Camosun College Student Society Campaign Encourages Students to Raise Their Voices and Vote

check out the new nexusnewspaper.com! september 11, 2019 issue 2 | volume 30 nexusnewspaper.com Parking at Camosun: camosun’s student voice since 1990 Is it getting better or worse? page 6 Camosun welcomes new vice president of student experience Camosun student chases Black Mountain return to rock page 3 boxing dreams YYJ once again page 4 page 8 politics Camosun College Student Society campaign encourages students to raise their voices and vote

GREG PRATT/NEXUS A banner for the Get Out the Vote campaign hangs on the walkway between Ewing and Fisher on the Lansdowne campus; the campaign encourages students to vote.

for example. We try and find out things won’t change. I think it’s real- “I really think it’s so important “It is easier now than ever for students to vote, what they are wanting to know.” ly important that everyone exercises for students to get out and vote, Umulisa says that the campaign their right to vote.” because everyone fought for the so we don’t see why we shouldn’t be out there is completely non-partisan, and First-year Business student Reid right to be able to vote, and that’s encouraging them to vote, because that is what says that the CCSS is hosting a Taylor says it’s important to vote. overlooked a lot,” says Pepper. “I candidate’s forum on Wednesday, “I think 100 percent it’s im- think that the government does counts.” October 2. portant for students to vote in the have a lot to do with our post-sec- FILLETTE UMULISA “For students that are inter- election,” says Taylor. ondary schooling, and it affects us. CAMOSUN COLLEGE STUDENT SOCIETY ested, there will be people that are First year Arts and Science stu- I think that students need to learn running that you can meet and talk dent Bailey Pepper thinks that it’s everything they can about it, and to,” she says, “but we are not point- crucial for students to vote. participate.” ing any students in any direction, or canvassing for any political party.” EMILY WELCH The average overall voter turn- eyed on campus STAFF WRITER Umulisa believes that students need out in federal elections has remained The Camosun College Student to see how important their vote is. below 70 percent since 1993, ac- Society (CCSS) and the Canadian “I think the whole purpose of cording to the Canadian Library Alliance of Student Associations this campaign is to mobilize stu- of Parliament; however, the youth (CASA) are working together to dents to get out and vote, because vote has continued to climb. In the launch the Get Out the Vote cam- CASA and the [Camosun College] last federal election, in 2015, the paign, which encourages students Student Society feel that democracy youth turnout was 57.1 percent, to vote in the upcoming federal elec- is important and if students actual- an 18-percent increase from 2011. tion. The campaign was launched at ly vote, they can help shape the Third-year Marketing student Camosun on Tuesday, September 3 future,” she says. “It is also easier Jodi Shambrook believes that voting and runs until October 21, which is now than ever for students to vote, is the only way to voice concerns federal election day. so we don’t see why we shouldn’t about the government’s deci- The CCSS and CASA are direct- be out there encouraging them to sion-making process. ing their efforts wherever needed to vote, because that is what counts.” “I definitely think it’s import- encourage students to vote. This can Umulisa is enthusiastic about ant,” says Shambrook, “especially be on social media, through canvas- the campaign and hopes that it will when you have people who don’t sing, by mailing out flyers, or by go- speak to students and show them vote and who then complain about ing out and talking to people face to that their opinion is important. who gets in or the decisions that face, for example, on campus. This “We will be doing a lot of mo- have been made.” fall, CASA and the CCSS (and other bilization, so we’ll table, we’ll host Shambrook says that being student associations across Canada) events, we’ll go to classes to talk to politically active is a sure way to be GREG PRATT/NEXUS have created the non-partisan Get students,” she says. “We are going heard as a student. Last issue, we ran a feature story about the college’s recycling initiatives. Out the Vote campaign to help to be on campus getting students to “I don’t really believe that you On August 27, we opened up a dumpster marked as “garbage” on the Lans- motivate post-secondary students to pledge to vote, giving them informa- have the right to complain if you downe campus to find it containing no shortage of recyclable styrofoam, get involved in the political process. tion about where to vote, directing aren’t active,” says Shambrook, plastic, and paper. This wasn’t necessarily the college, but whoever it was CCSS external executive Fillette them to sites like Elections Canada, “and if you don’t put in your vote, on campus could stand to be a bit more sustainable. 2 VIEWS September 11, 2019 nexusnewspaper.com NEWS 3

student editor’s letter open space college No parking from midnight onwards Late-night bus service long overdue Camosun’s new VP of student experience says campus life is all connected camosun’s student voice since 1990 I’m like everyone else: parking is the bane of my existence. Side roads LINDA OSTROM tended late-night service? Langford Next publication: September 25, 2019 are too crowded, downtown is too expensive, and Camosun parking lots CONTRIBUTING WRITER is almost as far away as Sidney is. sometimes it’s a matter of finding Deadline: 9 am Monday September are a combination of both. 16, 2019 I can’t believe that BC Transit The decision to wait to add late- “It breaks my heart if a student can’t stay in them. But paying for parking is a societal tax, and it’s one of the reasons thinks that adding late-night bus night service to the Sidney area is a college because they don’t have the money, and “It’s just a matter of talking Address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, why I choose not to drive whenever possible. And I’m not alone in that. service is a good idea. I think it’s a disservice to those who live or work to people and figuring out where V8P 5J2 I’ve spoken to numerous students who feel the same way, and some are we couldn’t figure out how to get the money; waste of taxpayers’ money. Who’s there. However, at least for now support needs to be to get those Location: Lansdowne Richmond House 201 downright fuming when I mention parking on campus. taking a bus as late as 2:45 am? they are starting to fill in the hole that breaks my heart a little bit because there’s solutions in place,” she says. Phone: 250-370-3591 At its roots, the issue of parking increases as our population grows. Why add this service to the schedule in the road. My hope is that those As far as the position influencing Email: [email protected] It’s a covert issue in the sense that the changes aren’t noticeable day to such a social benefit of education.” when there’s never been a demand who live and work on the routes that students in day-to-day life, Cum- Website: nexusnewspaper.com day, week to week, or even month to month. But as each year goes by, before? What person is taking a have the new extended schedule will HEATHER CUMMINGS mings says that it’s hard to identify Publisher: Nexus Publishing Society more people crowd the streets, and more cars cram their way into the bus that late anyway? Students appreciate what they have. CAMOSUN COLLEGE specifics because student experi- parking spots. and those who don’t own a car? When I read that transit was ence changes on a student-to-stu- NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY I’ve also seen parking as the cutthroat industry it is: friends getting There’s always a taxi to hire, or they going to add weekend late-night dent basis. Cummings says that STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS their tires locked to the concrete and people having their vehicles towed can walk if they don’t have enough service as late as 2:45 am, I was Camosun has an extremely diverse President - Jayden Grieve when the tow truck driver clearly could have just moved the hunk of metal Vice-President - Katy Weicker money to pay a cabbie. skeptically optimistic. My first ADAM MARSH despite the organizational structure student population and that she on rubber seven feet to the perimeter of the no-parking zone. STUDENT EDITOR