind of sharing. a conversation that “The media can play a powerful and provides links to two papers. that answers might be found in how “A basic of suicide reporting role in educating the public about One by S. Gould, called “Suicide and when suicide is reported on in is the means and method are not never seems to go suicide prevention,” it says. “Imple- and the Media,” and a second, T. the media. reported. Avoid disturbing words, anywhere.” mentations of recommendations for Niederkrotenthaler’s “Copycat ef- Eric Windeler chooses his words especially in the headlines. In a media coverage of suicide has been fects after media reports on suicide: very carefully as he spares a few perfect world, provide supports jack knox shown to decrease suicide rates.” A population-based ecologic study.” times colonist minutes over the phone. He’s come to people potentially affected by The report lists some main More eye-opening, and dare I sug- up with scripts he uses to educate the article,” he says. “If links are points on what might contribute gest, required reading. journalists. included, an article is a respectful to contagion: Certain ways of de- Essentially, we need a new game Windeler is the founder of the piece.” scribing suicide; romanticizing or of Pass It On. It would appear the Jack Project and a father who knows Over the phone, Jack Knox, To unravel the common threads idealizing by portraying suicide message is starting on down the what losing someone to suicide feels columnist with the Times Colonist, is painstakingly meticulous, slow as heroic or romantic; exposure to line, and that’s encouraging. People like; he lost his son Jack to suicide spoke with me about conventional work few have time for. And often suicide method (detailed descrip- like Windeler have an idea about in 2010. As Windeler educates me, wisdom and media’s habit of damp- statistics conflict, or are hard to tion of the method, pictures of the how to get that information safely I listen hard. ening down on covering suicide. trace to their source. And there are location); and presenting suicide as through to the people who most “I make sure the journalist uses “We always default to open- breakdowns of communication the inexplicable act of an otherwise need it. the right language, I insist on ‘die by ness, believe in the free exchange at the borders of each township, healthy or high-achieving person. “My son Jack was struggling, suicide’ or ‘lose your life by suicide.’ of information, so not talking about too—until it all finally drops into There’s a lot more in the re- but there wasn’t anyone around You never ‘commit’ suicide, which something goes against the grain of the bottomless gap between the port, on how to interview surviving him trained to identify it,” explains is the go-to term for the uninformed journalism,” says Knox. “But when provinces and Ottawa. relatives and friends, reporting on Windeler. “At the Jack Project we and is stigma-reinforcing,” says it comes to suicide, we often go the It would seem, in this dawn contributing factors, language, and let young people take ownership of Windeler. “Suicide should never other way. Until more is known, of education-by-feelings on social exceptions to the rule. It also pro- this issue: they will shine a bright be glorified in headlines. According the consequences of openness, of media, there’s an opportunity for vides tips on “angles to pursue.” light on something we all need to be to the stats, 90 percent of the time breaking the taboo and inspiring the citizens and journalists to pull The report does a very good prepared to talk about. This is the there is something else going on, copycats: few journalists want to off suicide prevention in a big way. job of informing and attempts to number one threat young people the person is struggling. Stories take that chance.” Traditional reliance on media dis- convey a balance of research. But are facing. It can’t be ignored any that don’t bring in mental health Constable Mike Russell of the semination as a one-way street is most people won’t read it. Among longer.” nexusnewspaper.com SPORTS  field sports Soccer players suggest league improvements

“You have to ensure the mediums of communication and administration are extremely user- friendly.” tony drolet local soccer player

Thomas Kolodziej With a new soccer league coming to town, local players are piping up with their suggestions on how to run things.

