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SEMESTER SWITCH DECA DELIGHTS IT’S ALL GOOD Interurban technology programs Camosun student club wants to Matthew Good talks about what switching to semesters in prove that it’s not just for those in keeps him going past the glory September ’16. the business program. days of the ’90s. page 3 page 4 page 8  VIEWS November 4, 2015

editor’s letter open space Time to get sporty People with disabilities camosun’s student voice since 1990 It goes without saying, but maybe we don’t say it enough: sports Next publication: November 18, 2015 are a huge part of life for many students. Given that our offices are on deserve respect too Deadline: 9 am November 9, 2015 Camosun’s Lansdowne campus, we’re pretty removed from the day-to-day goings-on of Camosun’s sports teams, the Chargers, who call Interurban Jessica Williamson Address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, All Ciarra wanted was to be ad- home. But they’re a part of student life, so our contributing writer Adam contributing writer V8P 5J2 dressed directly. Marsh has caught up with them for our feature story (see page 6) to find Location: Lansdowne Richmond House 201 Imagine being a high-school It’s easy to notice three kinds of out what the school’s basketball, volleyball, and golf teams are up to Phone: 250-370-3591 student, getting lunch, struggling to people in the community when there (spoiler: good things). Email: [email protected] get to class, and dealing with judg- is someone with a disability. Marsh didn’t stop there: his story also looks at teams off campus to give Website: nexusnewspaper.com mental teachers. Sound familiar? There are people who stare, a quick but thorough overview of what’s happening locally in the sports Now imagine being a student point, and whisper to whomever Publisher: Nexus Publishing Society scene. And it’s only a beginning: there are many sports not represented with cerebral palsy. This condition they’re with and make the situation at all, and hopefully in the weeks to come you’ll see those represented on NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY affects motor skills, muscle tone, unbearably uncomfortable. these pages as well. STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS and movement, and can lead to Then you get the people who, Speaking of Interurban, we caught wind that some programs over Pascale Archibald many other health issues impact- in fear of getting trapped in an there are switching over to a semester system next year, so we sent con- Jayden Grieve ing vision, hearing, speech, and awkward situation, act like the tributing writer Jessica Williamson out to get the details; see page 3 for Keagan Hawthorne learning. other person is completely invisible. Oryanna Ross the lowdown. Sarah Tayler There’s lots more in this issue, as always, but instead of detailing it, I MANAGING EDITOR wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for swinging by our 25th an- Greg Pratt niversary celebrations on October 22. Not only did you prove to us that Just because someone thinks, moves, or speaks STUDENT EDITOR you’re all hungry (those éclairs flew off our table before a single Nexus Pascale Archibald person had a chance to try one; email us if you ate one and give us the differently than you do doesn’t mean they ADVERTISING SALES review!), but you proved that what we do matters: we fielded tons of nice Greg Pratt should be alienated from social interactions and comments about the paper and the stories we’ve been running as of late, 250‑370-3593 opportunities. FREE Media (national) which means the world to us. [email protected] You know, working in this industry, I’ve had people telling me for 780-421-1000 about a decade now how print media doesn’t matter. Not sure where STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER they’re getting this from: every day I get comments from people proving Jill Westby So, add cerebral palsy on top This typically involves averted eye that it indeed matters, and in an era of oversaturation of pseudo-news of the list of typical high-school contact and zero acknowledgment. INSTAGRAM TEAM LEADER online, I’d say it matters more than ever. Your positive comments lately Jessica Williamson pressures, and you’ve definitely Also, they don’t typically respect the prove that I’m right, which is why we’re continuing on as your student got a challenge at hand. The real space bubble that someone who CONTRIBUTORS newspaper, your student voice. Adam Boyle issue here isn’t the adequate staff- uses a wheelchair needs. Greg Pratt, managing editor Rebecca Davies ing, facilities, or funding, but the Then there is the preferred inter- Melanie Didrich [email protected] Sera Down social aspect of going through action, where the person knows Audrey Greenlees school alone. how to treat the situation correctly: Rachael Grant flashback I have a friend, Ciarra, dealing respecting the unique requirements Keagan Hawthorne with cerebral palsy, learning dis- that person may need, not judging Adam Marsh 25 years ago in Nexus abilities, and social stigma. Ciarra, or making anyone feel uncomfort- Tasha Olekshy Mikayla Russell who has now finished high school, able, and, beyond that, treating Nova Sawatzky would go weeks at school without everyone the same. If you generally Lorenzo Scala a single peer acknowledging her, nod and smile at people, keep that Wendy Snedden engaging her, or even simply touch- up; this is how you create inclusion Sarah Tayler ing her hand or shoulder. in the community. Jessica Williamson Jake Wyatt This exclusion was painful, and Treating someone superficially the hardship of going through high and judging their intellect by their school with mainly staff, workers, apparent disabilities is something and health-care aides as “friends” that, as a culture we need to change. All editorial content appearing in Nexus is property of the Student society mover and opening in 1990, and it had lots of Nexus Publishing Society. Stories, photographs, and artwork is not something she will easily Just because someone thinks, contained herein cannot be reproduced without written permis- shaker: In “Student president re- extras in it. In “New library means sion of the Nexus Publishing Society. The views and opinions forget. moves, or speaks differently than expressed herein are those of the authors, not of Nexus. Nexus signs” in our October 30, 1990 expanded AV services” we talked has no official ties to the administration of Camosun College. I understand how, in an encoun- you do doesn’t mean they should be One copy of Nexus is available per issue, per person. issue, we reported that James Grey about those extras. “Camosun ter with someone you’ve never met alienated from social interactions was stepping down as president faculty participating in an uplink to before who uses a wheelchair or and opportunities. Send a letter of the Camosun College Student other schools is now a possibility,” Nexus prints letters that are 250 words or less. has a disability, interaction may be People need to be kind and re- Nexus reserves the right to refuse publication of let- Society (CCSS). Grey said in his we reported. No word yet on what ters. Letters must include full name and student num- stiff, forced, or uncomfortable at spectful to everyone else they see ber (not printed). Nexus accepts all letters by email to resignment letter that he had ac- that means. [email protected]. We reserve the right to edit first. Also, it may be hard to judge in their day, regardless of whether all letters. complished his main goal of es- Bike advice for the ages: We the degree of their impairment. One they have a disability. tablishing a student society that gave some advice in our Why cycle? OVERHEARD AT NEXUS: “I’m a social bumpkin.” of the things Ciarra hated the most You may never know the impact was autonomous and independent column that still holds true all these was when children would walk up just a simple “hello” will have on of the college, yet still influential years later. Writer Dave Mosley to her mother or worker and ask, that person, so why not reach out within Camosun, which the CCSS cautioned cyclists in Victoria about “What’s wrong with her?” and make someone’s day better? is to this day. not doing anything “stupid” while New technology, old tech- on two wheels. “You’ll get hit,” Something on your mind? Send Open Space submissions (up to 400 words) to COVER PHOTO: Kevin Light nology, confusing technology: he warned. “And the car always [email protected]. Include your student number. Thanks! The new Lansdowne library was wins.”

Do you follow local sports? by Sarah Tayler

Matt Gadd Abby Drougel Logan Simonson Richard Whitting Kathryn Cutchey Felicia Morgan “I do. I follow the “No, I don’t. Sports don’t “Cycling. I just don’t really “Not specifically, no. Too “City-wide, yes. Camosun- “A bit; mostly hockey or Shamrocks and Rebels.” really interest me, but it’s like team sports, which is much of a hassle, I guess.” specific, not yet. We’re soccer.” fun to go to a game every usually what’s being talked starting to watch the once in a while.” about.” Victoria Royals. We watched the Wildcats a bit over the summer.” nexusnewspaper.com NEWS  college Interurban technology programs to switch to semester system