Treasurer/Secretary - Just kidding: myself and other thought was that it must be some that separates the two, student ex- wants to focus on what each indi- But parking doesn’t work like that. These companies can’t just move Kate Wood transit users have stressed the need sort of joke and the bus passengers Mental health, supporting perience and academic experience vidual needs. people’s cars to wherever (even though it sometimes feels, in that moment Director-at-Large - Nate Downe for late-night bus service over the are the butt of it. victims of sexual violence, and “really have to work together,” says “It’s a matter of having a flexible of panic when you can’t find your car, as if they’ve done just that). If they Director-at-Large - Adam Marsh years, only to have our voices land Nevertheless, I was pleasantly post-secondary affordability aren’t Cummings. learning environment where every could, then this parking business would really be in the crapper. Director-at-Large - Tiegan on deaf ears. surprised while previewing the just issues on Camosun students’ “What happens in the class- student sees themselves in the halls Suddaby A big question for the construction going on at Interurban is this: When BC Transit announced upcoming transit schedule to see minds—they’re all areas that new room translates into what happens and the walls and knows that this is MANAGING EDITOR where is everybody going to park? The college is installing a meagre 235 that service in the Victoria area will that the new schedule will not only Camosun vice president of student in the rest of the institution and vice their place and that there’s some- Greg Pratt new spots at Interurban as part of the new Alex & Jo Campbell Centre be extended an hour later, my first extend for over an hour past 11:01 experience Heather Cummings versa,” says Cummings. “If stu- thing there to help them,” she says. STUDENT EDITOR for Health and Wellness; that’s barely a dent in the side of a massive, thought was that transit riders can pm but also run every half hour to plans on focusing on in her job. dents aren’t getting supported, not But part of the reality Cummings Adam Marsh squeaking, rattling machine. However, to be fair, there’s only so much stay out to midnight before turning 2:45 am on Friday and Saturday “Those are three hot buttons receiving mental health support... is facing is that “we won’t have all STAFF WRITER that Camosun can do. See our feature story on page 6 to read more about Emily Welch into pumpkins. However, it is a nights. that I can’t imagine not being re- They’re working three jobs because the answers, and we won’t have the parking situation at the college. FEATURES WRITER CBC article from August 22 that Don’t get me wrong—I am sponsive to,” she says. “It breaks they don’t want student loans, or everything,” she says. One thing’s for sure: unless you live up island and commute every Tiegan Suddaby leaves me scratching my head when still skeptical. Is this a permanent my heart if a student can’t stay in they didn’t qualify, that’s going to “We can help direct students to day, you have a choice to take public transit. Hell, waiting for the bus is PROOFREADING BC Transit chair Susan Brice says addition to the schedule, or will it college because they don’t have the impact the learning experience. those community partners that may sometimes even peaceful: you get to sit still for a few minutes and watch ADAM MARSH/NEXUS Juliana Cooper that “late-night service has been end when classes are not in session? money, and we couldn’t figure out And our faculty are going to have have the support that we ourselves everyone else scramble by, sweat beading on their furrowed brows as they Camosun vice president of student experience Heather Cummings. ADVERTISING SALES well-received, but it needed to be Although I am all for the Friday how to get the money; that breaks to be the ones that try and figure don’t have,” she says. “I see a lot of Greg Pratt start worrying about parking before they’ve even hit campus. extended in order to meet the needs and Saturday extended service BC my heart a little bit because there’s that out. I think we’ve got to create attention on community relation- vices for this population versus inclusivity. I also think we need to 250‑370-3593 Adam Marsh, student editor of patrons and people working in Transit has put on select routes, such a social benefit of education.” that common language between the ships, and getting to know what our designated services for this popu- be extremely flexible in the way we FREE Media (national) [email protected] the downtown area.” According to I am waiting for the proverbial Creating the ideal student ex- areas where we’re talking about the students are looking for.” lation,” she says. deliver services, and it’s about the [email protected] perience through student retention same things and we have the same When it comes to dealing with Even though there is special relationship between the staff. My 780-421-1000 the current transit schedule, the last axe to drop, where it’s announced flashback bus to Langford on a Friday leaves that late-night bus service will be and making sure students feel like goals.” a diverse student population, Cum- attention paid to certain demo- thought is, if the people who are sup- NEXUS IS A MEMBER OF they’re prepared for their future Cummings started at Camosun mings says that it’s key to approach graphics like Indigenous learners porting students love what they’re CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS 25 Years Ago in Nexus downtown at 11:01 pm. When did discontinued because of the lack because of their experience at Camo- on August 19, taking over from it from a principle of inclusivity so and international students, Cum- doing, feel like they’re making a CONTRIBUTORS the British Columbia Colleges Ath- BC Transit decide that late-night of ridership. Fred Cameron service was needed? Because most Will we learn one night that this sun is key, says Cummings. Student Joan Yates. She says that many of that any student can find the things mings says, they still have similar contribution, students are going to Bo Essery letic Association. The Chargers are of us who take transit know there’s late-night service was a fantasy? If I experience also goes hand in hand the solutions to problems students they need to succeed. needs to other students. feel that,” she says. “Happy staff, Lia Glidden still around today—they now have with academic experience, she says; may face are already on campus, but “It shouldn’t be designated ser- “It’s keeping that principle of happy students.” Jayden Grieve golfers, too—and you know the been this pothole in the middle of sound pessimistic, I am. As a transit Katie Mondey British Columbia Colleges Athletic the road progressively growing, rider, I’ve been waiting for years for Mark Nguyen waiting for something to be done. late-night bus service. So is this a Linda Ostrom Association as the Pacific Western Athletic Association, or PACWEST, Where has BC Transit been hiding tease playing to our desperate need NEWS BRIEFS which the Chargers are still mem- all this time? to accept this good news as gold? Or GREG PRATT bers of today. Or, you know now. Also, why are those who live and will we wake up only to find an old MANAGING EDITOR Aw, baby Netflix: I often tell work in Sidney and on the Saanich man behind a curtain pretending to Peninsula not included in this ex- be a wizard? Camosun students get Commons. There will be free snacks. about/transportation-parking for Camosun offering free CRD looking for artists Composting conundrums: people about how I remember when Current college policies are available the full updated Camosun Express The City of Victoria is on the The story “Composting to begin Netflix wasn’t an app—it was a box Something on your mind? If you’re a Camosun student, send Open chance to influence at camosun.ca. schedule. menstrual products at Camosun” in our September in a grocery store that would spit out Space submissions (up to 500 words) to [email protected]. college policy As part of a pilot project running hunt for emerging and established Camosun Express bus Camosun now offering artists who are interested in being 19, 1994 issue talked about how DVDs you would have to return to Include your student number. Thanks! Camosun College wants to hear until March 2020, Camosun is offer- the college had started using a the box at a later date. I’ve literally expanding to West free bike storage ing free organic