Jason Schreurs isn’t denying that the longtime scheduling is poor, with games con- “We like to emphasize that this then neither organization can oper- Managing editor league has been monopolizing stantly being changed in the days is a fun environment and a lot of ate, because half the people would In the wake of a new soccer Victoria’s soccer scene for a long leading up to them and teams then times we see more smiles in this be over here, and half the people league starting up in Victoria, local time, but he says it’s just fact: right being fined if they are unable to field league than we do in a traditional would be over there.” players are chiming in with their now the VISL is the only game in enough players to play. There seems league setting,” says Vince Cryne, Meanwhile, Greco isn’t sure own ideas on how to run a suc- town. He also explains that the to be a belief that people should just Vicsoccer advisor. “It’s still com- exactly how a new league would cessful and player-friendly league league is run for the members, by clear their entire schedules for soc- petitive, but these guys have to get impact the VISL, and poses unan- in town. the members, and although it’s up cer since the games can be moved up and go to work the next morning. swered questions. As reported last issue, Vicsoc- to the league to enforce the rules, to any time or place.” And the beauty of this is it attracts “Would you be robbing from cer is a new league beginning this the management style is far from Tony Drolet, a VISL player who’s ages anywhere from 16 to 76. We’re Peter to pay Paul? Would there be spring that prides itself on more cas- top-down. been in the league for 25 years, says competitive, but the disciplinary that many more players coming in?” ual play. The upstart league enters “For example, members come to the best way to improve local soc- action is just based on peer pres- asks Greco. “I don’t think there’s a the circuit with the long-running the meetings and they say, ‘We want cer leagues is open up competition sure. Some of the games are even tons more players; there’s probably Vancouver Island Soccer League all of the teams to wear uniforms,’ among leagues, such as new leagues non-refereed.” some room for growth. So if another (VISL), a FIFA-associated soccer so we say, ‘Fine, that’s cool, we’ll like Vicsoccer, in order to welcome Everyone seems to agree that league wanted to come, I don’t think organization and division of BC make a rule about it,’ but there has players with open arms. He also having more soccer leagues in there would be a huge issue with Soccer, which has dominated local to be follow-up to it,” says Greco. says it’s key that every league’s Victoria is a good thing: the more getting fields, etc.” fields for decades. “So if a bunch of guys show up in administration is easy to get a hold people playing the game, the bet- As for advice for any new soc- But talk of a new league coming different coloured shorts the next of and communicate with. ter. But existing soccer organiza- cer league starting up in Victoria, in has raised some issues about the game, they get fined $50. And as “You have to ensure the med- tions are hesitant about any new Greco has a warning about running VISL amongst players. Not only with any organization, the bigger iums of communication and league coming in without doing a league with many different teams’ its dominance on the local soccer you get, the more rules you have administration are extremely user- their homework first. A limited interests in mind. scene (the word “monopoly” has to follow.” friendly,” says Drolet. “Currently, if number of fields and a relatively “It’s really tough to please every- been thrown around a lot), but an So many rules, in fact, that play- you want to play organized soccer small player base are just two of the body, so try not to take it personally overabundance of rules from what ers like McDonnald are starting to in this city you must ensure that you challenges for a blossoming soccer when you’re getting pulled in sever- they claim is a top-down league question the need for some of them. are associated with one of the teams scene in town. al different directions by a bunch of management style. And while fines can work well for that is already in existence, or risk “I would just hope that any different people,” he says, “because “As the only real league around, rule-breaking of the physical in- being left out.” new leagues would be looking to they are just looking out for their the VISL has a monopoly on organ- fraction kind, what about fines for Vicsoccer is coming into town connect with the existing leagues own best interests, where as a league ized soccer,” says 12-year VISL things that are out of the control of with a different approach. While to make sure that they’re offering we look out for the majority.” veteran Doug McDannold, a public some players? VISL prides itself on being an or- something that’s new that’s isn’t Longtime league player Drolet servant by day. “This means that “It’s very bureaucratic and the ganized league with a set structure already being offered,” says Karen also has some advice for running a they have little motivation to try people in charge often make bewil- and a dependency on rules, the new Hood-Deshon, executive director local league: “Keep democracy to a and do things to improve things for dering decisions, such as dispro- league is looking at a “fun first” ap- of the Lower Island Soccer Associa- minimum. The more decisions that players and clubs.” portionate fines for very minor rule proach to get more people interested tion, the body in charge of Victoria are made by many, the harder it is to Vince Greco, VISL president, violations,” says McDonnald. “The in the sport. area youth soccer. “If you split teams get anything accomplished.” 10 ARTS April 3, 2013 opera Tosca new challenge for local director