“Those students will actually be getting a shorter summer [the year the programs transition]—it means they will not be able to get a regular co-op work term. I’m speaking specifically to Mechanical; I’m not sure about the rest, but I suspect it’s the same.” ross lyle camosun college

work experience. I’m speaking spe- a semester? I don’t know.’ I think it cifically to Mechanical; I’m not sure will be a lot simpler for first-years,” about the rest, how they’re going to says White. do. But I suspect it’s the same.” There are pros and cons to any Along with the change to the se- program modification, accord- mester system, more prerequisites ing to Electronics and Environ- photo provided have been added for certain pro- mental Technology instructor Ian Camosun chair of Mechanical Engineering Ross Lyle says the college has worked to make a smooth transition. grams (this won’t impact students Browning. who are already in the programs). “Well, just from an educational Jessica Williamson Contributing writer John Boraas felt that this was a good change in their schedule in 2016. “There are some changes here point of view, you can argue that it’s move to make. We’ve talked about “The students that started this that will impact students that are better to break things down into Technology programs at it many times, and so he said, ‘Well, September will be switching over inquiring into our program in the smaller chunks, to get the points Camosun College’s Interurban let’s make it happen.’” to the semester system in the fall of future,” says Ross. “We’ve changed across better, or you could say, ‘Well, campus are switching to a semester Lyle says that the college has 2016, so they’re going to be going both Civil and Mechanical to have it’s better to have a longer time to get system in September 2016. The pro- worked to make the transition through and finishing up until the Chemistry 11 as a prerequisite. more depth.’ So it depends on your grams are currently on a quarterly smooth for those students who end of June,” he says. “Then they’ll The other thing we’ve done is in point of view,” says Browning. system, as opposed to programs at will be enrolled in the programs be returning earlier than they would Mechanical, we’ve changed Physics Browning says that there the Lansdowne campus, which are when they transition. He says stu- have if they had been on the quarter 11 to Physics 12; a large number of shouldn’t be implications to stu- on the semester system. dents currently in the second year system; they’ll be starting at the students coming into our program dents other than the changing Redesigning the courses to fit will, “ideally,” finish up at the end beginning of September as we move have that already, but it will impact dates. into a semester system will allow for of summer and graduate on the into the semester system.” some students who are coming into “The current students, they more co-op placement opportunities quarter system. Lyle admits that with that earlier our program.” shouldn’t notice any difference,” for students and also give them the “We’ve worked really hard to try return comes a downside, at least Third-year Human Resources says Browning. “They’ll see that chance to participate in college-wide and keep all our students over the for some students. student Robin White is welcoming the dates will change, they’ll still events such as graduation. summer,” he says. “We actually set “Those students will actually Interurban’s switch to semesters, complete the program as before. According to Camosun chair of up some additional instruction for be getting a shorter summer,” he if for no other reason than a very You won’t even notice a difference, Mechanical Engineering Ross Lyle, students that were behind in some says, “so that’s going to have an im- practical one. in that respect. It is a new program, this switch hasn’t come without a lot courses so they could stay caught pact—it means they will not be able “It will make Camlink [on but at the same time it’s been re- of serious consideration first. up and not fall behind.” to get a regular co-op work term. Camosun’s website] easier to deal designed to be improved. Really, “It was a mandate from admin- He adds that students who are They can get regular employment, with. When I was first starting that’s the only difference. There istration,” he says. “VP of education in their first year will have a slight but they won’t be able to get co-op here, I was like, ‘Am I a quarter or shouldn’t be any impact.” NEWS BRIEFS

Student society offers Lakhorst was one of three recent released by Research Infosource bctransit.com, call 250-995-5683, stress—the tickets are subject to a recipients of the Engineers Canada- Inc., Camosun College attracted a or mail a letter to Fare Proposal, Box $5 service charge. Performances Christmas hampers TD Insurance Meloche Monnex total of $1,612,000 in total spon- 610, 520 Gorge Road East, Victoria, will start at 7:30 Friday, November Students can pre-register to scholarship. The award, valued at sored research income during the B.C., V8W 2P3. 13 at the Royal. receive one of 80 hampers (40 at $7,500, will go toward her research, reporting period. This is an increase Rentals in Victoria Lansdowne and 40 at Interurban) which looks for ways to encourage from last year’s income during the -pascale archibald the Camosun College Student So- young women into postsecondary same period and ranks Camosun at A resolution calling for changes ciety (CCSS) is making available engineering programs. 33rd in the country. to federal tax treatment to increase to those attending Camosun this Victoria’s rental inventory is now holiday season. The hampers will Camosun VP re- Give your input part of the Canadian Chamber of Got a news tip for us? Is there be available to students on Mon- elected to Greater on transit Commerce’s policy agenda. Vic- something Camosun students day, November 30 and will include toria’s vacancy rate for rental ac- are talking about that we should Victoria Chamber of The Victoria Regional Transit know? food and other essentials to help Commerce board Commission wants input on the commodation is 1.2 percent. students in need through the holi- local transit fare structure sys- days. Students looking to get one Tom Roemer, VP of strategic Pay your age Email editor@nexusnewspaper. tem. The transit system is funded com so we can look into it. of the hampers should email the development at Camosun College, through fares, local property taxes, for the ballet CCSS at [email protected]. Be has been elected to the Greater Vic- For the 30th anniversary presen- provincial government grants, and And, while we’ve got you: want sure to include your name, student toria Chamber of Commerce board tations of Ballet BC, Dance Victoria fuel taxes; the commission is re- to be a news writer? If you’re a number, and phone number, as well of directors for the fourth year in has come up with a fare breakdown sponsible for setting fares and the Camosun student, you’re eligble to as what campus you want to get the a row. Roemer is one of 17 board that is advantageous for students. property-tax levy for this region’s write for us! hamper from. members at the Chamber. transit. Since the start of the review Show them proof of your age and your student status to get a ticket Camosun instructor Camosun ranked one process, over 2,000 people have Stop by our office that costs your age. There are a lim- given input through online surveys, (Richmond House 201, receives scholarship of Canada’s top 50 ited number of tickets; call the Mc- emails, phone calls, social media, Lansdowne campus), email us Pherson Box office at 250-386-6121 award research colleges and letters. To add your thoughts, ([email protected]), or for more info. Oh, and you don’t just Mechanical Engineering Tech- According to an annual report of take the survey at bctransit.com, call (250-370-3591) today to find look five years older because of the nology instructor Kathy Tarnai- Canada’s top 50 research colleges, send an email to fareproposal@ out how you can get started.

25 N  CAMPUS November 4, 2015 student activities Camosun DECA club not just for business students

Tiet says DECA is a great way for students to build skill sets. “Camosun DECA is for people who want to get “I think the biggest one is con- more than a grade and lectures.” fidence. I mean, for me, back in 2011, I was one of those kids in bobby tiet camosun deca club class that would never put up their hand. I was 18, so I was fresh out of high school, and, to be honest, I hasn’t always been the case, which Tiet understands that there’s a joined DECA because I wanted to was something the Camosun chap- common assumption that DECA is travel,” says Tiet, adding that be- ter set out to change. just for business students, but he ing active in DECA meant “going “I think a good analogy for insists that the club is for anyone on vacations that you could put on DECA is that it’s a unicorn,” says attending Camosun. your résumé.” Tiet. “You hear good things about “We do originate from the Tiet admits that although he it, you want to touch it, but you can School of Business, and we do case didn’t see the competitions as being never find it. Our whole goal since competition business scenarios that very important when he first became 2011 has been to add transparency tailor around what Business stu- involved in the club, he saw the to the club, and for people to really dents are learning and applying that benefits of them soon enough. get a clear understanding of what to real-life business scenarios, but “When you are surrounded by DECA is.” it’s a lot more than that,” he says. so many people that are better and Tiet says that all Camosun “You are networking internation- smarter than you, and are always students are welcome to bene- ally, you’re making new friends, and challenging everything, it really fit from what they have to offer, you’re being exposed to something elevates you up to that level,” he jill westby/nexus which can really add to the college you wouldn’t if you didn’t take on says. “Personally, DECA got me my Bobby Tiet of Camosun College’s student DECA club. experience. this opportunity.” dream job working in a career that Rachael Grant particularly in the development of “Camosun DECA is for people DECA prides itself on being I’m going to school for. I know that contributing writer leadership skills. who want to get more than a grade a key step in the making of many if I hadn’t been exposed to DECA Camosun’s DECA club has “It’s basically preparing the next and lectures,” says Tiet, adding public figures, some of whom are my first year, I wouldn’t be where been one of the most active clubs generation of emerging leaders in that the club is ideal “if you want to now household names, says Tiet, I am today.” at the college for the past several areas such as business, hospitality, develop that leadership attribute, if including celebrities like Jay Leno Tiet says that one of Camosun years. DECA (which originated in and management,” says Camosun you want analytics, and also if you and Courtney Cox. But it’s not just DECA’s main objectives is to build the USA and was formerly known DECA president Bobby Tiet. want to just meet other people that the big names that makes getting campus life, and he encourages stu- as Distributive Education Clubs of Tiet says that even though the you normally wouldn’t outside of involved in DECA an appealing dents to come and see what they do; America) focuses on training youth, club has a fairly high profile, that this school.” idea. see camosundeca.ca for more. know your profs Camosun’s Ian Browning’s light bulb goes on