menstrual products considered for Victoria’s new Mural letters from students and staff regarding and Community Art Roster in 2020. composting system for cafeteria had people not believe me when policy-making decisions, and has Shore and Royal Oak For students and staff who bike in the men’s and women’s bath- waste. All well and good, but you I’ve spun this fascinating “back in Fee frustration rooms on the first floor of the Lans- Once chosen, the artists will be put organized events to do so. The As of the fall 2019 semester, the to campus, the college’s shared in contact with local businesses know how often I, here in 2019, the day” story, but I swear it’s true. We as international students are already paying high tuition fees downe library as of the first week events—called Policy Palooza— Camosun Express bus will commute bike-storage cages are now avail- that are looking to build or expand pull recyclables and compostable Here’s a funny technological blip in (“International students’ health-care fees to double,” August 28, 2019). of September. The products and take place at both Lansdowne once daily to and from the West able for use for free. Contact the their collections of murals. The items out of garbages on campus? the radar that I had forgotten about: This is going to add more burden on our finances, given that we can only and Interurban campuses. The bookstore at 250-370-3080 to re- dispensers were paid for through All editorial content appearing in Nexus is property of the Shore. The West Shore service is application deadline for the position Nexus Publishing Society. Stories, photographs, and artwork The college has always been good when local CD shop Boomtown first work 20 hours a week. They have increased our expenses, how will they Interurban event is happening on serve your space; spaces are given a $5,000 Camosun Innovation and contained herein cannot be reproduced without written permis- only to and from the Interurban is Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30 sion of the Nexus Publishing Society. The views and opinions at putting the first foot forward with opened up, before it became a go-to increase our incomes? 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“I was a soccer player, because I was always an grass after my Toro, I dove into this thing that stuck with me the most off their throne for popularity by crisp stout, which packs a perky, was just how fruity it is. this time next year. This beer packs a athlete. I was a very good soccer player. But I carbonated punch and had tons Over to locals Swans next; I punch, and is very flavourful. Their was a terrible teammate. I will admit that.” of flavour and a full body. Would thought their Scottish Heavy would description includes coriander and definitely drink this one again. be huge like a Scotch Ale or Wee salt; mine just includes staring BRYAN COLWELL Next up it was back to a British Heavy, but it was a surprisingly blankly at my beer fest companion CAMOSUN STUDENT Columbia brewery, with Old Abbey light experience. At 3.4% ABV, as we try to figure out if we honestly Ales’ Don’t Be Scared. The Don’t this one goes down like a smooth, taste salt or if it’s just because any Be Scared is an Arnold Palmer-style light brown ale, with a roasted taste time anyone talks about a gose all lager, but, look, I’m half-cocked by and caramel notes. Although the they really can say is “there’s salt in this point, I don’t know what that means, I don’t pretend to know what that means, I just drink, and this one goes refreshing, light, and easy. Definitely a smooth hot-sum- mer-day drink, and the lemon juice and orange pekoe tea flavours don’t ALL PHOTOS BY GREG PRATT/NEXUS even bother me too much as it’s so Three surprisingly in-focus scenes from the Great Canadian Beer Festival. well done. GREG PRATT Whistle Buoy, were up next. They’ve With this, the media tour was MANAGING EDITOR got a name no one is fully confi- done and Nexus was free to race There’s not much we won’t do dent saying out loud, a cool Market around the Royal Athletic Park to

LEE MILLIKEN for you, our faithful readers. We Square location, and a surprisingly check out beer from brewers from Second-year Camosun Business student Bryan Colwell is chasing his boxing dreams. work around the clock when we hoppy Coastality West Coast Pale all across Canada (with over 100 need to, we file Freedom of Informa- Ale that has so much taste going on different breweries and cideries EMILY WELCH Gloves and Oregon State Golden your own teammate. Everything is “I want to open up my own gym games especially, because there tion requests, we sprout early grey you almost wouldn’t believe they’ve from across Canada, it’s The Great thin body doesn’t quite match the it.” No idea, but, yeah, there’s salt STAFF WRITER Gloves in 2016. what you put into it—there is no eventually; I want my own brand was so much media coverage. All hairs doing stressful interviews, only been in operation since June 26 Canadian Beer Fest’s widest range flavours, I wouldn’t mind spending in it, and I think I liked it. Their IPA Most of us haven’t figured our- “I’ve got 40 national fights in, other factors you can blame.” and my own company. That’s why you had to do was flip on your TV. and, sometimes, we drink a lot of of this year. Good things are ahead of breweries yet). a bit more time with this one to get goes down super easy, and is alarm- selves out yet. Most of us have an and it’s been pretty good,” says Colwell realizes that boxing I’m going to business school,” he That was the most family messages beer. For you, faithful readers, of for Whistle Buoy. The amount of BC breweries to know it more, as I suspect we’d ingly not bitter—which I like—and idea in mind about some dream or Colwell. “I’ve been blessed with a isn’t a forever sport but says that says. “The first year of business I have ever gotten. I knew everyone course. We then moved on to Vancou- out there is staggering, so, here, get along just fine. thin-bodied. another that we would like to fulfill, lot of support on the island.” his boxing is just the beginning of school isn’t really anything special; across the country was watching, Usually we spread out our re- ver’s 33 Brewing Experiment, a let’s visit another one: Mount Ar- Swans’ Guilty Pleasure Rasp- Kwantlen Polytechnic Univer- and most of us kind of wing it every Colwell was originally a soccer his ring-related work. it’s really all about groundwork, because everyone sent me a message view of The Great Canadian Beer cool company with a cool aesthetic. rowsmith Brewing Company. Their berry Blonde is light on the blonde sity’s Brew Lab looks interesting, so day in hopes that someday we might player and started boxing as a way “Next year I will be 30 years old, and I’m still only halfway through about it.” Fest over two days, but this year Hazy drinks are popular right now, Wildberry Kettle Sour is indeed and huge on the raspberry and we stagger over to their booth and I get a chance to do chase the dream. to get in shape. and that is pretty old for boxing,” my second year. But I’m still able Colwell says that he is looking we had to do all the drinking in so I wanted to try their Hazy Pilsner sour, and more or less cemented my good god that’s one carbonated grab a KPU Schwarzbier because I Bryan Colwell has taken a few “I was a soccer player, because says Colwell. “It’s just the way it to use a lot of what I’ve learned forward to his future, whatever it one day. Were we going to let that to make sure I got some haze in my belief that sours aren’t really good if fruit punch juice box. I’ve had a lot honestly have no idea what that is. I steps beyond just hoping. Colwell I was always an athlete. I was a is. So, the question is, do I chase at Camosun; a lot of it translated may hold. interfere with our goal of giving you beer fest experience this year. You’d you’re looking for beer, but if you’re of beer by this point and actually like it: it’s a dark, nutty ale that’s not is a second-year Camosun Business very good soccer player. But I was another Olympic dream—do I immediately.” “It’s been a successful run, and our thoughts on as many beers as think the haziness would battle the looking for, say, a juice box with a thought this was a sour but that’s too thick and is very drinkable. It’s student who has realized his dreams a terrible teammate. I will admit get two medals? Or do I turn pro? Colwell’s family has also been that’s why I know I want to box humanly possible? Of course not. Pils’ traditional crispness, but 33 teeny bit more kick, sure, have a just the fruit talking. Can we all just easy drinking but with just enough and is living them. that. I demand perfection from Whether amateur or pro, there’s able to enjoy his success and has until I’m 40,” says Colwell. “Maybe It just meant it was time to take a manage to make the two sensations sour. This one has a good balance agree to keep fruit away from beer going on to keep it interesting. I’d Colwell started boxing profes- myself, and I demanded it from ways to monetize with sponsorships been able to let him know that he Olympics, maybe pro career, but deep breath and... drink. Lots. I do work together nicely for a refreshing between the sourness and the fruiti- once and for all please and thanks? drink it again, even if by this point sionally in 2013, and is now the my teammates as well. When my and things. I already coach boxing is supported when he’s pursuing what I would really like is to have what I have to do. and balanced drink that has more ness, and by “good balance” I mean Strange Fellows Brewing’s Jon- in the night I was having a hard time two-time Canadian champion in his teammates didn’t perform with on the side, and that can always his dreams. my own gym, my own brand. I very The day started early with the bite to it than the average Pils does. both are cranked to 10. gleur Belgian Wit is dry and easy drinking anything. weight class, 91 kilograms. He won perfection—what I thought was supplement my income a little bit.” “My younger sister and even much want to create and become media tour of the grounds, which Thumbs up. There was one beer I knew I had drinking, tasty with its spicy notes, Beau’s Brewing Co. brought the 91 kg gold in the 2019 Copa In- perfection—then I was such a... I Colwell says that this is where my grandma will all call around to my own brand... All the stuff I have is when the beer started flowing. Then we moved on to Nova to try this year: Victoria brewers Twa its main problem being that I drunk their Lug Tread organic lagered ale dependencia, an annual Dominican was a terrible teammate,” Colwell his education at Camosun will come make sure everyone is watching learned in my Business degree, I First up was Saskatchewan brew- Scotia’s Tatamagouche Brewing Dogs’ Friday cask, the ominously it so late in the night that both my from Ontario, so, yeah, I was going tournament, as well the BC Golden laughs. “Now, with boxing, you’re in handy. me,” says Colwell. “The Pan Am am just trying to put it into place.” ery Nokomis Craft Ales with their Company, who had the best beer I named CCM-SOS (from the fest tasting notes and memory are foggy. to try it because I’m pretty sure I’ve guide: “WARNING! This is not But here’s something that cuts never had a lagered ale before. I got for normal human consumption.”). through the haze: Strange Fellows’ one sip in and my stomach informed know your profs Twa Dogs took their Chili Choc- Reynard Oud Bruin. This sour me it was time to stop. But I was olate Milk Stout and added a ton brown ale makes me think maybe, trying to figure out this lagered Camosun instructor Jody Watson on being humbled by technology of extra chilies to it and oh my god just maybe, sours are a style of beer ale; my colleague explained to me EMILY WELCH bring fresh ideas and perspectives ing and humbling was lecturing is this ever an experience. It starts worth pursuing (ah, no, scratch what exactly that means and I was STAFF WRITER to our program. students about having their phones sweet and has a fairly thin body, that, but, still). My notes indicate enthralled; I took more sips but I Know Your Profs is an ongoing turned off during class while a with molasses on the nose and a it has a “crazy smell,” which I re- no longer had the ability to tell if series of profiles on the instructors 3. What’s one thing you wish phone was ringing, only to discover caramel-tinged sweet stout taste. call being a sort of paint-thinner/ this is good beer or not. Their Full at Camosun College. Every issue your students knew about you? it was my phone. It’s pretty amazing... and then the turpentine situation, and a taste Time IPA goes down the same way, we ask a different instructor at I was a student too for a long chilies hit. Talk about an aftertaste; that is quite reminiscent of the fan- this big IPA (6.7%) making some Camosun the same 10 questions time—it took me forever to get my 7. What do you see in the future this is just this side of atrocious, tastic Thor’s Hammer barley wine kind of impact but it was mainly in an attempt to get to know them schooling done. I get that it can be of post-secondary education? and is instead pretty incredible. from Surrey’s Central City Brewers just reminding me that I can’t drink a little better. a challenging road. I found school More hands-on learning. Many Although not a beer I could drink a (which also has turpentine on the anymore, not tonight. Sorry, Beau’s Do you have an instructor that extremely difficult, but I am very students learn best through talking lot of, in small doses this is fantastic, nose, which, of course, sounds ab- Brewing. Catch ya next time. you want to see interviewed in the grateful that I stuck it out even when through ideas, experimenting, and and really exemplifies what events surd, but it tastes incredible). This And with that, I stumbled off paper? Maybe you want to know I wanted to quit. That difficult road challenging their own ways of think- like this are all about. I marvelled at one is smoky, carbonated, and, sure, into the good night, mind racing more about one of your teachers, led me here. ing, and through doing. Haskap Sour. It was the first of tried at the fest this year: the mas- this complex, well-crafted beer with sour, but more like a complex, deep at the possibilities still waiting, but you’re too busy, or shy, to ask? many sours I checked out in an sive 11.2% Toro. A Belgian quad every taste, as it has three distinct red wine that’s gone funky. There’s a so many beers yet to be drunk, so Email editor@nexusnewspaper. 4. What’s one thing you wish they 8. What do you do to relax on attempt to understand the sour aged in bourbon barrels with an stages to every single sip. Great lot going on here, probably because many flavours yet to be enjoyed. The com and we’ll add your instructor didn’t know about you? the weekends? trend. Best I can figure is this is for incredible amount of complexity work, Twa Dogs. it’s a sour brown ale as opposed to Great Canadian Beer Fest has a bit to our list of teachers to talk to. I still find public speaking diffi- Hang out with my family and people who don’t like beer but want and flavours, this one starts with a I mean, unfortunately, it also a sour juice box like most sours, of everything, and it will next year as This issue we talked to Mental cult. Actually, maybe that is a good friends. I lake or ocean swim most to figure out a way to like beer, but, bit of light before going dark, warm, kinda torched my palate and maybe and while I’m more likely to go for well, when we will return and we will Heath and Addictions instructor thing for students to know. It’s good Saturday mornings (in a full wet- still, the Haskap Sour is well done and huge. Some mocha and caramel made my stomach a bit rumbly, a barley wine than this, if I ever had savour the big, bold brews that these Jody Watson about public speaking, to push ourselves out of our comfort suit—I’m a cold wimp). I do lots and one of the better sours as its notes mingle perfectly with the but, totally worth it. So Gladstone a gun to my head and was forced to craft brewers from all across Canada cell phones, and the importance of zones, I think. of camping and hiking with my tart, grapey flavour (from the Sas- oak aftertaste here, the Toro being Brewing Company’s Belgian Single drink a sour again, this would be the will bring back to the Royal Athletic challenging our comfort zones. family and also love to cook when I katchewan-grown Haskap berries) more sessionable than a beer of this kinda suffered from being up next; one. Good work, Strange Fellows. Park for another frothy round of 5. What’s the best thing that’s have the time. gives this one a red wine flavour ABV should be, this one absolutely this dry, aromatic pale golden ale My stomach at this point is not sudsy fun, hopefully leaning more 1. What do you teach and how happened to you as a teacher here? and aftertaste. I’m still not sold on showing why events like the Great didn’t really stand a chance at mak- saying “Good work, Greg,” It’s dark than sour. Next year could well long have you been at Camosun? I don’t have one stand-out mo- 9. What’s your favourite meal? sours, but this is decent enough for Canadian Beer Fest are so great, ing an impression on me after being saying “Seriously, dude?” There’s be the year of the gose, but we’ll be I teach in the Mental Health ment. But I can honestly say I love Not much has changed since I a few sips. bringing beers like this one (which annihilated by the chilies, although been a lot of big, varying flavours off finding the big bangers, roasted and Addictions Program and in the my job, and the best part of my was in college—it’s still pizza. Also from Saskatchewan, 9 Mile is all organic, no less) from across I could tell it was well done. tossed down in there and they’re malt for miles, 11% barley wines, Interprofessional Mental Health job is building relationships with Legacy Brewing were at beer fest, Canada to tantalize our taste buds Powell River’s Townsite Brew- not really playing together nicely, and beasts like the Toro and Twa and Addictions program. students. 