Insu Kim Gladstone’s own career-path jour- contributing writer ney was quite uneasy. Even though After, or during, an opera, opera is a little bit new to him, he singers receive applause from the decided to come back to Victoria “Opera is the world I audience; however, there are many from Vancouver, mostly in order to people who work very hard for the learn about this new world and to know nothing about.” show that the audience doesn’t see. take on a challenge in a new field. Amiel gladstone In particular, a director of an opera “It’s the world that I know noth- tosca may have a different view and per- ing about,” he says. “I am learning spective of it from the actors. Amiel the opera world. It is important Gladstone, the stage director for to me to be always learning. It’s Tosca, is excited about this opera, also an enormous, much larger, as it’s a new challenge for him. theatre. That’s important to me, Gladstone, who has a lot of because sometimes theatre shows experience directing shows, says are very small. It’s an opportunity his job is “basically coming up with to work big.” an overall concept of the opera and Although working for opera is the style and working with indi- new to him, he fully understands viduals—the conductor, design- what composer Giacomo Puccini ers, and singers, and putting it all wanted to tell though his piece. together.” Conveying the ideas of Puccini to Tosca is one of the most fabulous the audience is important for him, operas of all time. In it, Floria Tosca, as Gladstone wants the audience to a singer and main character, is in feel and experience them. love with Cavaradossi, an artist. “I think that what we are try- They are in Rome, at the time of ing to do with this opera is cre- the revolution. Rome is under the ate a performance that allows the thumb of Scarpia, the ruthless and original Puccini to be shown, to evil chief of police. be heard, and to be experienced,” “Scarpia is ruling maybe not says Gladstone, “but also, that has in the most legal and upright of a contemporary and modern spin ways,” says Gladstone, “and so on it.” the revolutionary, Cavaradossi, who escapes from the castle, hides Tosca and Scarpia finds out. So through 8 pm, April 4, 6, 10 various methods he tries going after 2:30 pm, April 14 Cavaradossi and Tosca. He gets in Royal Theatre the way of their love.” david lowes Like the characters’ journey, rmts.bc.ca You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown has some deeper messages underneath the silliness. magic Illusionist wants to take Victorians off their driver’s licences

try to encourage them to follow their own personal dreams because a lot “Coming up with new of people are afraid to do that, so stuff that I’ve never they go for security.” done before excites Beckman was one of these people who chased after security. me.” Before he became a creative and well-known illusionist, he went to vitaly beckman illusionist study engineering and he worked as an engineer. But he never liked it. As a result, he decided to pursue his own dream of being an illusion- ist, which he had wanted to be after watching David Copperfield’s show. He succeeded in achieving his spe- cial dream. When he was 15 years old, Copperfield’s illusions really made him wonder… then made him try Insu Kim his hand at illusions. “I tried, but Contributing writer I couldn’t,” he says. “I sat at the table for a couple of days and I just Achieving any single dream thought, ‘How would I do it if I had requires a huge amount of effort to perform it for somebody?” says and time; it’s no surprise then that Beckman. people find it easier to get a steady job Beckman tried very hard to fig- rather than run after their dreams. ure it out, and he eventually did it. Vitaly Beckman, a Vancouver-based He started showing his family and illusionist, hopes to inspire people friends. He truly enjoyed perform- photo provided How does he do it? Photoshop? Well, how does he do it in reality? Magic! to take the hard path by sharing ing in front of people because they his story through his imaginative loved it and also wanted to see more things. [At the Victoria show] I am says with a laugh. to get inspired by everything all the illusions and magic. his magic and illusions. As he was going to attempt to make people For Beckman, there’s a strenu- time on a daily basis. I think about it “The show is really about mak- learning, he discovered he would disappear from their driver’s li- ous effort not only to achieve his 24–7. I always try to come up with ing the audience feel anything is rather invent his own magic and cences. I will try to put someone else dream, but also to show the audi- new ideas all the time and every- possible,” says Beckman. “I hope illusions than copy others. on it instead, anybody you want. It ence new illusions. The amount of where. I just never stop thinking.” when the audience goes home, “Coming up with new stuff that could be a very famous person, like time and effort he puts into practi- maybe it inspires them to think of I’ve never done before excites me,” George Clooney. I’ll put it on your cing and creating new illusions are Vitaly what they thought in their life im- he says. “All of the magic in the show licence and you can take it home. quite astonishing. 7:30 pm, Saturday April 6 possible or difficult. Maybe even so, comes from my own imagination. Just make sure that you bring a bus “I try to think about new illu- Metro Studio they can follow their dream. I really It’s really exciting for me to try new pass or another driver’s license,” he sions all the time,” he says. “I try eveningofwonders.com nexusnewspaper.com ARTS 11 music Family of the Year continue to grow with their music

