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volume 21, issue 11 february 9, 2011 GREEN TECH EMPOWERING WOMEN JETS ON MUSIC Camosun starts developing plans Zambian Emily Sikazwe’s up- Local band Jets Overhead focuses for a green technology access coming talk at Camosun aims to on promoting their music rather Camosun’s student voice since 1990 centre. inspire and empower. than business. NEWS—3 CAMPUS—4 ARTS—10 Modern-day dating in Victoria Page 8 ro A Alex H VIEWS February 9, 2011 editorial This year, romance yourself this Valentine’s Day Next publication: February 23, 2011 we should take the Deadline: noon February 16, 2011 opportunity to Address: 3100 Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, BC, exercise a little self- V8P 5J2 love. No candles, Barry Location: Lansdowne Richmond House 201 Phone: 250-370-3591 white, or expensive Email: [email protected] roses required. Website: nexusnewspaper.com Publisher: Nexus Publishing Society NEXUS PUBLISHING SOCIETY STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS Luke Holland Erin BAll Adam Holroyd Staff writer Emily Laing Jina Mousseau It’s that time of year again. It’s Darin Steinkey when many of us are reminded of Marty Taillon either our unfulfilling single status EDITOR-IN-CHIEF or our unfulfilling relationship. I JeSSiCA tAi Greg Pratt don’t mean to be Debbie Downer, MANAGING EDITOR but people are always conflicted should take the opportunity to important and can be fulfilling—if thing that gives you pleasure, and Jason Schreurs about Valentine’s Day. Either we exercise a little self-love. No candles, you first have love and respect for feel happy about it. Create love in STUDENT EDITOR love it or we hate it, and our feel- Barry White, or expensive roses yourself. your life, instead of expecting it to Erin Ball ings change towards it each year, required. If you don’t love yourself, you come to you. STAFF WRITERS based on one thing—not who loves Oscar Wilde said, “To love one- can’t fully believe that someone Not to sound too much like Renée Andor us or whether we have a special self is the beginning of a life-long ro- else can love you. You leave it up to Oprah here, but part of loving your- Emily Laing someone, but whether or not we mance.” It’s true. Ultimately, we’re another person to try and convince self is to express gratitude for all Amanda Richardson love ourselves. all alone (there’s Debbie Downer you that you are worthy of love, and aspects of your life. When you are STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Many single people feel like all again), and the most important re- that eventually spells disaster in a grateful, love follows. Alex Haro they need to do is find a partner; lationship we have is with ourselves. relationship. Try to rid yourself of negative Amanda Richardson ADVERTISING SALES all their problems will be solved We spend so much time looking for Loving yourself first isn’t just thoughts and harmful emotions Jason Schreurs and they will finally be happy. And love, hoping it will find us. Many about finding someone else. It’s like jealousy and bitterness. Those 250-370-3593 those in relationships feel like they people feel empty and look to be about making a life for yourself emotions will hurt... and they’ll Campus Plus (national) would be happier if only they were fulfilled through someone else’s and making life worth living. It mainly hurt yourself. 1-800-265-5372 free and single. We need to stop feelings. also takes conscious effort and This Valentine’s Day, feel ful- DISTRIBUTION looking at other people and start We’re not saying that you practice. filled, whether you are in a relation- Emily Laing looking inwards to feel fulfilled shouldn’t have a desire to have re- This Valentine’s Day, take some ship or not. And be happy with who Nicolle Rushton and loved. lationships or share your life with a time to yourself, even if you’re in a you are, or aren’t, with. CONTRIBUTORS This Valentine’s Day we significant other. Relationships are relationship. Be selfish, do some- You’ll thank yourself for it. Renée Andor Erin Ball Lisa Brown Jenna Cotton Ali Hackett Open Space accepts submissions from Camosun students. Submissions to Open Space should be Alex Haro 400 words or less. Responses to previous articles in Nexus should be 250 words or less. Naomi Kavka open space Email submissions to [email protected] and include your name and student number. Alexah Konnelly Chantal Kyffin Emily Laing Marius Langeland Don’t use this word casually