10. What’s your biggest pet pouring their 9 Mile Ale. This is a for a weekend. Extremely well done. ing was next on my hit list, and their but all in the name of journalistic Dogs’ outrageous spicy cask, two peeve? dry English pale ale that’s very well Another organic Nova Scotia Up the Lake Sour Mash ISA sound- excellence I plowed forth, heading beers that won’t soon be forgotten 2. What do you personally get 6. What’s the worst thing that’s People scrolling on their balanced and low on hoppiness; 9 brewery, Big Spruce Brewing, was ed interesting enough, and it was over to Les Trois Mousquetaires and that all local beer lovers should out of teaching? happened to you as a teacher here? phones… I don’t get it. I think Mile nailed it with this very drink- offering up their Cereal Killer Oat- interesting in that it was really not Microbrasseurs, where I went for thank the organizers of the fest I am constantly learning and I don’t know about the worst, people miss out a lot on life with ADAM MARSH/NEXUS able drink. meal Stout, and who am I to say no that hoppy. It’s fruity and slightly their Gose, because that’s the style for bringing to town on this great growing from my students. They but certainly the most embarrass- distractions. Camosun College Mental Health and Addictions instructor Jody Watson. Victoria’s newest brewery, to that? Picking myself up off the sour and mildly hoppy, but the one that seems situated to knock sours weekend. 6 September 11, 2019 FEATURE nexusnewspaper.com 7 Parking pressures Story and illustration by Tiegan Suddaby, features writer Camosun has built a new parking lot at Interurban, but is it enough?

ith Camosun opening the doors to the new easy cycle commute, or having a realistic walk within 20 minutes or less. So Alex & Jo Campbell Centre for Health and I feel very positive and optimistic about the Park and Ride program. We’ve WWellness at the Interurban campus this month, already had a significant number of students register and we haven’t even there is excitement brewing for everyone. The building has really started marketing that program yet.” a sleek design and room for more intensive and specialized Umulisa says that the Park and Ride program is going to benefit those classrooms and, of course, a lot of students. This means who can use it. that Interurban, which has long been the source of parking “I think pretty much everybody knows this, but “I think that is going to help,” she says. “It’s good that we have parking concerns for students, is going to need more parking. Interurban has had parking challenges before, somewhere that’s not on campus. It can go halfway and park at Tillicum, but When the designs for the new building were first created when the building was built. And I don’t think then again, it would be more convenient if that parking space was available in 2017, the plans included a new parking lot with, according on campus. It’s still good.” to the original website, 195 parking spaces. The end number the 200 spots that we’re adding as part of the For students who don’t benefit from off-campus parking, Bremner sug- is actually 233 (plus two accessibility stalls and one elder construction will meet the needs of the staff, gests using the Camosun Express shuttle bus, which drives from Lansdowne stall), a welcome increase. (The total number of parking to Interurban on a recently updated schedule including stops in Royal Oak spaces at Interurban before the new parking lot was 1149, faculty, and students who have been going to and the West Shore. not including short-term, PISE, loading spaces, motorcycle, Interurban.” “The Express improvements on the schedule we had this year was a direct or elder spaces; that number is now 1384.) Parking is always result from our research for the new Transportation Demand Management FILLETTE UMULISA a problem at Interurban, so the additional spaces should be CAMOSUN COLLEGE STUDENT SOCIETY Plan that the college has. It’s a five-year plan with the primary goal of pro- a cause for celebration. However, parking is parking, and viding convenient, environmentally responsible, and affordable access to with new students attending classes at this new building, both of our campuses, and a key aspect of that plan and that research was traffic is going to get even more congested than it has been looking at how we can improve the Express,” she says. “I’m really excited in previous years. about the West Shore commuter service that we’re bringing online. Roughly But Camosun can only do so much. Saanich council has 25 percent of our students come from the West Shore, and this provides a a say in how many parking spaces the college can put in. But very efficient way for them to get to and from campus at the beginning and good news for students: the college managed to work with “I take the bus in the morning,” she says. “It’s about 30 minutes to bus end of the day.” Saanich to get more parking spots than initially proposed. there from where I park. I would rather drive, but the parking is too expen- Umulisa believes that the best solution is to see how the parking lot Camosun manager of transportation and parking Maria sive and the parking lot fills up really early in the morning and there aren’t affects students first-hand. Bremner says that the college feels the new parking spaces enough spots left.” “I was talking to my colleagues, and we are really hoping that the college will be enough to accommodate students. Some Interurban students have no complaints about parking, because will be monitoring the parking situation during the first week, because that’s “Any time you come up with an estimate, it’s an estimate they don’t drive, like first-year Arts and Science student Thorben Stau, going to be a critical part of this whole thing,” says Umulisa. “Everybody’s based on existing travel habits and patterns,” says Bremner. who has more trouble with the commute to Landowne than the commute new and trying to get to this campus. And if there are any concerns, I feel “We do feel it will be adequate, but, that said, the nuances of to Interurban. like they should remediate and look for solutions. Students do not have a people’s transportation decisions within the program area “The problem is, my homestay is 50 minutes away from the Lansdowne choice but to drive to Interurban sometimes, especially when they have that’s migrating to Interurban, diving into that as sort of a campus, so it’s pretty far away because three of the classes are Lansdowne,” early-morning classes. Buses run about every 20 minutes, and that really demographic, it remains to be seen. We know that at any says Stau. “That’s the only problem, but overall, it’s good.” does not help at all.” given time on campus, there will be about 600 new people, Bremner says that it’s important to approach transportation problems However, Camosun has heard and responded to these critiques of the students and staff.” by thinking holistically. buses. Bremner knows that driving isn’t the only means of trans- “There’s not a silver bullet to transportation and parking problems,” she “Scheduling improvements, like having the [Camosun Express] bus portation, saying that a “significant majority” of Camosun says. “Whenever I look at transportation, it’s not just a matter of a number of arrive earlier in the day [to] allow a bit more flexible time before class start- students take transit and other ways to get to campus. cars on the road or in our parking lot, but it’s a result of other socio-economic ed for both staff and students, was one of the recommendations we heard, “So, yes, overall, we feel optimistic and reasonably and regional aspects that are as well as more continuous service throughout confident that it’s going to be adequate, although there will going on, such as what’s the the week, so we enhanced our Friday schedule,” definitely be, without a doubt, parking pressures,” she says. most affordable place to live, says Bremner. “We extended the hours that it “There is existing parking pressures before the new building and students have to consid- “So, yes, overall, we feel optimistic and operates, having a later departure time as well came online, and we don’t anticipate seeing a significant er, ‘Do I have to get to work or reasonably confident that it’s going to be for people, and also, on the campus-to-campus reduction in parking demand this school year.” pick up my kids after class?’ shuttle, added a stop for the Royal Oak exchange, Do people feel like they live adequate, although there will definitely be, which helps to diversify commuting options for nterurban has always been a challenge to deal with. in a safe and walkable com- without a doubt, parking pressures. There is people, so whether they’re choosing the Park and There’s its location, and there’s its limited parking munity? How comfortable existing parking pressures before the new Ride program that’s available at the Royal Oak Ispaces, which are always an issue when students are and familiar are they using area, or whether they’re using the BC [Transit] struggling for a spot. However, the college has added not only alternative transportation? building came online, and we don’t anticipate routes to come from other parts of the region, more spots, but also more variety, with one elder stall, two I think a lot of those aspects seeing a significant reduction in parking such as the Saanich Peninsula, we think that that accessibility zones, six electric vehicle charging stations, and feed into people’s transpor- will really provide a more convenient option.” 10 carpool stalls. Along with 42 staff spaces and 174 student tation decisions, and that’s demand this school year.” spaces, the parking lot—located behind the new building—is, the approach we take into MARIA BREMNER no doubt, massive. consideration.” CAMOSUN COLLEGE brand-new building with a brand- But this is a parking lot made for a new building, which new parking lot might not change means an influx of students for the new year. Do the numbers hile Camosun Athe future of the campus, but it might balance out? advocates provide a lot of relief for students who always Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) external Walternative get shortchanged when pulling into a parking executive Fillette Umulisa thinks that the additional space methods of transportation, lot spilling over with cars. There are plenty of won’t provide enough room for the students that are already for many students, biking or solutions, but these solutions can only work if there, never mind accomodating all the students moving from walking to Interurban would be basically impossible. That’s why Camosun the students can use them. Camosun has certainly responded to students’ Lansdowne to Interurban to go to the new building. has started the Park and Ride/Park and Walk program. With several parking concerns; otherwise, it wouldn’t have added a parking lot that reaches the “I think pretty much everybody knows this, but Inter- the shadow of the Royal Jubilee Hospital, UVic, and a bigger urban area, “For Interurban, it’s very isolated. It’s kind of far… which gives them areas provided outside of the Interurban campus, located at Tillicum, Wild- maximum number of spaces permitted by Saanich, set up off-campus parking, urban has had parking challenges before, when the building was built,” Interurban is a little bit more isolated. As a consequence, we don’t have as really no choice but to drive,” says Umulisa. “There’s three schools on that wood Outdoor Living Centre, and the Saanich Baptist Church, Bremner is or changed the Camosun Express schedules to suit students’ needs. But, says Umulisa. “And I don’t think the 200 spots that we’re adding as part of much transit service out to that campus, and it’s a further distance to rea- campus, and that’s a lot of students, and then there’s staff, and everybody greatly encouraged by the growing popularity of the program. keeping night classes in mind, will the new schedule run late enough? Are the construction will meet the needs of the staff, faculty, and students who sonably walk or cycle. In a sort of transportation planning perspective, your else. So I have heard that usually there’s not enough parking, and I suppose “I think from what we’ve seen so far, from what we’ve seen from the the off-campus spaces going to transport the students in time? How is the have been going to Interurban.” ideal cycle commute… is generally around five kilometres, and Interurban they can take buses, but that can delay [the students] and staff. Now that Park and Ride/Park and Walk program, I’m very optimistic,” says Bremner. school going to respond when the new parking lot is overrun with students? Interurban faces not just parking issues, but also transportation issues campus ranges between seven to ten kilometres for a lot of people, and if they’re moving a whole other school there, and have only added 200 spots, “Cumulatively we have about 70 stalls of Park and Ride/Park and Walk We can only guess what will happen, and our prior experiences with the in general. you’re on the West Shore, obviously more.” somehow I feel like it’s not going to be enough.” for students, and they’re for students only, not for staff. That provides free school will affect what we think of the new parking lot available to us. To “Interurban is in a challenging zone from a transportation perspective,” Umulisa says that it’s an inconvenience for students to have to drive five First year Nursing student Emma Jacob is pleased with the new building, parking in areas that provide ready access to other transportation solutions, some, this might be the dream scenario, but to others, it might make more says Bremner. “Unlike Lansdowne campus, which benefits from being in kilometres to Interurban and then not be able to find any parking. but not with the campus’ parking. such as jumping on a transit bus to get to campus, having a relatively flat and room for disaster. 8 ARTS September 11, 2019 nexusnewspaper.com EVENTS 9

music what’s going on by emily welch Vancouver psych-rockers Black Mountain talk success and balance

“Things like that are kinda weird when they happen, when you go and play a show in, I don’t know, Sweden or something. You’re like, ‘Who the hell in Malmö, Sweden is going to know our band?’ and then a whole bunch of people turn up and they want you to sign their record or something.” JEREMY SCHMIDT BLACK MOUNTAIN

BO ESSERY that being an aspiring musician, CONTRIBUTING WRITER or any artist for that matter, is an Any performer can appreciate incredibly difficult and exhausting that distinct feeling that comes pursuit. Living your dream is cer- with the responsibility of holding tainly not a path that comes easy. It’s a crowd’s attention. As a stand-up important to have people in your life comedian, I can value that feeling who can support the idea of chasing of nervousness or excitement that something other than a 9-to-5 job. fills you when everybody’s eyes are Schmidt says that his experience on you, waiting in anticipation. juggling a job and performing music