photo provided Family of the Year aren’t a family at all. They’re a band! Well, there are two brothers. We know, it’s hard to keep up. Just look at the striped sweater.

Crystal Derry “I quit to join my brother’s now, they weren’t always so smooth. and family. A lot of songs on the The pay-what-you-can model is Contributing writer band,” says Sebastian. “It was really After a year playing in Boston and album are just like, ‘we’re going the same, but what has changed is Currently on tour and promot- weird, because I had my whole next a break from music to work in to get through this together’ kind how the band approach composing ing their second album, Loma Vista, year planned out and I had courses television, Sebastian rejoined his of songs, you know. A ‘whatever it their songs. Family of the Year has come a long paid for and registered, I had my brother to start up Family of the takes’ kind of vibe.” “We spent a lot more time with way since they first got together just apartment, I had a girlfriend, and Year in California. It was these Family of the Year made their the arrangement of the songs and four years ago. all my friends. It was one of those life experiences that have shaped first album, the self-recordedSong - working on bits and pieces, as op- Drummer and vocalist, and weird decisions where, maybe if I Family of the Year into a tight-knit book, available to fans by donations. posed to our first album,” he says. former University of Victoria stu- had woken up in a different mood group and form their up-beat and They are continuing this with Loma “I think the songwriting reflects dent, Sebastian Keefe made a quick that day, I would have waited. But optimistic indie–folk. Vista, also making it available by better what we are like live; it has decision right after his first year as a I did make a decision, and it’s ob- “Our environment has always donation. just evolved, kind of a natural pro- student to quit academia and follow viously changed my life forever. influenced our music, our life ex- “Our number-one priority is gression bands go though.” his passion for music instead, head- But sometimes when I sit around, perience that has influenced our to get the music in peoples’ hands ing off to Boston with his brother/ I wonder what it would have been lives and the way that we do things,” if they want it,” says Sebastian. Family of the Year Family of the Year guitarist Joseph like if I had stayed, and not made this he says. “That’s the largest in- “While we’re on tour, people can Tuesday, April 23 (the only two family members in decision. Its kind of crazy.” fluence. Also our relationships, get the album for however much Upstairs Cabaret, $16.50 the band). While things are going well members of the band and friends they can afford to pay.” familyoftheyear.net

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[email protected] 12 ARTS April 3, 2013 music When interviews go sideways, with Cowboy Junkies

photo provided The Cowboy Junkies, stuck in a flight of stairs, looking at the camera for help.