Jina Mousseau Shawn O’Hara Pam Oliver Adam Price ably. “You just got pwned” meant the word “rape” intending sexual Alex Pask CoNtributiNg writer Alli Pickard “rape” has moved the same thing as “you just got abuse. People that argue this also Adam Price Some words and phrases make from a gaming- raped.” Within the context of the argue the difference between what Amanda Richardson the transition from subculture to games, “rape” meant that a player rape means and what they really Chesley Ryder popular culture; a classic example subculture phrase to beat his or her victim rather merci- meant, but the use of the word nor- Ed Sum is Shakespeare’s “fashionable.” lessly, and with little effort. malizes sexual abuse. It dulls the Jessica Tai pop-culture Dylan Wilks But some words don’t belong in “Rape” has moved from a gam- meaning. Kiera Zikmanis either subculture or popular culture. commonplace, and ing-subculture phrase to pop-cul- Use of the word further dem- “Rape” is one of those words. this must stop. ture commonplace, and this must onstrates dominion over women “Rape” is now a word heard stop. A rape victim goes through by males, who do the majority of weekly, if not daily, and often with an extreme amount of physical and raping. such casual indifference. This is emotional stress, to say the least. If everyone uses the word “rape,” All editorial content appearing in Nexus is property of the Nexus Publishing Society. Stories, photographs, and artwork highly problematic. influential first-person shooter This stress is commonly compared the meaning changes to accommo- contained herein cannot be reproduced without written permis- sion of the Nexus Publishing Society. the views and opinions Popularization of the word can Counterstrike did. to that of post-traumatic stress dis- date a variety of uses. expressed herein are those of the authors, not of Nexus. Nexus has no official ties to the administration of Camosun College. be traced back to the gaming phrase By the time Halo 2 and Counter- order. Having a rape victim’s experi- Words have tremendous power; one copy of Nexus is available per issue, per person. “pwned” and gaming subculture strike Source arrived in 2004, some ences amounted to minor, everyday if rape victims don’t have exclusive Nexus is printed on recycled paper. in the early 2000s. Warcraft III people in the gaming commun- hardships is completely unjust, if ownership of the meaning of the Nexus is a member of Canadian University Press. birthed the word, a typo of “owned,” ity used the words “pwned” and not an irresponsible comparison. word “rape,” they don’t have power Send a letter Nexus prints letters that are 250 words or less in response to but didn’t popularize it; the highly “raped” frequently and interchange- People argue that they don’t use over it. previous stories. Nexus reserves the right to refuse publica- tion of letters. letters must include full name and student number (not printed). Nexus accepts all letters by email to [email protected]. “Ever wonder if dubstep artists Editorial meetings Call us on it! hire the same people as pharma- Come out to our weekly Nexus editorial meetings, where textback all Camosun students can get involved in their student ceutical companies do to come up newspaper. 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[email protected] NewS environment NEWS BRIEFS Victoria transit Campus considering green building launches trip- planning tool RenéE ANdor ary effort from Camosun’s strategic internet giants and future Staff writer development, trades and technol- overlords of the world, google, Eco-friendly buildings used for ogy, and research and innovation have launched a new trip- planning tool, google transit. creating innovative green technolo- departments. that’s good news for Victoria gies could be added to the Interurban The college has approved the regional transit, since their campus in the near future. land use for the two acres the pro- website was previously lacking The proposed technology access posed buildings would sit on, but in useful information. the tool centre would go in on the north side nothing is set in stone yet. The is being piloted for Victoria and of the Interurban campus off Mark- proposed technology access centre 448 other cities worldwide, and ham Road, with the first building would cost $7-$8 million to build, transit is asking users to provide being built sometime in the next so funding is an issue, according feedback during the initial phase two years.