Black Mountain keyboardist Jeremy has been difficult but worth it. OLIVIA JAFFE Schmidt has found his band playing “We all had pretty flexible jobs in The members of Vancouver’s Black Mountain have had to learn to balance success with their personal lives. in front of some pretty big crowds the beginning, which was cool,” he over the years as the Vancouver says. “I had a boss who was pretty guy’s gotta go.’ So I had to choose, “Things like that are kinda weird we’ve engineered, that we’ve done, band has grown in popularity; he amenable to the whole idea of me you know… had to choose the rock when they happen, when you go it actually does exist out in the world says that, for him, tapping into playing in a band that toured. I think over the stock.” and play a show in, I don’t know, and there’s people that we would something perhaps not associated he thought it was kind of… I guess to When people think of fame, they Sweden or something. You’re like, never connect with otherwise that with his band’s big psychedelic rock him it seemed sort of exotic or cool. often think of being bombarded by ‘Who the hell in Malmö, Sweden is know it and are interested in it.’” sound is key before a show. I mean, he was sort of in my corner a thousand screaming fans or living going to know our band?’ and then “You know, usually just seren- for as long as he could be, and then an eccentric lifestyle. From reading a whole bunch of people turn up and Black Mountain ity,” he says. “Try and hold onto a after a while the powers that be your own Wikipedia page to meet- they want you to sign their record or 8 pm Sunday, September 15 BAILEY MORGAN fraction of serenity and get into the kind of took notice of me being on ing admirers of your work in foreign something. It’s a pretty surprising, $25, Distrikt Vancouver’s Strange Breed are bringing their rawkin’ rock to town on Thursday, September 19 at The Rubber Boot Club. game spirit.” the payroll but hardly clocking in countries, artists experience a lot of humbling, and cool thing, and you strathconahotel.com/venue/ Until Friday, “moon festival lantern celebration” Korean Festival back to Lansdowne possibility of a glass-throwing bar and heartwarming evening. The I don’t think anyone could argue any hours. They’re like, ‘Okay, this unexpected curveballs. sort of realize, ‘Okay, this thing that distrikt September 20 on Facebook to find the event page. on September 19. The festival, fight (this is at The Duke, after show starts at 7 pm, and tickets are which runs from 11:30 am to 2 pm all). Just kidding: just bring your your $15. See thedukesaloon.com for A sketch of the Saturday, September 14 in Na’tsa’maht, will feature games, sense of humour and your love of more info on this and other upcom- New Music Revue synagogues Date-night dilemma? food, and a chance to dress in animals and it will be a sidesplitting ing events. music traditional Korean clothing. Free; see Ben Levinson is sharing his archi- Stuck on where to take your signifi- camosun.ca for more info. Cancer Bats take matters into their own hands tectural sketches of synagogues of cant other on a Saturday night? Try the western world with the western taking them to see Ziggy Alberts Friday, September 20 world in his new exhibit, Synagogue along with a couple of guests at Get Your Drugs Tested! and selling our merch and talking Sketches of the Western World. This the Capital Ballroom. Alberts is a Getting indie with it with all those people all the time,” free exhibit is open to the public, soul-searching Australian acoustic Nothing lights the spirit like an Street drug analysis by mail. and if you love beautiful art and he says. “I feel like that’s kind of artist who sings songs that anyone evening with indie group West My vivid culture—and synagogues, can relate to. Tickets are available at Friend. Part chamber folk, part the way that we’ve been able to Send us a tiny sample sketches of synagogues, and… you Lyle’s Place for $27.50; see thecapit- Cascadia, the band’s music is pretty navigate it.” get the point—this is a great way to alballroom.com for more info on this and heartwarming, yet meaningful of any street drug. But the band tours so much, says experience it all. The viewing runs and other concerts. as well. This is an album-release gig, Toxic Holocaust Eamon McGrath Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 3 Cormier, that there wasn’t much of Primal Future: 2019 Guts complete with a 53-piece orchestra. We will analyse it with pm at the Congregation Emanu-El Thursday, September 19 Good swag and good cheer should a shift to adjust to because concerts (Entertainment One) (Saved by Vinyl) a spectrometer & send Synagogue, located at 1461 Blan- Get strange be abundant. The performance is in have always been their main revenue 4.5/5 3.5/5 shard Street. See congregatione- the Alix Goolden Performance Hall; you test results by email. Feeling depressingly normal these stream. The main difference this After six years of waiting, thrash Well-travelled Canadian sing- manuel.ca for more info. doors open at 7 pm, and tickets days? Then strange it up with time is that the band released the are $25. See vcm.bc.ca/alix-gool- fans will be satisfied by the seventh er-songwriter Eamon McGrath Strange Breed at The Rubber Boot Results within 12 hours of Saturday, September 14 den-hall for more info on this and record themselves, on their own Bat studio album from Portland’s Toxic explores toxic masculinity from a Club on September 19. These folks our receiving your sample. other upcoming concerts. Skull Records, in partnership with Holocaust (the brainchild of Port- heterosexual man’s point of view Howlin’ at the moon celebrate life’s wonderful weirdness New Damage Records. land’s Joel Grind), Primal Future: on his new concept album Guts, Are you into beautiful lantern instal- with their truly magnetic selves and Saturday, September 21 lations under a night sky? Look no ASAD AMAN “We’re like, ‘Well, we’ve never 2019 really good music—kind of a mix of . which follows up his 2018 triumph, further, because Victoria’s Moon Lan- Look who’s laughing now! Toronto’s Cancer Bats released their latest album independently. made money from [album sales].’ I Tegan and Sara, White Stripes, and Find out what’s in your drugs! Looking at the title of the album, Tantramar. tern Celebration is here. The whole Ozzy Osbourne. It’s loud yet lyrical, Wander down into The Duke Saloon ADAM MARSH would say it’s changed in that we’re we expect to see a dark, dystopian Guts’ dark lyrical imagery is thing looks pretty great—whether it’s feminist and LGBTQ-supportive, to attend The Human Condition We test all street drugs, including Ecstasy, LSD, STUDENT EDITOR risk of being cliche. But it worked, actually making money from album world. Primal Future: 2019 begins spread across a diverse musical you have kids, or are a kid yourself, and it’s wonderfully weird. Doors Comedy Tour on Saturday, Septem- Cocaine, Heroin, Ketamine, GHB, MDMA, etc. When Toronto hardcore punk and he would definitely do it again. sales from the first time putting out with lyrics about the hell of nuclear landscape. The album showcases you’ll enjoy making your own lantern are at 8:30 pm, and tickets are $10 ber 21. The three comedians are for $4 (the only fee of the night). (test not suitable for cannabis, hash or other herbs.) band Cancer Bats released their Cormier says that it comes down to our own record.” war, death, and destruction. Tracks McGrath’s versatility as it transi- in advance or $13 at the door; see funny, and they’re also really good At 5:30 pm, there will be musical rubberbootclub.com for more info on people, as they are supporting The sixth full-length album, The Spark a great fan base, which allows the While the band was fortunate like “A New World Beyond” and tions seamlessly from grimy, fuzzed- performances; at 7:35 pm, there will this and other events. Greater Victoria Animal Crusad- We can detect purity, buffers, toxins, fentanyl that Moves, last year, it felt like a band to put new material out directly enough to get recording budgets “Primal Future” show us a broken out grunge to twangy pedal-steel be a procession of lantern viewing. ers with this show. What better way and almost everything else in the sample. salute to their diverse repertoire: to the fans. along the way, that meant that future set to the tone of dark but country. There are some great cuts The evening concludes at 8 pm with Thursday, September 19 is there to bring people together 2008’s Hail Destroyer, 2010’s Bars, “I feel really lucky to be in that they were selling records to recoup groovy thrash. here: “Yellow Sticker on an Empty an illuminated finale performance. Korea at Camosun than with laughter and a love of Our service is fast, safe and anonymous. And yes, mooncakes are on the fuzzy beasts? The comedians—Scott Mayors, Scraps & Bones, and 2012’s position—to just be able to put those budgets so that they could go In the last half of the album, we Fridge” is loaded with guitar hooks Camosun International and Camo- menu. It all goes down at Gordon Porteous, Shawn Gramiak, and Frank Dead Set on Living, to name just a something on the internet and then on tour. Cormier says the studio is can feel the control by oppressive sun’s school of Arts and Science with a very rusty Matt Good and Head Recreation