Jean Oliver So how would you describe the on the third album. We used it for sound was full. But he left. When we the coast, and Sooke specifically, contributing writer Blue Rodeo sound? Oh, god, I knew the first two albums, it captured got together without him, that was and the weather is better here, so My recent interview with Cow- I was going to do that! what we were at the time, but now our moment, when we knew. we decided to move. boy Junkies bassist Alan Anton (Laughing) No, I get it. things are more complicated with began badly. But in the easygoing our sound. What made you choose the bass I’m floored. I mean, how do you way common to all bassists I’ve met, How would you describe the guitar? What influenced you? practice? Not by Skype, surely. Anton didn’t seem fazed. In fact, he Cowboy Junkies sound? Is there a You have kept your garage band I like everything about the bass, No, by plane. Yeah, by plane. I was so laid back it was like having formula the band uses to produce freshness in some ways, that jam-ses- completely, it’s hard to explain. It go there. a conversation while one of their that easygoing vibe? sion thing… has a lot to do with what I listen songs is playing. Can’t be done. The sound is unintended; it just True, like we’re all just getting to, when I play I look for a sound Okay. What has held you all As Anton deadpanned his an- happens. together to play. that I like . . . but other players play together for so long—and with such swers, I attempted to glean from well, I don’t. a long commute for you? him the answer to the mystery that A happy accident? Hmm. Did you have a moment Personal friendship is the big- is the band’s mesmerizing sound. Yeah, it’s always amazing when when you were all playing together Oh, I’m sure that’s not… I gest thing, also the fact we’re really And as we chatted, I had a possible things just do that. back in the beginning and suddenly mean… Oh, okay. Let’s see… I’m happy with what we’re making glimpse at why the secret behind the knew—there, that’s it, that’s the surprised to find you living here, in together. band’s longevity might just be in the Hmm. Do you still use the Calrec, sound? Sooke. I assumed you were all in To- accommodating habits of their bass or Ambisonic mic? Does it contribute We did, actually. There was a ronto. How did you end up here? Cowboy Junkies player. So be a fly on the wall for this in some way, add to the echo, that third brother on guitar [the group We all lived in Toronto, but Thursday, April 25 awkward, hilarious, and occasion- sense of longing effect? is made up of one Anton and three then my wife and I had a child with Alix Goolden Hall ally revealing conversation. We did try it but it didn’t work members of the Timmins family], allergies, a friend recommended cowboyjunkies.com eye on campus local, live, and loud by Damen Korkoras by Dan Darling Wednesdays, April 10 and chairs or scooters, or 9km if you’re Wednesday, April 3 Friday, April 5 Thursday, April 11 17 running. Your fundraising efforts are rewarded with fabulous prizes, Lucero, Shovels & Rope Stars, Said the Whale Pickwick, Jordan Klassen Sierra Club screening such as gift cards to some of your fa- Club 90NE9, $15, 9:30 pm Alix Goolden Hall, $25, 7 pm Lucky Bar, $15.50, 8 pm Check out the gripping documen- vourite places to shop, a great event I’m constantly being reminded of the We watched The Hobbit and had My youngest is just starting all sorts tary White Water Black Gold, being T-shirt, lunch, and entertainment on fact that I’m getting old. Take skate- a Middle Earth-themed dinner the of things. He’s starting to get teeth. held in Colwood and Esquimalt event day. boarding, for example. At one point other night. My wife glazed a big ol’ He’s starting to crawl. His little hands on April 10 and 17, respectively. in my life there was barely a day that ham with some marmalade and mus- slap all around our laminate floor as The film explores David Lavallee’s Monday, April 15 I didn’t hop on one of my boards for tard, tossed some root veggies in he goes. Actually, he’s started pull- three-year journey learning about BC Hydro seeks First something. Even if I wasn’t “going the roasting pan, and I bought some ing himself into a standing position the oil industry. Admission is free at skateboarding,” I was taking a cruise wine from New Zealand. It was the with the help of anything he can both locations and it takes place at Nations to the store for groceries or riding best I could do. At least the movie reach. He’s started eating bits of the Church of the Advent, 510 Mt. View BC Hydro is seeking First Nations one around at work. These days if was filmed there.T here was no way same food we’re eating. He started Ave, Colwood and United Church, students to join their work program. I get to hop on a skateboard more I was about to try mead for the first clapping today. Then there’s his low, 500 Admirals Road, Esquimalt. As part of their Aboriginal Education than once or twice a month, I’m time, although I did consider it. demon voice grunt and grumble that and Employment Strategy (AEES), stoked. To be fair, I think if I didn’t Regardless, our evening was great. he’s started doing. It’s as if he’s pos- Friday, April 12 BC Hydro is offering a number of ex- live on a farm with very little smooth So much better than picking up Thai sessed by a geriatric beast attempt- citing positions to prospective First pavement I might roll around a bit and trying to watch The Man with the ing to push out a turd. I’m pretty sure African micro-loans Nations students. They offer an op- more often. Maybe I should park the Iron Fists the following evening. RZA that at least half of that is true most fundraiser portunity to work directly with their tractor outside and build a mini- should stick to making music. of the time. A money-raising event for micro- AEES team and they can also offer ramp in the garage. loans to women in Africa. Money support with the online application, Wednesday, April 10 Friday, April 12 raised from this event will be trans- interview preparation, and more. Ap- Thursday, April 4 The Casualties, Dayglo Ladyhawk, Popcorn Park ferred to African women by Camosun plication deadline is April 15. Billy Bragg, Kim Churchill Copper Owl, $13, 9 pm sociology professor Francis Adu- Abortions Febiri. The fundraiser also includes Wednesday, May 1 Alix Goolden Hall, $30, 7 pm Club 90NE9, $15, 9 pm That Kernels place in the mall may I can’t wait for my slow-pitch softball be the death of me. 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The Beach House Restaurant, located on Cordova (much too sour for my taste) the salmon itself was Bay Road in Saanich, is exactly what its name implies: fantastic. a restaurant on the beach. As one may expect, they My coworkers had an equally impressive array do quite a bit of seafood fare, usually with an Italian of foods, ranging from seafood pastas to pizza. One spin. coworker had a clam linguine; holy cow (or holy clam?), The Beach House is situated right on the beach with they did not skimp on the clams. The pizza was quite a gorgeous view of the ocean from the windows that good as well, and due to my gastral fortitude and my