Greg Pratt 2: What do you personally get think of, but there are many small Managing editor out of teaching? daily interactions with students and Know Your Profs is an ongoing It’s great to see students have colleagues that make teaching here series of profiles on the instructors those “light bulb moments” (some- a pleasure. at Camosun College. Every issue we times with actual light bulbs) when ask a different instructor the same the pieces suddenly fit together and 6: What’s the worst thing that’s 10 questions in an attempt to get to make sense. It’s also great when I get ever happened to you as a teacher know them a little better. to have a light bulb moment—it’s here? Do you have an instructor that amazing what you can learn from Losing two valued Electronics you want to see interviewed in the students if you pay attention. department colleagues to cancer. paper? Maybe you want to know more about one of your teachers, but 3: What’s one thing you wish 7: What do you see in the future you’re too busy, or shy, to ask? Email your students knew about you? of postsecondary education? [email protected] and I think they get me figured out With the availability of so much we’ll add your instructor to our list quite quickly on their own, so I quality online material, physical of teachers to talk to. hope they know that I am always institutions will need to provide This issue we talked to Camosun approachable and interested in what more of the things students can’t get Electronics and Environmental they have to say. through a computer screen, such as photo provided Camosun College’s Ian Browning does not like checkout zombies. Technology prof Ian Browning more opportunities to engage with about light bulbs, dark chocolate, 4: What’s one thing you wish they each other and with faculty face-to- ing more opportunity to engage in around with a Flamenco guitar, just and Camosun’s future. didn’t know about you? face, and hands-on activities such such multi-dimensional learning for fun. They should never find out that as labs, workshops, field study, and environments. 1: What do you teach and how eating good quality dark chocolate real projects in the community. 9: What’s your favorite meal? long have you been a teacher at has been shown to raise serotonin Camosun is already good at doing 8: What do you do to relax on Anything with wild salmon, Camosun? levels in the brain and cause in- this and, I think, heading in the right the weekends? enjoyed with good company, and I teach various courses in the structors to mark papers more direction. Also, I would like to see I like to get outside as much as washed down with a good wine. Environmental Technology pro- generously—let’s keep that one a more project and applied-research possible, hiking, paddle-board- gram (biotechnology, microbiology, secret. solution-based learning in addition ing, gardening, or simply enjoy- 10: What’s your biggest pet horticulture, etc.) and in the Elec- to the traditional subject-based ing Victoria’s wonderful climate peeve? tronics/Renewable Energy program 5: What’s the best thing that’s courses. Many of the most pressing and scenery. I also play African Checkout zombies! Pack your (analog and power electronics, ever happened to you as a teacher problems society needs to address percussion (big drums!) for a local own shopping, people, and we’ll programming, etc.) and have been here? don’t fit into a neat category, and community group, dabble with the all be able to get on with our lives at the college since 2003. There’s no one “best thing” I can students would benefit from hav- didgeridoo, and occasionally fumble more quickly.

25 As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, we started an Instagram account! Come see our pictures of student life and Camosun happenings. While you’re at it, we’re also on Facebook and Twitter, you know... N Find us as nexusnewspaper on all three. See you there! nexusnewspaper.com CAMPUS/LIFE  gaming The most boring video game in the world returns for fundraiser The idea of doing something to spaghetti in, or in the early years it “Why Desert Bus? support Child’s Play was originally was cookies and cake and pop. Now Turner’s. it’s catered by a real place and we eat Because it was there “Eight years ago, Loadin- actual food.” and it made us laugh, gReadyRun had this tiny little fan Catering isn’t the only way Des- and to be honest, it is base, and it seemed like we could do ert Bus for Hope has changed over something with it to help this charity the years; the organizers have also a very boring game.” I had been donating to.” experimented with a variety of james turner Paul Saunders, one of the ori- schedules. After much juggling, desert bus for hope ginal LoadingReadyRun members, the crew found a schedule that found the game online and wanted worked. to do something with it. At first, “Everyone has an eight-hour edy group LoadingReadyRun. “I they wanted to play the game and driving shift,” says Turner. “If you’re think they’re up to 90 hospitals now film themselves for their YouTube not driving then you’re either at across the world.” channel, but instead they decided home resting or you’re a co-pilot, During the event, staff and vol- to do that as well as raise money for which is basically the people who unteers play Desert Bus, an incred- the charity Turner was interested in are running the show.” ibly boring video game where you supporting. According to Turner, the hope is drive a bus from Tuscan, Arizona “We were like, okay, well, we that switching to eight-hour shifts photo provided to Las Vegas, Nevada in real time. might as well do something useful will ensure that one of the 19 driv- A scene from last year’s Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser event. The first hour raises $1. With each with it,” says Turner. “Why Desert ers will always be playing the game, Wendy Snedden funds for children’s hospitals and hour that passes, viewers must Bus? Because it was there and it while also affording all involved Contributing writer sexual-assault resources. donate seven percent more to keep made us laugh, and to be honest, it plenty of opportunity to get on cam- Mark your calendars, gaming Desert Bus for Hope project the fundraiser going. is a very boring game.” era doing challenges, singing silly enthusiasts: Desert Bus for Hope re- manager James Turner says that “We do it for as long as people Desert Bus for Hope has grown songs, or acting in fun skits. turns on November 14. This unique the money raised ends up funneled keep giving us money,” says Turner. from a small, impromptu event held Desert Bus for Hope now has event mixes philanthropy, gaming, to lots of different places around “At this point, nine years in, we in a living room to a profession- over 15 staff members working and all things nerd culture. the globe. know that it runs for about six and ally organized (and professionally throughout the year, as well as 45 Desert Bus for Hope is an an- “It’s always been that one char- a half days. But it gets to the point catered) fundraising marathon. volunteers dedicated to keeping the nual charity event that raises funds ity Desert Bus for Hope feeds into,” where it costs so much money to “In the beginning we would show on the road. For more informa- for Child’s Play, a Seattle-run game- says Turner, who is also a member keep us going that we just can’t raise feed each other,” says Turner. “It tion, or to watch their live webcast of industry charity focused on raising of Victoria-based YouTube com- that kind of cash anymore.” would be like, all right, shovel this the event, visit desertbus.org. campus happenings N25 hits Lansdowne campus

Jessica williamson/nexus Nexus was in full force at the We gave out free donuts, cook- Lansdowne campus of Camosun ies, coffee, and pens and launched College on Thursday, October 22 to our 25th anniversary issue. Thanks, celebrate our 25th anniversary. Camosun students! Dunlop House Pub At Camosun College

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Every Thursday from 4 to 6 pm. Off Lansdowne Road, across from the Camosun staff parking lot.  November 4, 2015 FEATURE Victoria shoots and Victoria scores A look at the local sports scene, on and off campus