Centre and Lam- Russo—are funny enough to risk the GetYourDrugsTested.com few of their full-lengths. Vocalist the fact that people are excited, and fun, but it’s not why he’s in a band. powers that signals the age of dicta- Crazy Horse feel; “In Like a Lion” brick Park. For more info, search are bringing the annual Camosun Liam Cormier says that the homage will share it within our own com- “The whole purpose was to torship. The last track, “Cybernetic is a beautifully mastered country was completely intentional with munity, I think is really great,” he always just go on tour,” says Cor- War,” tells us to prepare for a new number that features July Talk’s What’s happening at their new album; it turns out to be an says. “Our thing has always been mier, adding that he isn’t a big fan war as chaos continues and never Leah Goldstein on backup vocals; nexusnewspaper.com homage not just to their catalogue, communicating with our fans and of the studio. “I just find that that ends. the title track is a catchy piano camosun’s student voice since 1990 but also to catharsis. seeing what they actually want.” energy is missing [in the studio]; if Week of September 2, 2019, top five most read stories: With a sound that combines ballad that suits McGrath’s raspy 1. “International students’ health-care fees to double,” August 28, 2019 “It’s really rad to be able to yell Being able to see the fans and we were talented enough to be able Venom’s black metal and the ener- voice perfectly. 2. “Male burlesque show explores politics, gender identity, and Canadian about stuff that pisses you off, night interact with them at shows is key, to record live records, that would be getic excitement of crossover thrash Guts has good lyrics, good Culture,” August 28, 2019 after night,” says Cormier. “That, in says Cormier. my favourite.” 3. “Camosun alumnus drops new album and gets ready to rock metal fest bands like Suicidal Tendencies, vocals, good production, and catchy with Scimitar,” August 20, 2019 turn, makes me pretty mellow about “I know that certain people Primal Future: 2019 is exotic and melodies. It’s packed with emotion 4. “New Chargers coach, on heels of overseas success, says it’s all about rela- the rest of my life.” still want to buy CDs, and I know Cancer Bats interesting. and musical variety, and while it tionships,” August 28, 2019 The band released The Spark some people want to just download Primal Future: 2019 5. “Living beyond nature: How Camosun College is dealing with environmen- 7 pm Saturday, September 21 is also one doesn’t quite reach the bar McGrath tal issues in times of climate-change crisis,” August 28, 2019 that Moves suddenly, with no release things, and lots of people want to of the most enjoyable albums of $20, Lucky Bar (sold out) set with his previous effort, it’s a Plus, head to our site to check out web-exclusive stories! date announced beforehand, a tech- buy vinyl still, but we know that from the year. Check it all out at nexusnewspaper.com, and find us on Instagram, Twitter, luckybar.ca really good album; give it a spin. nique, says Cormier, that runs the being at merch [tables at concerts] -Mark Nguyen -Fred Cameron and Facebook today! 10 COMICS/PUZZLES September 11, 2019 nexusnewspaper.com COLUMNS 11

Bubbles by Lia Glidden Freedom from Addiction by Katie Mondey Hold My Beer, I Lost My Keys by Bo Essery Facing death and shattered mental constructs The funny business of running a business I’ll never forget West Texas. It Today, I’m going to talk about season? “Why didn’t you write off was there, in the middle of the desert Sex and love addiction is essentially an attempt owning a business, which, when the coffee?” Want to see a band in the middle of the night, where exploited properly, can aid and abet perform at Logan’s next week? No death suddenly entered my life. to cope with what feels like an intolerable the party. problem. Talk to the band about I felt my then-boyfriend Cody reality. It is an effort to gain and maintain For about three years, I ran how to improve the quality of their (not his real name) get out of bed control. It is an effort to know the future and a business where I built and re- sound by switching to 10-gauge quite suddenly, and although it was paired guitars for hobbyists and strings. Bam, write off the tickets. still dark, my first thought was that compensate for a painful past. performing musicians. It was by When you start a business from he must be late for work the way he far the hardest thing I’ve ever done scratch, you start at the bottom, a seemed to have almost jumped up. in my life. very small fish in a big, and substan- camosun’s student voice since 1990 Then, all at once, somehow brain tumour that would eventually tinue to create an ideal but false Thinking about running your tially well-oiled, machine. Pond. You draw I knew something was wrong. I claim his life, he was told. reality inside my mind. own business? Here are a handful Whatever. So when the tide starts Submit samples to: Nexus, leapt up, barely awake, turned on What I found most astonishing In reality, our lives are fragile. of tricks and tips that will help you to rise and throws you ashore, get comics. 201 Richmond House, the light, and rushed around to the about the whole experience of being In reality, we do not know what is stay motivated by day and forget- creative! Get them Lansdowne campus, or email other side of the bed. There was faced with the impending death of coming. In reality, we have little or your-name drunk by night. Halfway through the duration of [email protected] published. Cody, face down on the floor, writh- my partner was that it made me no control over the world or other First things first: when you my “career” I was forced to change ing and convulsing, and bleeding aware of the mental construct of people. are the sole proprietor, you adopt my business’ name. It turns out a from his ear. a future I had built that definitely Sex and love addiction—or any a whole caveat of responsibility. medium-sized fish had the name In that moment, it seemed as involved him and our life together. other addiction—is essentially an There’s marketing, networking, first and was threatened by my if the sky was ripping open above In fact, that mental structure attempt to cope with what feels like accounting, and customer service, substantial customer base of six me. A reality I had been in denial made of a fantasy based on what an intolerable reality. It is an effort and on top of all that you still have people. I lost just shy of $1,000 about all of my life was abruptly I wanted and felt I needed was to gain and maintain control. It is to do the goddamn grunt work. of merchandise and brand equity. and violently thrust upon me in an so central to my sense of wellbe- an effort to know the future and Sure, your boss lets you cut work What do you do? Call all the sup- instant: people could die without ing that when it was shattered I compensate for a painful past. early, but there is work to be done pliers before switching to your way warning. Young people. My person. felt as though my very psyche was The gift of beginning to truly and rent to be paid, so focus! The cooler name, and when they don’t My partner. shattered. recover from addiction is the ability secret is to make the boring stuff question if you’re “that” company, I thought for sure he was dying. I was so attached to this idea, to handle life, and whatever it may fun. Are you aware of how flexible offset your losses in slashed prices I thought he was bleeding from his this hope for a beautiful life filled offer up. tax write-offs are? I was once high in the name of repeat business. brain because something terrible with beautiful romance, that when The basis of recovery is learn- as gas prices hanging out with I had a hell of a lot of fun and met was happening to it. it was taken from me through his ing to be present. Addiction is a friends and wrote off $60 worth of some interesting people, but, in all As it turned out, he did not die diagnosis (as well as his violent problem in the mind. And aware- donuts because I handed everyone honesty, you shouldn’t listen to me: that night. He had had a seizure abusiveness), I was unable to look ness—waking up to reality—is the a business card. Networking. What I don’t run this business anymore, that would lead to the discovery of a away from actual reality and con- solution. did my accountant say come tax and you can probably guess why.

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