PHOTO PROVIDED span nearly an entire wall. The layout is quite nice, with other coworker’s toothache, I ate half of that, too. Last issue we talked about pig anus here. Now, hot dogs. What next? a mix of upper-class looking areas and a lounge-style Of course, we also partook in appetizers and area. They definitely ran with the ocean theme, with dessert. For appies, we had a blue cheese sauce and With just a glance around at The aforementioned Big Wheel a collection of fish mounted on the wall to appear as house-made chips, some god-awful mushroom thing, all the burger joints in Victoria, Burger has a classic all-beef dog if going out to sea and a large metal shark’s skeleton and calamari. The calamari was especially good with it’s easy to see that this town has on their daily menu and regularly mounted on the wall. a crunch and seasoning. no shortage of love for meat-on- features souped-up versions like The menu offered good variety of the seafood/Ital- As for dessert, I split a gelato and doughnuts with a-bun-based cuisine. In recent the Big Chop Dog, made with salsa, ian-style fare, as well as a good range in prices to pick someone while the others had a towering slice of years, Victoria has experienced mozzarella, and bacon. from. You can choose from the burger side of the menu chocolate cake. something of a burger boom, with At local watering hole The and eat for about $14, or go higher end and have a The Beach House Restaurant is a pretty solid new restaurants like Bin 4 and Big Sticky Wicket you can get a super- seafood dish for around $20. place to eat and they hold the ocean-side theme very Wheel Burger attracting lineups of sized tube steak for three times the I was here on a work dinner, so I had a salmon tightly. The décor and view is fantastic and the food is hungry customers with a hankering price of one you’d get from a cart. steak (the daily special, advertised as market fresh). It top notch. The only major downside is that if you hope for everything from the basic burger But, this foot-long doggie comes was a Cajun-style steak with a lime sauce and some to venture away from a simple burger, prepare to fork to gourmet variations. slathered in smoked cheddar, on- vegetables. While I didn’t care much for the sauce out some coin. So it should come as no surprise ions, and the obligatory bacon, all In Search of Lost Time that the burger’s classic comrade, with a heaping side of fries. by Daphne Shaed the hot dog, is following along in the New downtown hang-out camosun college pride centre same footsteps, becoming the next Cenote Lounge has a menu that big thing for comfort-food craving includes sandwiches, salads, and US should look to Canada’s same-sex marriages Victorians. desserts, but there’s no denying In 1996, then US president Bill Clinton signed making same-sex marriages the law of the land, but a The rise of the wiener has been that the stars of the menu are the into law the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA). This repeal of DOMA would still be a win. Although if the slow and steady. Years ago, pion- stuffed dogs. act restricted federal accessibility to only opposite-sex US looks north to Canada they may take note that we eers like Japadog, specializing in These indulgent concoctions couples and if any state did allow same-sex unions it have had legal same-sex unions for eight years and Japanese-themed dogs, proved start with a hollowed out baguette, wouldn’t be recognized across state lines. Canada has not fallen into disarray, birth-rates haven’t that a hot dog could be more than surrounding a wiener of your The past few weeks have seen the marriage debate declined, and the sky hasn’t fallen. a vehicle for ketchup, mustard, and choice, which is then filled with in the US heat up with the Supreme Court reviewing The Supreme Court will more than likely repeal synthetic bacon bits. Many other obscene amounts of cheese. Other DOMA. Should the court decide to repeal DOMA then DOMA and leave the federal marriage debate for carts followed suit, like Victoria’s toppings include tortilla chips, interstate recognition of same-sex marriages would be another court to decide. own Dog Nation and Sea Dog, chili, pastrami, fried onions, and, applied even if the state doesn’t