Chris Dahl, head coach of Chargers women’s volleyball, points out that there are subtle By Adam Marsh, contributing writer Golf differences between men’s and women’s volleyball. Photo by Kevin Light “Make no mistake, when you look at the men’s game and you see how physical it can be, ver at UVic, Vikes golf coach Justin and how offensive it can be, we definitely want those aspects to be part of our game as well, Clews is quick to point out that golf and they are…in the women’s game, the rallies are longer. The name of the game is scoring ith the school year in full swing, the Victoria sports scene is hopping once Ois a unique sport because it is often points faster than your opposition without relying on them.” again. It’s readily apparent here on campus: the Camosun Chargers have hit more psychological than it is physical; the team The women had a stellar opening weekend against Vancouver Island University, defeating Wthe ground running with a collective total of six wins in men’s and women’s even uses the services of a sports psychologist. them in a 3–0 sweep two days in a row, for a record of 6–0. The men’s team is also on top of volleyball. The Chargers golf team brought home gold after years of being the runner-up. “She’s working with the players on the mental their game after a championship year, with a record of 5–1 so far. There is undoubtedly something special about walking into Camosun’s Pacific Institute for side of the game,” he says, “developing scenar- “I was really impressed with our opening weekend and the crowd,” says Dahl. “The com- Sport Excellence and hearing the roar of a crowd who have come together out of one collective ios or how to overcome a shot if you have a bad munity here is great. Our next home games are November 6 and 7, and it would be great to interest: sports. hole. The most elite golfers are those who are the continue to see more faces in the crowd because the athletes thrive off of that.” And it’s not just around Camosun that things are heating up: off campus, the Victoria mentally strongest.” Royals won seven of their first 10 games, and the University of Victoria’s Vikes have a ton There is a huge element of composure and going on as well. Plus, baseball fever isn’t just limited to what the Blue Jays managed to do discipline to all sports. (Tiger Woods’ father used Hockey this year: it’s happening on fields around town as well. to jingle coins in his pocket to teach his son to If your teams are being dominated, or if you just seem to be getting all the unlucky bounces, deal with inevitable mental distractions.) Clews he Victoria Royals got off to a sharp start this year, winning seven of their first 10 the venue of choice can be a numb and mournful place to be. Luckily for Victorians, our teams admits that as a coach he sometimes feels “kind games. After spending a week on the road in Spokane and Seattle, they suffered are firing at all cylinders of late. The city certainly responds to both success and failure, but of helpless.” Tback-to-back losses and seemed to have trouble snapping out of it, but centre Alex lately it’s been more of the former for Mile Zero’s teams; here’s a rundown of some of the key “It’s more stressful to watch and coach, to be Forsberg says it’s vital that they don’t let it get them down and that they stay on top of their sports around town and what some of the teams involved are up to (with apologies to those honest,” he says. “It’s a whole different element. game. Forsberg, who played for the Prince George Cougars and the Saskatoon Blades before we couldn’t get to in this quick overview). When you’re a player, you have more control. coming to Victoria last year, is coming off his best year ever with the Royals. When you’re coaching, it’s almost more difficult, “In Saskatoon, I was close to home, so it was nice to play there,” he says. “Then I came because you can’t hit the shots. I might see the here, and this is really the first chance I got to win games every night, so I was really excited Basketball shots and I can explain what I see to the players, when I got here.” but whether it’s executed or not is completely out Thriving off the excitement and adrenaline of the city, Forsberg had 25 points last year after he Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off their season on of my control.” playing 30 games. “We practice in the morning, which is what pro guys do,” he says about TOctober 30 in Nanaimo against Vancouver Island University. Men’s basketball head Clews says that teaching players how to read a playing with the Royals. “Just little things like that; everything is a little bit more exceptional. coach Scot Cuachon says that he is happy with how things are coming together but hopes to putt is one of the biggest elements of coaching. We have more of a pro mentality with Dave [Lowery] coaching us.” push his players a little more this year. “I found that the biggest success is asking the Forsberg also has a brother, Jesse, who played five years in the Western Hockey League “We’re a little bit deeper as far as players and community, so we’re hoping to push the players what they see in a putt or a shot and then (WHL), both with and against Alex. pace a little more,” he says. “We’re a little bit older, so the leadership hinges on a few more just reassuring them that it’s probably the best “Jesse got traded to Seattle, and I played against him a few times. He took it easy on me guys, and hopefully because of that, we won’t have any effort issues. At the same time, when thing to do,” he says. a bit. He had a chance to throw me up a few times, and he didn’t hit me as hard as he could you go six days a week, there’s certainly a point in that week where guys are going to be a little Clews recognizes that as well as being athletes, have,” says Forsberg with a laugh. “It was a lot of fun.” bit tired. But motivation and effort are intrinsic.” his players are also students who have papers due And that accurately describes the atmosphere when you walk into Save-On-Foods Me- Everyone has a style of play that works for them, and Carl Macdonald, head coach of and deadlines to meet, just like the rest of us, and morial Centre. Fans are dressed head-to-toe in Royals attire with hot dogs and drinks by their Camosun’s women’s basketball team, says that it is all about quick transition basketball. that they still need an education off the course. side. It’s an example of how sport brings people together: when the Royals score, thousands “We use a combination of quick basketball, which is called transition basketball, to score “College golf is pretty special,” he says. “These of people erupt, with some high-fiving total strangers. as quick as we can from when we get control of the ball,” he says. “And, of course, you have kids that go to school are here to get a great educa- “It’s really exciting,” says Forsberg. to play great defence to be able to do that, so we focus on both transition and defence.” tion. The fact that they can play competitive golf The Royals defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 on Friday, October 30. With the win, Macdonald, who hails from Guelph, Ontario, led the Central Vancouver Island Basketball against competitive schools is a real privilege, the team now have a record of 10-5-1. The Royals’ next home game is November 13 against Club to win the championship back in 1999. He’s looking forward to having a great start this and I think they can apply a lot of what they learn the Seattle Thunderbirds. year, but he is also aware of the team’s obstacles: he’s quick to point out that a big part of the in a team situation with their teammates and the problem with getting students aware of the Chargers is that Camosun is spread out over two development of their game to everyday life and campuses. their career.” Baseball “Even though most of our players go to school at Lansdowne, there’s not a lot of connect The Camosun Chargers golf team competed between the two campuses in terms of sports,” he says. “It needs to be promoted better so that in nationals in Chilliwack on October 3 and 4, tak- he Victoria HarbourCats may be in the off-season, but that doesn’t mean that gen- the student body knows what’s going on and when and where our games are.” ing home a gold medal (requests for an interview eral manager Jim Swanson is sitting on a beach in Mexico drinking piña coladas There are a few changes to the women’s basketball roster this year, including forward Jade were unanswered by deadline). Tand soaking up the sun. Heavener and guard Michaela Witte. “We’ve been working really hard on our recruiting, and that started before the season ended “Our players work just as hard as the players at UVic,” says Macdonald, “or anybody who last year,” he says. “We’re hoping that we would have return players for this year, and that plays any sport in the city. All our players compete with as much intensity as anybody else.” Volleyball process continues still. Them coming to play for us next year has to mix with their education The women finished fourth in the province last year and will play their home opener against schedules. We’re confident that we’ve put together a team so far that will be stronger than Quest University on Friday, November 20 at 6 pm at the Interurban campus, followed by an he best offence is not a good defence: what we’ve had. The key part will be to work on team aspects in May and June that will give afternoon game the next day at 1 pm. that’s just one of many lessons that this market the championship that we think it deserves.” “We’re putting the finishing touches on our game and we expect to be ready to go,” says adjustment, as most competitive athletes might imagine. TChargers men’s volleyball head coach The HarbourCats were over .500 both on the road and at home last year, with a record of Macdonald. “It took a couple years once I started coaching at the high-school level to get over not Charles Parkinson has learned in his career. Before he made himself at home in front of draw- 29–24–1. They suffered nine straight losses early in the year but fought back with a seven- Over at UVic, the Vikes players hear the squeak of their Nike high-tops in the new Centre being a player anymore. Your instincts make you want to jump on the court and get it done ing boards and on the sidelines, Parkinson was the captain of the Canadian men’s volleyball game winning streak in late June that put them back on the map. Swanson says that improving for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) athletic building. yourself. I’m old enough now that I don’t really feel that way anymore, so you just approach team, and that is exactly the experience he tries to harness. his bullpen is key. “It’s a world-class facility,” says Craig Beauchamp, head coach of men’s basketball at it very differently. They’re both really exciting in their own way, but as a player, you’re so “I spend a lot of time at the international level analyzing the film,” he says, “and I try to “We weren’t as deep in our pitching last year, and pitching is what puts you over the top,” UVic. “The season is progressing really well. One of the things we can do now is attract our much more directly involved in the outcome of the game. Being a coach is more cerebral break that stuff down, and I talk to a lot of the national team athletes and the coaches and he says. “We needed to have a few more options late in the year. A huge part of what we spend fans into a first-class facility and first-class entertainment.” than physical.” ask myself, ‘What can I bring back that is current at the international level, but that our guys our time on is growing our pitching staff and the back end of our rotation.” Despite the absence of professional sports, both Beauchamp and Dani Sinclair, head coach The CARSA facility, which may be home to some Chargers athletes in the future if they can play? And can we adapt the systems that are being used internationally and sort of weave Swanson also credits much of the success to the city of Victoria, which he says is un- of the Vikes women’s team, say that Victoria is the place to be for basketball. attend UVic after Camosun, holds over 2,000 people and is just one more thing for Victoria them into our games to make ourselves better?’” questionably a baseball town. Come spring, many Victorians will be excited to get a hot dog “Victoria is a really special place to be because of the history here with [former Vikes coaches] to be proud of with respect to amateur sport. The systems Parkinson is referring to consist of really strong serving, blocking that is and peanuts and relax at the ballpark. Ken and Kathy Shields,” says Sinclair, a former Vike herself. “What I really appreciated as “The culture of basketball in Victoria has been second to none over the last 30 or 40 years equivalent to a brick wall, and pure physique and athleticism in the back row. “Baseball’s appeal is so much beyond the game. It’s something that families feel very a player and now as a coach is that because there’s not those professional sports in the city, just because of the history of success,” says Sinclair. “We try to sort of knit together guys with different skill sets to make the whole team,” he comfortable with, seniors feel very comfortable with, and it’s got a great pace that allows there is a lot of support for amateur sports, and we get a lot of support from the community The UVic men’s basketball team lost 70-88 to Eastern Oregon on October 30, then on says, “and to play a style of volleyball that is both powerful and very fast.” people to enjoy themselves. Baseball has always been called a pastime, and I think that’s the and from the student population.” October 31 lost 59-88 to the College of Idaho for a record of 0-2 in the Quinn Classic Tourna- This aggressive, hybrid coaching style won the Chargers the Canadian Collegiate Athletic right word for it, because you don’t have to deeply understand or love the sport to enjoy going Sinclair compares Victoria to her hometown of Hamilton, which, being close to Toronto, ment. Their next game is November 6 against Trinity Western, in Langley. Association (CCAA) championships last year. to a baseball game. That’s the allure of baseball compared to hockey or lacrosse, where you centres largely on professional sports; however, it is also where many of UVic’s top female The women’s team lost 65-74 against Thompson Rivers on October 31, and then won Parkinson has a true passion for helping young athletes grow, and the fact that he won have to have at least some grasp of the game to enjoy it.” basketball players hail from. Sinclair says that the team, who won two of their first three 76-70 against Macewan University on November 1, for a record of 5-3. Their next game is the championships with a relatively small pool of athletes compared to larger cities speaks Swanson, who is a former professional baseball coach, took over for the HarbourCats in games, is coming together very nicely for the 2015-16 season. November 6th in Langley, B.C. volumes to his coaching ability. He says the players are great to work with. the fall of 2013; the team has since experienced huge success. Victoria led the West Coast “We just flew back from a weekend in Montreal. Those trips are always really good for “We’re passionate about our sports, but we’re also really passionate about Camosun and League (WCL) in home runs, knocking 36 balls out of the park. They were also first in the team chemistry,” she says. “We have five new girls. It was a really good weekend on and off I think those two are really strong ingredients that help put your institution on the map,” he WCL in attendance, with nearly 2,000 fans a game. the court.” says. “It drives more people coming here, it makes you feel proud of the school and all of those “We’re going to play our first home game on Tuesday, June 7,” he says, “and we’re home Sinclair points out that going from playing for the Vikes to coaching them was quite the things that are positive about sport.” on Canada Day, June 30, and Father’s Day, which are highlight days for us.” FEATURE nexusnewspaper.com  Victoria shoots and Victoria scores A look at the local sports scene, on and off campus

Chris Dahl, head coach of Chargers women’s volleyball, points out that there are subtle Golf differences between men’s and women’s volleyball. “Make no mistake, when you look at the men’s game and you see how physical it can be, ver at UVic, Vikes golf coach Justin and how offensive it can be, we definitely want those aspects to be part of our game as well, Clews is quick to point out that golf and they are…in the women’s game, the rallies are longer. The name of the game is scoring ith the school year in full swing, the Victoria sports scene is hopping once Ois a unique sport because it is often points faster than your opposition without relying on them.” again. It’s readily apparent here on campus: the Camosun Chargers have hit more psychological than it is physical; the team The women had a stellar opening weekend against Vancouver Island University, defeating Wthe ground running with a collective total of six wins in men’s and women’s even uses the services of a sports psychologist. them in a 3–0 sweep two days in a row, for a record of 6–0. The men’s team is also on top of volleyball. The Chargers golf team brought home gold after years of being the runner-up. “She’s working with the players on the mental their game after a championship year, with a record of 5–1 so far. There is undoubtedly something special about walking into Camosun’s Pacific Institute for side of the game,” he says, “developing scenar- “I was really impressed with our opening weekend and the crowd,” says Dahl. “The com- Sport Excellence and hearing the roar of a crowd who have come together out of one collective ios or how to overcome a shot if you have a bad munity here is great. Our next home games are November 6 and 7, and it would be great to interest: sports. hole. The most elite golfers are those who are the continue to see more faces in the crowd because the athletes thrive off of that.” And it’s not just around Camosun that things are heating up: off campus, the Victoria mentally strongest.” Royals won seven of their first 10 games, and the University of Victoria’s Vikes have a ton There is a huge element of composure and going on as well. Plus, baseball fever isn’t just limited to what the Blue Jays managed to do discipline to all sports. (Tiger Woods’ father used Hockey this year: it’s happening on fields around town as well. to jingle coins in his pocket to teach his son to If your teams are being dominated, or if you just seem to be getting all the unlucky bounces, deal with inevitable mental distractions.) Clews he Victoria Royals got off to a sharp start this year, winning seven of their first 10 the venue of choice can be a numb and mournful place to be. Luckily for Victorians, our teams admits that as a coach he sometimes feels “kind games. After spending a week on the road in Spokane and Seattle, they suffered are firing at all cylinders of late. The city certainly responds to both success and failure, but of helpless.” Tback-to-back losses and seemed to have trouble snapping out of it, but centre Alex lately it’s been more of the former for Mile Zero’s teams; here’s a rundown of some of the key “It’s more stressful to watch and coach, to be Forsberg says it’s vital that they don’t let it get them down and that they stay on top of their sports around town and what some of the teams involved are up to (with apologies to those honest,” he says. “It’s a whole different element. game. Forsberg, who played for the Prince George Cougars and the Saskatoon Blades before we couldn’t get to in this quick overview). When you’re a player, you have more control. coming to Victoria last year, is coming off his best year ever with the Royals. When you’re coaching, it’s almost more difficult, “In Saskatoon, I was close to home, so it was nice to play there,” he says. “Then I came because you can’t hit the shots. I might see the here, and this is really the first chance I got to win games every night, so I was really excited Basketball shots and I can explain what I see to the players, when I got here.” but whether it’s executed or not is completely out Thriving off the excitement and adrenaline of the city, Forsberg had 25 points last year after he Camosun Chargers men’s and women’s basketball teams kicked off their season on of my control.” playing 30 games. “We practice in the morning, which is what pro guys do,” he says about TOctober 30 in Nanaimo against Vancouver Island University. Men’s basketball head Clews says that teaching players how to read a playing with the Royals. “Just little things like that; everything is a little bit more exceptional. coach Scot Cuachon says that he is happy with how things are coming together but hopes to putt is one of the biggest elements of coaching. We have more of a pro mentality with Dave [Lowery] coaching us.” push his players a little more this year. “I found that the biggest success is asking the Forsberg also has a brother, Jesse, who played five years in the Western Hockey League “We’re a little bit deeper as far as players and community, so we’re hoping to push the players what they see in a putt or a shot and then (WHL), both with and against Alex. pace a little more,” he says. “We’re a little bit older, so the leadership hinges on a few more just reassuring them that it’s probably the best “Jesse got traded to Seattle, and I played against him a few times. He took it easy on me guys, and hopefully because of that, we won’t have any effort issues. At the same time, when thing to do,” he says. a bit. He had a chance to throw me up a few times, and he didn’t hit me as hard as he could you go six days a week, there’s certainly a point in that week where guys are going to be a little Clews recognizes that as well as being athletes, have,” says Forsberg with a laugh. “It was a lot of fun.” bit tired. But motivation and effort are intrinsic.” his players are also students who have papers due And that accurately describes the atmosphere when you walk into Save-On-Foods Me- Everyone has a style of play that works for them, and Carl Macdonald, head coach of and deadlines to meet, just like the rest of us, and morial Centre. Fans are dressed head-to-toe in Royals attire with hot dogs and drinks by their Camosun’s women’s basketball team, says that it is all about quick transition basketball. that they still need an education off the course. side. It’s an example of how sport brings people together: when the Royals score, thousands “We use a combination of quick basketball, which is called transition basketball, to score “College golf is pretty special,” he says. “These of people erupt, with some high-fiving total strangers. as quick as we can from when we get control of the ball,” he says. “And, of course, you have kids that go to school are here to get a great educa- “It’s really exciting,” says Forsberg. to play great defence to be able to do that, so we focus on both transition and defence.” tion. The fact that they can play competitive golf The Royals defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 on Friday, October 30. With the win, Macdonald, who hails from Guelph, Ontario, led the Central Vancouver Island Basketball against competitive schools is a real privilege, the team now have a record of 10-5-1. The Royals’ next home game is November 13 against Club to win the championship back in 1999. He’s looking forward to having a great start this and I think they can apply a lot of what they learn the Seattle Thunderbirds. year, but he is also aware of the team’s obstacles: he’s quick to point out that a big part of the in a team situation with their teammates and the problem with getting students aware of the Chargers is that Camosun is spread out over two development of their game to everyday life and campuses. their career.” Baseball “Even though most of our players go to school at Lansdowne, there’s not a lot of connect The Camosun Chargers golf team competed between the two campuses in terms of sports,” he says. “It needs to be promoted better so that in nationals in Chilliwack on October 3 and 4, tak- he Victoria HarbourCats may be in the off-season, but that doesn’t mean that gen- the student body knows what’s going on and when and where our games are.” ing home a gold medal (requests for an interview eral manager Jim Swanson is sitting on a beach in Mexico drinking piña coladas There are a few changes to the women’s basketball roster this year, including forward Jade were unanswered by deadline). Tand soaking up the sun. Heavener and guard Michaela Witte. “We’ve been working really hard on our recruiting, and that started before the season ended “Our players work just as hard as the players at UVic,” says Macdonald, “or anybody who last year,” he says. “We’re hoping that we would have return players for this year, and that plays any sport in the city. All our players compete with as much intensity as anybody else.” Volleyball process continues still. Them coming to play for us next year has to mix with their education The women finished fourth in the province last year and will play their home opener against schedules. We’re confident that we’ve put together a team so far that will be stronger than Quest University on Friday, November 20 at 6 pm at the Interurban campus, followed by an he best offence is not a good defence: what we’ve had. The key part will be to work on team aspects in May and June that will give afternoon game the next day at 1 pm. that’s just one of many lessons that this market the championship that we think it deserves.” “We’re putting the finishing touches on our game and we expect to be ready to go,” says adjustment, as most competitive athletes might imagine. TChargers men’s volleyball head coach The HarbourCats were over .500 both on the road and at home last year, with a record of Macdonald. “It took a couple years once I started coaching at the high-school level to get over not Charles Parkinson has learned in his career. Before he made himself at home in front of draw- 29–24–1. They suffered nine straight losses early in the year but fought back with a seven- Over at UVic, the Vikes players hear the squeak of their Nike high-tops in the new Centre being a player anymore. Your instincts make you want to jump on the court and get it done ing boards and on the sidelines, Parkinson was the captain of the Canadian men’s volleyball game winning streak in late June that put them back on the map. Swanson says that improving for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) athletic building. yourself. I’m old enough now that I don’t really feel that way anymore, so you just approach team, and that is exactly the experience he tries to harness. his bullpen is key. “It’s a world-class facility,” says Craig Beauchamp, head coach of men’s basketball at it very differently. They’re both really exciting in their own way, but as a player, you’re so “I spend a lot of time at the international level analyzing the film,” he says, “and I try to “We weren’t as deep in our pitching last year, and pitching is what puts you over the top,” UVic. “The season is progressing really well. One of the things we can do now is attract our much more directly involved in the outcome of the game. Being a coach is more cerebral break that stuff down, and I talk to a lot of the national team athletes and the coaches and he says. “We needed to have a few more options late in the year. A huge part of what we spend fans into a first-class facility and first-class entertainment.” than physical.” ask myself, ‘What can I bring back that is current at the international level, but that our guys our time on is growing our pitching staff and the back end of our rotation.” Despite the absence of professional sports, both Beauchamp and Dani Sinclair, head coach The CARSA facility, which may be home to some Chargers athletes in the future if they can play? And can we adapt the systems that are being used internationally and sort of weave Swanson also credits much of the success to the city of Victoria, which he says is un- of the Vikes women’s team, say that Victoria is the place to be for basketball. attend UVic after Camosun, holds over 2,000 people and is just one more thing for Victoria them into our games to make ourselves better?’” questionably a baseball town. Come spring, many Victorians will be excited to get a hot dog “Victoria is a really special place to be because of the history here with [former Vikes coaches] to be proud of with respect to amateur sport. The systems Parkinson is referring to consist of really strong serving, blocking that is and peanuts and relax at the ballpark. Ken and Kathy Shields,” says Sinclair, a former Vike herself. “What I really appreciated as “The culture of basketball in Victoria has been second to none over the last 30 or 40 years equivalent to a brick wall, and pure physique and athleticism in the back row. “Baseball’s appeal is so much beyond the game. It’s something that families feel very a player and now as a coach is that because there’s not those professional sports in the city, just because of the history of success,” says Sinclair. “We try to sort of knit together guys with different skill sets to make the whole team,” he comfortable with, seniors feel very comfortable with, and it’s got a great pace that allows there is a lot of support for amateur sports, and we get a lot of support from the community The UVic men’s basketball team lost 70-88 to Eastern Oregon on October 30, then on says, “and to play a style of volleyball that is both powerful and very fast.” people to enjoy themselves. Baseball has always been called a pastime, and I think that’s the and from the student population.” October 31 lost 59-88 to the College of Idaho for a record of 0-2 in the Quinn Classic Tourna- This aggressive, hybrid coaching style won the Chargers the Canadian Collegiate Athletic right word for it, because you don’t have to deeply understand or love the sport to enjoy going Sinclair compares Victoria to her hometown of Hamilton, which, being close to Toronto, ment. Their next game is November 6 against Trinity Western, in Langley. Association (CCAA) championships last year. to a baseball game. That’s the allure of baseball compared to hockey or lacrosse, where you centres largely on professional sports; however, it is also where many of UVic’s top female The women’s team lost 65-74 against Thompson Rivers on October 31, and then won Parkinson has a true passion for helping young athletes grow, and the fact that he won have to have at least some grasp of the game to enjoy it.” basketball players hail from. Sinclair says that the team, who won two of their first three 76-70 against Macewan University on November 1, for a record of 5-3. Their next game is the championships with a relatively small pool of athletes compared to larger cities speaks Swanson, who is a former professional baseball coach, took over for the HarbourCats in games, is coming together very nicely for the 2015-16 season. November 6th in Langley, B.C. volumes to his coaching ability. He says the players are great to work with. the fall of 2013; the team has since experienced huge success. Victoria led the West Coast “We just flew back from a weekend in Montreal. Those trips are always really good for “We’re passionate about our sports, but we’re also really passionate about Camosun and League (WCL) in home runs, knocking 36 balls out of the park. They were also first in the team chemistry,” she says. “We have five new girls. It was a really good weekend on and off I think those two are really strong ingredients that help put your institution on the map,” he WCL in attendance, with nearly 2,000 fans a game. the court.” says. “It drives more people coming here, it makes you feel proud of the school and all of those “We’re going to play our first home game on Tuesday, June 7,” he says, “and we’re home Sinclair points out that going from playing for the Vikes to coaching them was quite the things that are positive about sport.” on Canada Day, June 30, and Father’s Day, which are highlight days for us.”  ARTS November 4, 2015 music Matthew Good on Chaotic Neutral and the creative process