allow such unions. We still have a long way to go before we can really offering up worldly selections for of course, bacon. And just in case Also, same-sex couples would have access to federal refer to ourselves as truly civilized anywhere in the those with elevated tastes. your dog isn’t stuffed enough, you benefits such as filing joint tax returns, immigration, world. Now, the humble hot dog has can double the meat for an extra social security, and insurance claims. The repeal of We live in a society of privilege and disadvantage. risen from the ranks of common two bucks. DOMA would not make same-sex marriage a require- Our social evolution toward an egalitarian society is a street meat to become a popular Looks like the burger had better ment across the US. slow movement against a tide of privilege seeking to item in sit-down restaurants around step aside while this latest culinary It’s doubtful that the court will rule in favour of maintain their lofty positions. town. bandwagon rolls through town. Speaker’s Corner by Jean Oliver Attention Sustainability Seekers: camosun college toastmasters PDC May 7 – June 20 2013 The last word Camosun Landsdowne Since Dale Carnegie wrote The Quick and Easy fective public speaking… is the revealing expression Permaculture Design Certificate Way to Effective Speaking, other teachers have taken of a human personality.” ONLY $150.00 for students! his lead in the school of public speaking. She went on to explain, “It is through speech that For further information please email: With online tutorials, and a Toastmaster’s club we assert our distinctiveness… it is through the quality around every corner, improving your communication of our speech that we best express our own individu- [email protected] skills today is as easy as, well, A-B-C. ality, our essence. When we are unable to say clearly I thought I’d let Carnegie’s wife, Dorothy, finish this what we mean our personality is blocked off, dimmed final column. Her words, like Carnegie’s formulas, are out and misunderstood. And now, as never before, in as apt and predictive today as his methods are. an atmosphere of international tensions, fears, and Call, email, stop by. In 1992, in an introduction to his book after his insecurities, we need the channels of communication We want to hear your story tips. death, she wrote Carnegie’s basic philosophy is “ef- among peoples kept open.” 250-370-3591 [email protected] Ability’s Muse Richmond House 201, by Rachael Grant Lansdowne camosun college students with (dis)abilities collective Hello, my name is (dis)ability It takes no effort to see a pair of crutches or a to a single-word definition. wheelchair, to mark someone exclusively as a (dis)abled To trust that there’s more than a diagnosis, despite person if they meet our society’s criteria as so, but it’s a the constant reinforcement that’s perpetuated, label- camosun’s student voice since 1990 painstakingly difficult process to learn to stop categor- ling each individual and simplifying the complexity of izing and to begin the journey to look deeper. Imagine the human existence, is to allow the space to address a world where we are individuals before classifications. stigma, and to be aware of the diversity that each one By nature, we group; we catalogue and sort, and, in of us can contribute. doing so, remarkable attributes and beauty are lost. Denying anyone the right to individuality is an in- No one is a (dis)ability: it’s just that simple. Those credible hindrance to society and its progress. There’s who have a (dis)ability are people first, and to let a dif- input that has yet to be heard and resources yet to be ference in ability engulf an individual in their entirety is acknowledged that lay stagnating in those we assume a common practice in our society, and also an incredible aren’t able. If we invite each other to look past the lim- injustice. The many facets of who we are should be ited scope we so often limit ourselves to, perhaps we honored and cherished and should never be simplified can introduce a new standard of interaction. nexusnewspaper.com COMICS 15

Noble Sloth Manifesto By Libby Hopkinson Earth Council By Adrian Behennah

Pablo By Pedro Banman

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