Rebecca Davies Black,” I wrote that first verse and Contributing writer just thought it sounded really cool. Matthew Good’s days topping Sometimes it’s really poignant, and the charts in the ’90s with the Mat- sometimes it’s really organic.” thew Good Band may be over, but Good’s ability to be creative has the musician is on his seventh solo kept him a staple in Canadian music album and is more creative than for 20 years. Good’s creativity stems ever. Fans of Dungeons and Dragons from embracing his imperfections, will recognize the album title, Cha- and allowing them to help move his otic Neutral, as a character align- music forward. ment in the game. Chaotic neutral makes characters unpredictable and individualistic, which Good says are “I played D&D for also characteristics of the album. “I played D&D for fucking fucking 25 years.” 25 years. You have to know a bit matthew good about the game to understand it,” musician says Good. “The gamut the record runs, it definitely has elements that are schizophrenic, and the first “Every album captures a mo- thing that comes to my mind is that ment in time,” he says. “That’s a alignment.” lesson you learn, for me, at least. Schizophrenic indeed: Chaotic I think you start thinking about Neutral is all over the place, telling records and not trying to capture stories of lost sailors and children so much perfection. In the creative who have fallen down wells, as process that’s important in regards well as Good’s own struggles with to longevity, because it allows you to photo provided being bipolar. Good’s vibrato voice see the imperfection in something Matthew Good is just as creative as ever, seven albums in to a solo career. and random sounds of animals and and then go from there.” “Now, after being diagnosed, else,” he says. “You need to find your “Don’t we all, though? That’s children playing in the background Good has long used music as and on proper medication, it’s half own voice, and don’t be afraid for just part of the human condition, make the album sound like a morbid a medium for activism, drawing and half. I think music comes from a that voice to be an improper one. isn’t it?” he says. “I don’t think any lullaby. attention to poverty in Vancouver, place, and it’s also used to cope with Find a way to do something that person would be able to get through “Sometimes I’ll have an idea the war in Iraq, and climate change; the place it comes from, whether you’re passionate about, and it’s the day if we weren’t doing a little and I find a way to tell it,” he says Chaotic Neutral is no different. you’re really enlightened about that you, and that you’re not afraid that bit of that.” about his creative process. “Some- A theme of mental illness runs location or not,” he says. it’s you.” thing like ‘Cold Water,’ that’s a throughout the lyrics, in addition Good stresses the importance Even though Good says writers Matthew Good story of ill-fated love. It’s an early to the reference to schizophrenia in for writers to be themselves, which should stay genuine to themselves, Friday, November 6 19th-century English tale of a sailor the title. Good says his music is both is sometimes the hardest thing he also thinks we’re all still, as he $47.25, Alix Goolden Hall and his wife used to get that point created from his disorder and used to do. put it in his song “Strange Days,” vcm.bc.ca across. For something like “Girls in to help deal with the disorder. “Don’t try to write like anybody “lying for a living” to get by. music Towers and Trees hope to use The West Coast to connect

Jake Wyatt shore here on a sunny day and it’s Contributing writer this pristine, calm, gorgeous, gentle It’s been a whirlwind three years thing. And you can be on the same for Adrian Chalifour. After the re- shoreline in November and it’s lease of Towers and Trees’ debut rough and it’s rugged and it’s raw. EP, Broken Record, the frontman I think that really speaks to the for the Victoria rock outfit has kept dynamics of the record.” himself busy. Between a slew of tour dates, including a standout show at Rif- flandia, the group has released “The place I learned to their sophomore effort, The West play music was the Coast. church. Playing music “I think it’s very ambitious, very rich, very dynamic,” Chalifour says in that kind of about The West Coast. “Those are environment is not a the three words I think of when I talk about the album. A criticism of this performance—it’s a album that I would be happy to hear means of bringing a is that it’s overly ambitious, that it room full of people tries to do too much, because that was the intent.” together for a common Broken Record was largely a solo photo provided purpose.” effort, a passion project recorded Victoria’s Towers and Trees will be playing their next local show in January of 2016 at Sugar. in a friend’s living room. The West played in my bedroom to these rich that kind of environment is that it’s as a way to connect with something adrian chalifour Coast is more focused, featuring the folk productions we knew we were not a performance—it’s a means deep inside of you. When you’re 13 towers and trees production efforts of Alex Aligiza- capable of because of the sounds we of bringing a room full of people or 14 you’re just a bucket of angst. kis and the contribution of Towers were achieving on stage.” together for a common purpose. By But that’s what it was about for and Trees’ ever-evolving lineup. The group tries to focus their total coincidence, almost all of the me—it’s about getting raw and real When it all comes down to it, the The growth of the band was a key efforts while playing live shows musicians who have been a part of and connecting with something.” album is about Chalifour’s life, and inspiration for the recording of The into creating an honest connec- Towers and Trees have learned to The first Towers and Trees al- it’s about where Chalifour lives. West Coast. tion with their audience. Towers play music in a church.” bum was influenced by a desire “All the stories and all the scenes “We went back into the studio and Trees hope to transpose that That environment also helps fuel to uproot and escape. This time of my life that have unfolded, they’ve because Broken Record didn’t sound energy into their latest album. It the creative process for Chalifour. around, Chalifour has confronted all happened here,” he says. “This like Towers and Trees anymore,” makes sense that Chalifour aims for He uses songwriting as a method his feeling of stagnancy head on, was the setting, this was the back- says Chalifour. “Between the first this, considering where his musical of self-exploration; the creation of and also addressed how the west drop. It was very important to pay album and the second album we journey began. the album was a cathartic process coast has helped shape him into the homage to that, and while I still had turned into a nine-piece band. “The place I learned to play for the frontman. man he is today. wish to uproot and see other parts I took these songs to the group and music was the church,” he says. “Music was and still is a spiritual “It’s called The West Coast be- of the world, the reality is this is we turned them from these songs I “The thing about playing music in journey,” he says. “It really started cause you can be standing on the my home.” nexusnewspaper.com ARTS  music Jesse Roper drops new album for charity, gets lost in woods

came to my mind when this whole from daily life, Roper stays on top idea of putting a charity [album] of current events and sings about together started. So I think now the things that matter to him the that I’ve got that going, I’d like to most. head more in that direction, but do “It can be all kinds of things,” he it more towards the education side says. “I mean, heartbreak is always of things.” a good one; love is also on the other

“You walk around downtown Victoria and homelessness is obviously a problem. And you can’t ignore it because it’s everywhere. I thought with the album it would be a nice way to give back to the community a little bit.” jesse roper musician

al smith Jesse Roper’s new album, Food for a Day Acoustic Sessions, is a benefit release for Victoria’s Our Place shelter. Roper’s current tour, which side of the coin, too. In the news, finds him playing a lot of house you see all these stories of Syria and Jessica Williamson “Well, I’m just in Alberta right town Victoria and [homelessness] is shows, is a shift from his normal things like that. I also read a lot of Contributing writer now,” he says. “I’m actually, um, obviously a problem,” he says. “And festival schedule, but he’s enjoying novels about wartimes; that grabs When singer/songwriter Jesse hiking up a… What am I hiking up? you can’t ignore it because it’s every- every minute of it. my attention. I find myself writing Roper calls me to start our inter- The Citadel? It’s just on the edge where. I thought with the album it “I’ve never done a house con- about that a little bit, and the shoot- view to chat about his new benefit of Nordegg and I’ve never been to would be a nice way to give back to cert tour before, and I didn’t know ings down in the states.” album and tour, something seems Nordegg before, so I’m enjoying this the community a little bit.” exactly what that entailed,” he says. Roper, still breathing hard at off right away: he’s completely out a lot. I’m trying to get up to the top Roper grew up fortunate “So I’ve been showing up at people’s this point in the interview, shifts of breath. before the sun goes down.” enough: he played hockey, went to houses and they’ll have a big steak subjects when he realizes a more “Hi, it’s Jesse Roper here, and Roper’s current tour is giving school, and never missed a meal. But dinner made and everybody’s in- immediate concern in his life I’m on a little hike,” he says, pant- all proceeds from his new album, realization struck when he moved terested in what you’re doing, and “Um, I think I’ve taken the ing, making it difficult to make out Food for a Day Acoustic Sessions, out on his own. everybody’s talking. It’s such a wrong trail down this mountain his words. to support Our Place, a homeless “I never really thought about treat. I play at lots of big festivals, path,” he says. “Aw, shit… I don’t Roper, who is from Metchosin, shelter in Victoria (proceeds from where that was coming from until and that’s very exciting, but this is know if I’m going the right way or is squeezing in phone interviews the sale of the album go to Our I left home,” he says. “And I’m such a refreshing tour, because I’m not.” between shows on an acoustic tour. Place as well). definitely not rich now, that’s for just by myself.” Let’s hope he made it out of He’s also squeezing in hikes. “Well, you walk around down- sure. It was just the first thing that Drawing inspiration for music there before the sun went down. 10 ARTS/COMICS November 4, 2015

25 review NEXT ISSUE New book too mired in misery to enjoy N Camosun College Student Tasha Olekshy was going to report that The Cheese addicts and directionless people Contributing writer Society election results, Stealer’s Handbook was “insight- everywhere. what the federal election The Cheese Stealer’s Handbook ful” and “thought-provoking” and Sure, there were some hilari- outcome means to is a ruthlessly detailed chronicle of “poignant.” In the end, The Cheese ously witty insights that Aky’s drug- students, catching up a struggling author’s attempt, and Stealer’s Handbook (a reference to addled brain cooked up as he went with Current Swell, and consequent failure, at being a pro- Aky’s propensity for dairy thieving) from fix to fix, but they were not more! ductive member of society. just left me with a sour taste in my enough to offset the book’s depress- Shoshaku Jushaku, an ironic mouth. ing effect. Joshaku didn’t even have On stands November 18. pen name which means “life is Maybe it was my inability to the courtesy to redeem poor Aky one continuous mistake,” uses empathize with a perpetually stoned with a happy ending. In the meantime, head to his first book to share with us the protagonist, but reading about Call me emotionally vulnerable, nexusnewspaper.com for minutiae of everyday life through Aky’s never-ending screw-ups but The Cheese Stealer’s Handbook web exclusive the (bloodshot) eyes of a drug and got old really fast. Witnessing his was just too distressing for me to stories such as our review alcohol addict. unstoppable self-sabotaging was enjoy. So read it at your own risk, of Shania Twain live and Stumbling his way through both frustrating and saddening as and although the book won’t ac- a chance to read some failed relationships and success- a reader. tually teach you how to steal cheese of the most talked-about ful substance abuse, our hero, re- On one hand I wanted to shake from the Thrifty Foods down the stories in our history as ferred to only as “Aky,” narrates Aky by the shoulders and tell him street, there is a delicious fudge part of our 25th his painful story with darkly cynical I wanted to sing this book’s to get his life together; on the recipe on the back cover. anniversary celebrations! humour and an impressive sense of praises and use all sorts of synonyms other hand, his tragedy reminded Maybe it’s Joshaku’s way of detachment. that sounded better than “good.” I me of the real hardships faced by making amends. nexusnewspaper.com COLUMNS 11

Lit Matters by Keagan Hawthorne Look by Melanie Didrich The inside rooms of Carson McCullers Balance and reading I am a student and a writer, and should, because, you know what? I I love to read. I used to loot book- want to have fun! Aloneness and isolation are a part of the human cases of relatives just to indulge my Fun: creative artistic dates with addiction. Of course, now that it’s that soul inside of my shell that condition, McCullers’ characters seem to say, mandatory I can’t keep up. loves to go to the art store and buy but it is how we deal with our loneliness that In my bag are books from all my up paints and drawing brushes, or courses; there’s a whole contingent head over to bookstores to browse counts. of D2L words to absorb, read, at- the new novels that I promise myself tend, and respond to—when did I will read one day, or walk to local reading become so essential? Some shops to view the local artists on sort of reprieve is essential for san- display and believe that one day, I ently. Dr. Copeland, an educated condition of isolation as it is about ity; a way of allowing myself to swear, I will be one of them. black man, dreams of a “strong, true the power we can find when we em- break free from the almighty word, Sometimes a hot chocolate and purpose” for his race while estrang- brace loneliness and find ourselves, that flashing neon sign in the sky warm socks are all that are needed. ing himself from his family. Jake alone, in the center of our selves. It that says, “Read me, read me.” It’s Sometimes a furry pet and a ro- Blount, a frustrated labour organ- is from her inside room that Kelly this: balance. mantic comedy on DVD will do it, izer, is a self-destructive alcoholic looks out and finds the strength to I’m probably the worst person too. Sometimes giving myself 15 whose rants slip often into mad dream up a better world than the to discuss balance: I didn’t get the minutes of free time to doodle on the ravings. And Singer walks alone one in which she lives. memo back in the days when bal- back of my textbook is the greatest at night; in his face “there came Aloneness and isolation are a ance was delivered. I do, however, way to balance out my stress. “I am not meant to be alone and to be a brooding peace that is seen part of the human condition, Mc- allow myself to indulge my inner Maybe there will be postcards without you who understands,” most often in the faces of the very Cullers’ characters seem to say, but child, the one who screams at me to delivered to me through Mail Art wrote John Singer, a deaf mute who sorrowful or the very wise.” it is how we deal with our loneliness have fun, to play with hobbies, art, on the topic of what makes people is at the center of Carson McCul- The misanthropic loneliness that counts. She gives us differ- activities, and the computer (who happy? Maybe my friends will want lers’ beautiful novel The Heart is a of the adults is contrasted by 14- ent visions of what embracing the doesn’t know about Pinterest?). To to break free from studies and have Lonely Hunter. year-old Mick Kelly, McCullers’ solitude at our centre might look that end I probably procrastinate my coffee? And, maybe, just maybe, Set in the depression-era south, semi-autobiographical stand-in. like, but in the end she leaves it up reading just a little bit longer than I balance will happen. the novel follows the lives of several A clever, energetic tomboy, Mick to us to choose which vision we will townspeople who revolve around retreats from the confusion of the embrace for ourselves. The Bi-weekly Gamer by Adam Boyle the mild-mannered Singer, each world by going into what she calls driven, by a unique loneliness, to her “inside room,” the place in A legendary competition seek his friendship and share their her mind where she can be alone Carson McCullers must-read: troubles with him. with her aspirations and her secret The Heart is a Lonely Hunter The video game League of teams were knocked out. Europe Pushed to the outside of society, dreams. (Public Library: Esquimalt Legends (LoL), recently wrapped and Korea performed superbly and they all deal with isolation differ- The book is as much about the Branch, paperback fiction) up its yearly World Championship got all but KT Rolster—one of the in Berlin. The event was at the highly rated Korean teams—out The Functional Traveller Mercedes-Benz arena, filled with and into Brussels for the semi-finals. by Sera Down a sold-out crowd of 30,000 pas- Both semi-final matches were 3–0 sionate fans. sweeps, with SKTelecom facing off An important anecdote for my peers abroad LoL is a game where two teams against rookie European team of five players face off against each Origen and Koreas third-seed team Ever since leaving Canada I’ve temperatures rarely dipping below in power since I was 11 years old. other in a battle to destroy the other KOO Tigers dismantling European felt an ache in my chest, pleading -2 C, at worst. The party’s policy creating a second team’s base. powerhouse team Fnatic. to be soothed by a balm of maple I am the single example of Can- class of citizen based on alternate The Season 5 World Champion- After a long battle to the grand syrup and pancake mix and a gauze ada among my acquaintances here citizenship has weighed heavily ship has been ongoing since the finals, SKTelecom faced off against of back bacon. Though I rarely in Japan. Am I qualified to be an on me through my formative years. start of October and consists of rival Korean team KOO Tigers in consume these things at home, my ambassador for my country? If I felt I’ve always been cautious in calling the top teams from North America, Germany. The first game was in- cravings seem to be a symptom of conflicted about my status before, myself “Canadian,” as by law I do Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and China, credibly one-sided for SKTelecom cultural identity. how do I own this title? not qualify. as well as two wildcard teams, paiN after some great decision-making Being a first-generation Being temporarily divorced The recent election, coinciding Gaming from Brazil and the Bang- and team plays. Game two was Canadian daughter of an Eng- from Canadian culture has made with my travels, has ignited a raw kok Titans from Thailand. much more even between the two lish immigrant father and South me realize a unique truth about be- sense of nationalism within me. The Starting off with a round-robin squads until a poor decision by African mother, I’ve chronically ing Canadian: I’m part of a cultural change in government has provided group stage, which took place in KOO cost them the game. Game struggled with the concept of being quilt that thrives off the traits our a unfamiliar sense of hope and pride Paris, France, the 16 teams faced three, however, went to KOO after “Canadian.” cultural heritage contributes to the for a country I have watched teeter off for the top two seeds from their an atrocious early-game team fight My upbringing is a patchwork of constantly expanding whole. My on the brink of militarization and respective groups. Emerging out by SKT led to a snowballed lead. Danish traditions, English diction, lack of what I consider “Canadian” classicism in the recent decade. of the group stage, all three Korean The final game was once again and family lore of taming elephants within myself is exactly what makes The politics is a whole other discus- teams came out looking strong, one sided for SKTelecom, with and snake pits. I’ve always hated me, the daughter of immigrants, sion, but it remains true that this with fan favourites SKTelecom T1 KOO picking up just a single kill skating; I’d rather be steamrolled a true citizen of the Great White political shift has opened a hidden going undefeated. Along with them, in the whole game. Star player Lee by a Zamboni than watch hockey; North. door that many first generation two European teams and the two “Faker” Sang-hyeok picked up his Canada Day is an excuse to stay This sudden surge of national- Canadians of my generation have Taiwanese squads passed on to the second world championship title away from downtown. I don’t say ism has become especially apparent been denied. Our foreign heritage knockout stage. and hoisted the Summoners Cup “eh” and my home city is basic- since the recent elections. Stephen enriches, not dilutes, the definition Moving on to London for the along with his team to the roars of ally the California of Canada, with Harper’s Conservatives have been of “Canadian.” quarter-finals, both Taiwanese support from the crowd.

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